It was two weeks ago me and Gunes had a nice morning walk in the Eco Reserva, and later when we were almost starving went to Sr. Telmo, a famous pizza place in San Telmo. He told me about the famous porteño saying "Hope that we can go back to those pizza and champagne days!" I was like that is disgusting who would want such a nauseating combination, and denied ordering champagne (it is by the way cheap and almost every restaurant offers it in Buenos Aires) and stick to wine.
Curious as I am, I started to ask around where this insolite tradition came from. I found out that it is nothing more than a "trend" which started with Menem, their famously corrupt President, also known as El Turco, annonced that he ate pizza with Champagne! So all the nouveau riche tag along, as they did with Wisky and kibbe in Turkey around the same time. As neoliberalist and corrupt government started to rule our third world countries, they also created a class of people that I personally cannot stand, and these abnoxious and disgusting fusions into our daily lives.
The champagne is still on the menu of most pizzarias in Buenos Aires, but less people order it, seems to me! Thank god for that!
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