Success in China Town
We decided to bus over to Buenos Aires’ China town… which is about three blocks long, if that. We were on the search for hot chilies. After we arrived we stopped by a few small grocery stores but were miserably unsuccessful. As we were beginning to loose hope we asked a man who owned a herbal remedy store, if there was a place we could find hot chilies. He pointed about half a block down the street to a bright red grocery store called Casa China. He also warned us that if we buy hot chilies, we shouldn’t touch our eyes after cooking with them, so thoughtful. We wandered down a bit and found the store; at first we were skeptical until we found the lush supply of fresh chilies and rather sparse supply of dried chilies (but… better than nothing). Along with chilies we also were able to find hot sauce; we were in HEAVEN. I was able to snap a few photos before being reprimanded by the store security guard… oops. Anyhow, we want to thank all those who made our spicy tortilla soup possible, with a special thanks to China Town. We will definitely be back!
Also, the Soup was a success. Cameron made Enchiladas for the first time and they were amazing. Almost as good as JP’s. We have been eating Mexican food now for the past four days, but we are NOT complaining. Our dinner guests have also requested a repeat in a few months. Maybe next time we will get our timing down a bit better, as most of the food was hardly done by the time our guests arrived, and the kitchen was a mess!
The food tasted even better the next day, and the next, and the next. Tonight we will finish the last of it, before we leave Argentina for Uruguay.
NOTE: this is a lie. We **still** have leftovers. We plan to take it on the ferry to Uruguay and have salsa, chicken, and rice for breakfast tomorrow. mmm…
