Dishes you can't miss
Parrillada mixta
Mix of beef and chicken meats grilled in an open fire or wooden oven.
Empanadas
Exquisite patties stuffed with meat, vegetables or cheese.
Carbonada
Stew made with beef, legumes, and rice, and served in a squash.
Matambre
Meat roll stuffed with peppers, eggs, and vegetables, that can be served cold or hot.
Chicha
Alcoholic beverage derived from non-distilled fermentation of corn.
Typical food of Tigre, Argentina
Tigre has a great variety of traditional dishes, and has adopted some recipes from the nearby city of Buenos Aires. Its gastronomy mixes different cuisines from the colonists with indigenous ingredients used by local people, to blend ancestral and modern flavors.
The Argentine meat is healthy, tasty, and essential for local people. “Asado” (grilled meat) is the most typical way to prepare it and is a synonym of family and friends encounters and celebrations. It is usually accompanied by “Chimichurri”, a very seasoned and spicy sauce made with garlic, oil, vinegar, pepper, and salt. In addition to the steaks, local people tend to eat grilled spicy sausage, kidneys, and sweetbreads in the famous “Parrillada mixta”. The cuisine of Tigre is also represented by the famous patties, which can be stuffed with beef, chicken, ham, or cheese. Another renowned dish is “Matambre”, a kind of rolled meat stuffed with peppers, eggs, and vegetables, that can be served cold or hot. The regional cuisine is also represented by the pre-Hispanic “Locro”, prepared by sautéing corn and pork with chickpeas, beans, and squash; and also “Carbonada”, a soup of meat, legumes, and rice served in a pumpkin.
A good barbecue must always be accompanied by a good wine, as the Argentine Malbec, for example. Another traditional drink of the north is “Chicha”, made from the fermentation of corn. However, the characteristic infusion throughout the territory is “Mate”, served at any time. It is prepared by pouring hot water into a small container of the same name, with yerba ‘mate’. Some people prefer to sweeten it with sugar, others simply enjoy it bitter.
A delicious dessert after the main course cannot miss. The region is known for its sweets as “Cayote”, fruit similar to the watermelon; “Duraznos cuaresmillos”, and “Alfajor”, which consists of two discs of dough stuffed with caramel milk and wrapped with chocolate. However, ice cream is the favorite for dessert. Most of the ice-cream shops preserve the Italian artisanal preparation, which gives a distinctive flavor.
We invite you to visit El Ciervo Rojo restaurant, where you can admire a beautiful panoramic view of Sarmiento River on a balcony while enjoying a delicious Argentinian barbecue. You can also visit a most central place called “El Reloj del Tigre”, that has a large terrace with a unique view to downtown and the river, and offers grilled steaks, homemade pastas, and a variety of 55 pizzas.
