submarino

One of the best things about Buenos Aires is its café culture. Every day, around 6 p.m., Argentines take tea (or coffee). It's a leftover British tradition.

Valerie treated us to tea time. The two semi-round things in front are bolas, kind of like empanadas except shaped like balls. That drink you see is called a submarino (submarine) where chocolate bars are drowned in hot milk. Not pictured is a phenomenon consisting of a layer of thin fudgy brownie, a layer of dulce de leche, and topped with a layer of fudgy chocolate.