Your comprehensive guide to kosher restaurants, cafés, takeaway spots and supermarkets in Buenos Aires.
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IMPORTANT EXTRA INFO FOR JEWISH TOURISTS!!!
- Some places in the video have since closed down (some just during lockdown and some completely). Argentina's economic crisis means that places are coming and going all the time, unfortunately.
- Products in regular supermarkets in Argentina are NOT generally kosher unless they’re listed on the Ajdut kosher app (below) or they have a hechsher. Products with the same packaging as ones you’ve spotted in a kosher supermarket may not be supervised so be careful to check!
- Similarly, some food places are listed as “kosher” online but are actually just kosher-style (i.e. delis or Middle Eastern restaurants). Be sure to check before eating out.
- There are 3 McDonald’s stalls in the Abasto shopping mall but only 1 is kosher (look out for the kosher sign).
- Early dinners don’t exist in South America. Restaurants typically open around 8pm for dinner.
- Kosher restaurants in Buenos Aires mostly take cash payments and a 10% tip is standard. I have photos of menus but I can’t tell you how much you’ll spend on a meal as prices are changing all the time (even for groceries).
- Don’t carry TOO much cash - you already stand out as a tourist so don’t make yourself even more of a target. Carry a photocopy of your passport with you wherever you go - you’ll need it as ID for card payments.
- There are a number of kosher supermarkets in Once near the kosher food places, 3 in Palermo, and a few others dotted around. Want to try some Argentinian specialities? Get yourself some ‘dulce de leche’, ‘alfajores’ and ‘medialunas’!
FOOD PLACES LISTED IN VIDEO (BY NEIGHBOURHOOD):
- Puerto madero (Alvear Icon): Glitter (meat) • Milk & Co (dairy)
- Belgrano: El Paisano (meat)
- Recoleta: Luba (dairy)
- Abasto (shopping centre): McDonald’s Kosher (meat) • La Empanadería (meat & dairy) • Freddo (dairy & parev)
- Once: Al Galope (meat) • Ajim (meat) • La Empanadería (meat & dairy) • Yafo (meat) • Pita Loca (meat) • Sushiman/Sushiko (dairy) • Pi Chi Klin (dairy) • Venecia (dairy) • Soultani (dairy) • Kokush (bakery) • Luba Express (dairy) • My Bagel (dairy) • Oh! Brothers (dairy)
- Palermo: Sprinkles (dairy) • Pasaje El Lazo (meat) • ‘Noches Kosher’ (meat)
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ‘NOCHES KOSHER’ ON INSTAGRAM, FOLLOW:
- Rabino Mendy Yanklewicz @rabinomendy
- Benaim @benaimba
- Tetuán #extetuan
USEFUL APPS TO DOWNLOAD:
- Ajdut (Argentina’s kosher food list)
- Rappi, Glovo and PedidosYa (delivery apps like UberEats/Deliveroo)
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Still got some questions? Ask me in the comments below!
Credit to Leor Alkadaa for his clip from Al Galope
27 июн 2024
