Colder evenings and mornings do call for one of my favorite drinks - Hot Chocolate, and I'm giddy with excitement over a new way to prepare it that I gleamed from a recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before travelling, I was perusing websites of the city and came across a lot of people discussing their undying love for Argentinain Hot Chocolate, so I made it a point to take some snaps of their preparation - cutely named El Submarino - or "The Submarine" at one of the numerous cafes dotting the city, where I was lucky to find ONE waitress who knew a little English and could explain what I was attempting to eat or drink. Students, grab your notes!
1. Get a glass of hot, scalding milk.
2. Grab a bar of chocolate, dark seems to be the variety they use. I'm partial to milk chocolate, though. Ignore ooeey, gooey chocolate dessert the significant other is scarfing down. Is scarfing a real verb?
3. Carefully place chocolate bar in milk. Pose, for posterity sake.
4. Actually, students, that was a mistake. You are supposed to DUNK. Think Kobe Bryant. But in Argentinian.
5. Swirl with spoon and watch the ensuing chocolatey, frothy goodness that evolves. Is chocolatey a real adjective?
6. We enjoyed said El Submarino beverage at the very pompous sounding Establecimiento General De Cafe where I was lucky to get a menu with pictures, because my Spanish would make your ears hurt. That's probably one of the waiters fleeing the cafe while I was trying to order off the menu.
Establecimiento General De Cafe
Reconquista 591 (Esq Tucuman)
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
12 comments:
Thats an interesting twist on the usual hot choc...
That is so neat. Am definitely trying it.
:) love the way you've written! :)
Wow...That looks irresistible and chocolatey (of course this cannot be found in any dictionary..lol..)
I think bloggers are contributing a lot to Oxford dictionary :D
That looks awesome. Perfect for this chilly weather.
Yum! Can't wait until we get a cold rainy day so I can enjoy one!!
Perfect for Autumn!!
yum hot chocolate. thanks for showing me a new way to have it.
Oh u guys went to Argentina...How lovely!!! i really wanna make a trip to BA..those pics making me drool!!!
and btw...we live in Changanacherry in Kottayam ...great to know that u are also from KTM
Nice new twist - It is def. hot chocolate time.
I must say I can't make out what your nationality is. Often the type of food tht is being made on once's blog can lead u to have certain idea but you have the whole world on your blog :)
Great twist.Chocolate on my mind !
I love submarinos! In fact, I could really go for one right now... There's a company here in Argentina that makes little chocolate bars shaped like a submarine, specifically for use in this drink. Isn't that cute? Hugs from Argentina!
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