The title of this post translates to “Submarine”. Who knew that something so simple could cure ills, relieve travel fatigue and cheer disappointments. At our first stop in Buenos Aires Emily asked in very good Spanish for a “Chocolata Caliente” (I may have spelled that wrong), or a “hot chocolate”. She was very disappointed when the waitress informed her that she did not have hot chocolate but she did have “Submarinos”. We didn’t know what it was but we were feeling adventurous so we agreed to try it. Well guess what? It is a hot chocolate… but a FUN one. The waitress delivered a glass of hot steamed milk, a plate of little chocolate cookies and a bar of dark semi-sweet chocolate. You stir the chocolate in to the milk and “voila”… hot chocolate! That is if you can keep from eating all of the chocolate before you stir it in! We spent a significant portion of the remaining trip visiting all of the tiny kiosk sweet shops looking for the exact bar of chocolate to bring home. We were successful in finding exactly 17 of them (they were only a few cents each) so Emily is going to have to ration her submarino intake over the next few months.

But guess what? As soon as we got home we tried it with a regular bar of semi-sweet chocolate and it works! We don’t have a cappuccino maker or any product with a steamer (if you do that’s the best way to serve the milk) so we microwaved instead. Emily has also included a quick recipe on Emily Rose TV. Enjoy!