Americans Try South American Food For The First Time! (Choripan, Anticuchos, Cevichocho)

This looks incredible. They spoil us here, man, and I love it! React goes to South America. Off we go. Is there a better way to explore a continent than through your stomach? Oh, God, that's the best way to do it. Like, really, for real, for real. Today, we are having you try South American street food for the first time. Oh, let's do it! This is incredible. I hope a lot of cheese is involved. Not American, of course. Yeah, not American cheese. I don't know anything about it. I've not been to South Africa. What, you said South African? She said South America. South American, Jesus, sorry. Also, we know that there are a ton more dishes that we could cover, but this is just a small selection to get you started on your journey, and I do apologize. I'm going to try my best with the pronunciation. Canceled. Let's do it. So, I'm here in the Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, and we're here at... I guess we're in Argentina. Buenos Aires. They have incredible barbecue, look at this. Argentinian chorizo. Oh, so much. So, this looks very good. Oh, my God, it's like a hunk of sausage. Pull one out, cut it in half, and put it on the grill. Get some bread. You guys ever heard of Inca cola? The golden cola? Oh, Inca cola, yeah. I've had that before. I have heard of it. I've always wanted to try Inca cola. Some people say it tastes like cream soda. I say it tastes like gold. Have you eaten gold? I've not, but I don't like cream soda. No? No. This is going to be cool. This is going to be interesting. This is going to be very cool. Nice. All right. Oh, my gosh. This looks incredible. Oh, thank you so much. Nicole, I just went on a diet. This is disrespectful. They spoil us here, man, and I love it, Nicole. Choripan is easily one of the best street foods ever. It's basically a sandwich with chorizo and a variety of toppings like chimichurri that's popular in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. We've also got an ice cold glass of Inca cola, a Peruvian soft drink that has a sweet, fruity flavor that resembles its main ingredient, lemon verbena. To Nicole. It's a people versus food. That's just straight bubble gum. Oh, my god. That is so good. It's literally liquid sunlight. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Actually, it smells like, remember when you were a kid and you had to take cough medicine? Oh, I know what you're talking about. Was it pink? Yeah, it was pink. Pepto-Bismol? Oh, definitely like bubble gum. It's both bubble gum and cream soda. I like it, though. I'm surprised that I like it. It's not as sweet as I thought it was. You don't like it. I don't like bubble gum. I think that's why. I think I ate too much as a kid, and then it like traumatized me forever. You know what I mean? 3, 2, 1. Oh, oh. It's dripping in my hand, y'all. Yeah, it's because it's supposed to be a sandwich, you weirdos. Oh. I'm watching my carbs. It is very flavorful. The sauce is great. The fresh onion. This is incredible. Tomato. It's fresh. This is so good. Americans have been doing it wrong. This whole time. I don't know if we're supposed to rate things here. This is solid. This is like a 10 out of 10. This is good. Wow. OK, Oprah. You get a 10. No one will trust your judgment. Te amo mucho cevichocho. Cevichocho, is that ceviche? Is it ceviche? Oh, hell yeah, dude. Oh, wow. Oh, this is such an interesting ceviche. Oh my god, look at the little plate of teeny chips. Cevichocho is a vegetarian version of a ceviche, made with chocho or lupin beans, often topped with toasted corn plantains and hot sauce that's popular throughout South America, but especially in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Oh, heck yeah. The sauce is spicy with the lime that balances it. Oh, I'm liking it. This is really good. I really like this. This is a whole new world of ceviche. I live for the fish, but this is fantastic. It's just so good. It's every, it's like, perfect. A lot of texture is going on. Yeah, a lot of texture. But it weirdly all works. It does. Onions and cilantro. You can never go wrong, right? Never go wrong. Is that a bean? Chocho is a special breed of lupin beans that have been cultivated for millennia in the highlands of South America. This was the surprising thing that I liked. The plantains. You have the hiccups? Did you see me? You're trying to hide it real well. I almost made it out. Watch this. Take your drink, and you're going to flip it backwards and try and drink it from the other side. She's pranking you. Nope. Lean forward. Lean the whole thing forward and try and drink from the cup. My boobs are blocking the depth of the hiccups. Wow. You have knowledge that no one else has. No, I don't have any hiccups anymore. This is insane. I'm shook right now. Yeah, I've never in my life seen anything work like that. I'm waiting for a hiccup. Is this a plantain? Ooh. Butter? Cream? Cheese? That's very suggestive. Oh my god. Oh, oh wow. Yeah. Ooh. Yes. Bring on the nana. Look at the presentation there. Plantains are eaten all over Latin America, and when they are baked or grilled and stuffed with queso, this delight is known as plantanos asado, a wonderful street treat popular in Ecuador and Colombia. Cheers. Three, two, one. Very hot. This one's not for me. I just don't like the plantains. It's enough for me, dog. I will say, and I mean no offense by this, it's just mush. I don't taste the cheese. Maybe I'm tripping. I do. It blends in really well with the plantain. It does. The combination, like that little marriage they got going on right now. Oh, the cheese is so good. Oh my god, just get some of the cheese. Just get some of the cheese. Whoa. OK, wait, let me get the plantain out of the way. That is some tasty cheese. Yeah. Yeah, the plantain I don't think is great. It's a little too dry for me, but that filling is delicious. Yeah, I ate that cheese. Yeah, you licked it clean. No, jeez. Steak on a stick. Not regular steak. Beef heart. This flavorful dish is one of the most popular ones in Peruvian food, and it's usually served with potatoes and corn. Whoa. I'm here for that. Beef heart? Oh my gosh. This looks incredible. Antichuchos are a very popular street cart dish made with marinated beef hearts in a mixture of vinegar and spices like cumin, aji peppers, and garlic, and then grilled and often served with potato and corn. Yo, this is crazy. I just wish you didn't tell me it was a heart. Here you go. Wow, that's delicious. That's tasty. Changing lives. Oh, you're thinking about it. Don't think about it. Just think about it's meat. Don't think about it. How would you describe beef heart tasting compared to you? It's easier to bite into. I think sometimes when you bite into meat, it's almost like stringy and got like a pull to it. I would say it's less gamey then as a result. It is more tender. There's not much fat on it. Unlike my heart. Entrased in fat. It's actually flavored really well. It was like nice. It's the texture. I have never had heart in my life. If you asked me to try heart, I would say no thank you. This is so good. I forgot this was heart. I'm open to trying more hearts. This is what beef heart is like. Man, what's a chicken heart like? Pig heart. I will say everything so far has been like mildly acidic, which is really interesting. Even the sausage that we had, had like an acidic seasoning on it as well. Unfortunately, if we were out and about somewhere in a jungle, I would starve. Really? I would do it. I heard they eat even like a horse's penis. That's like a thing. If I had to live, I would do it. These are three things you have to try in Santiago. Number one, Motecon Huesillos. It's a summer drink made of cooked, dried peaches, cooked, dried peaches. Water, sugar, and yeast. Nope. Interesting. I have not heard of this before. You know, I'm going to say on the appealing factor, Yeah, this is giving. It's not great. It looks like yesterday's lunch. I don't like the way that smells. Motecon Huesillos is a traditional Chilean summertime drink often sold at street stands, made with peaches or Huesillos, cooked in sugar, water, and cinnamon, and mixed with wheat berries. Three, two, one. Nope. Hell no. OK, it has to taste like cinnamon. I remember she saying that. Oh, I rocks with that. Really? Oh, this tastes like, I like canned peaches. You don't like it, do you? This is so bizarre. It tastes like, I'm eating peaches out of the can. It does. With cinnamon. Yeah, but the cinnamon's super light. It just like gives me rice. It's giving me rice vibes. Because it doesn't really have like a flavor. It's more of a texture. Oh, no. I feel weird. This one's weirding me out. I don't know why. Because it looks a little bit like brains. Yeah. No, it looks like my dog upchucked, and I'm drinking it now. This is not bad. And I'm not a big peach fan, but the cinnamon is really light. The peach isn't that overpowering, and the wheat berries kind of are like something to chew on. Guys, this may look crazy, but it tastes amazing. I'm telling you. OK. What's that? That's cheese? They're like guac. Oh, pupusa. I don't know what that is. It's like a rice thing? Yeah, I've never seen a pupusa filled with that. Oh, my goodness. Cannot eat this with a fork. It's disrespectful. OK. This next one is actually from Central America. But I just, I personally, like you, love pupusas, and wanted you guys to try loroco. Pupusas are a thick griddle cake from El Salvador and Honduras. And we've got a loroco and queso stuffed one for you today. They're accompanied by cretino, a spicy fermented slaw, and a tangy tomato sauce. OK, so I think this is the loroco. Mm, smells good. I feel like it's going to be a little spicy. I'm going to dip it a little bit and try it. Ooh, that's good. It's honestly a nice snack, though, because it's like, it's very light, surprisingly, despite it being like a whole, like a whole bread thing here. Dude, this is really good. You don't like it? Dude, pupusas? Really? They're like so, ugh, they're so good. It blends really well into the flavor of a corn tortilla. Very well. Like, it's almost like the flavors become one. This is a cheese stuffed griddle cake. How do you not like it? It's just not doing anything for my palate. Really? It's probably taking a long time to swallow this. I've broken hearted, Corey. Well, that's really good. This is holding slap. This is really good. Mm, this is, I think this might be my favorite. This is the best one I've had. Really? No lie. Ever. What's happening, Corey? I don't want to be too vulgar, but my dear pupusa has tasted a little bit different than this. What pupusa do you have? The grown up kind. Wait, why don't we know this? What is it? Why don't we know pupusa? Pupusi. Thank you. Oh, what a term. But it was close enough in the ballpark to where they're going to go crazy in the comments for sure. Oh, hell yeah. What is that? Yes, give me the ice cream. Is it an ice cream cone? A green ice cream cone? It looks like cheesecake ice cream. Oh, yeah. Anytime they put that flavor on their ice cream like that, I devour it. It's like jiggling. Is it? Yeah, he's holding it and it's jiggling. I'm very curious about this one. I don't know what this is. It looks good. Oh, interesting. What are we? OK. Jiggle, jiggle. Oh, it's a lot heavier than I thought. Espumila is a light and fluffy meringue dessert that's extremely popular in Ecuador, but can also be found in Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. That's good, whatever it is. Whoa. Oh, oh, oh, oh, wait. Is there passion fruit in this? You seem passionate about it. I love passion fruit. I feel like I'm tasting passion fruit. This is great. What is that? Is that tomato? Oh, that's a- Exactly. That's what I tasted. That's a papaya. Oh, that's why I don't like papayas. I'm like, it was something in there. I'm like, wait a minute. I don't like the consistency. I don't like the sprinkles. And I don't like the taste, really. Get some of the fruit in there. To get to the fruit, I have to go over what I don't like. I don't love frosting because it's got the texture of frosting, but a little bit of sourness to it, which I really like. It's really good. I would just minus the papaya because I just don't like papayas. But it's delicious. The sprinkles and the, I don't know what's on top, but it's almost like frosting that's a little bit more watery. Like, it tastes like frosting out the can. The tone of that. That was insane. Every cat in the neighborhood is pissed now. Oh, I'm so here for this. Wow, you just really went for it. This is really good. I'm a big fan of this. Well, that's it for today. How'd you feel? That was good. That might be my favorite street food episode so far. Yeah, it was interesting, man. This was fun. It definitely was. Everything here was great. Even the peach thing. We'll pretend that was great. It exists. Thank you for sharing your Southern American culture with us. Yeah, this was a really cool experience. It was. I don't think I would have ever tried these without this video, so. Absolutely not. That was cool. Yeah. Definitely, now I'm like, I got to go to a Chilean restaurant. I got to go back to Peruvian. I got to go to an Argentinian restaurant now. I got to go to a freaking Honduran restaurant. I'll do you one better. Let's just go to South America. All right, React goes to South America. Off we go. I've had better pupusa. I think you do the outro. I'm just going to enjoy this. But I want to try it. Too late. Thank you guys so much for watching. What other street foods do you want to see us try? Let us know in the comments down below. And as always, be sure to like and subscribe. Can I eat it now? Cheers. Yum.