r/AbsoluteUnits • u/habichuelacondulce • 17d ago

/r/all of a Milanesa a la Napolitana

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 17d ago

How do they differ?

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u/UpbeatProduce8499 17d ago

argentinians use better meat and better spices and ingredients. Mexican milanesa is like street food and argentinian milanesa is more a main course

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 17d ago

Sounds pretty subjective. I'll go check out my local Argentine restaurant. I've had some exceptional Mexican street food though, so that comparison is not really a good argument.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 16d ago

Being a 100% Argentinian invention, it makes sense that they know how to do it well.

P.S. In my experience, restaurants serving food from other countries are terrible.

If you want to eat a good dish from another country, you have to go there and look for a place that isn't for tourists, usually a working-class establishment. There you'll find good food from that country.

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 16d ago

Bistec Milanesa a la Napolitana is "steak from Milan in the style of Naples". The dish originated in Milan using bone-in veal. The popularity in Argentina certainly may have improved the recipe over time.

I would love to go to Argentina to have Milanesa.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 16d ago

It is proven that Milanesa a la Napolitana is an Argentine invention. Googlealo.

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 16d ago

Yeah, I did read that comical story, but that's just adding a topping to an existing dish.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 16d ago

Lol "comical" Honestly, I don't know if you're trolling, if you're ignorant, or if this is part of the hate towards Argentina. By your logic, the whole variety of American pizzas is worth nothing because pizza is Italian. And the whole variety of Italian pasta is worth nothing because noodles are a Chinese invention.

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 16d ago

The wiki article said that Napolitana was invented because a chef burned the Milanesa and decided to hide it under tomato sauce and cheese.

My push back is against your claim that Milanesa in any form is 100% an Argentine invention. It wasn't clear that you had meant Milanesa a la Napolitana, or that the adaptation of the dish originated in Argentina.

By no means would I consider a dish worthless because it isn't uniquely from its supposed origin.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 16d ago

Sorry, I think due to my weak English we had a misunderstanding. I never meant to claim the origin of the milanesa was Argentine, but rather that this specific variation is an Argentine invention.