Last Sunday, after going to the movie theater, we went out for dinner at restaurant in the mall. The place, called "Don Asado", is part a chain of Uruguayan-style steakhouses in Mexico City.
We each started with an order of three "empanadas" (fried turnovers with savory fillings). Although they were good, it was a mistake to order them, because, as we soon found out, our main course was humungous.
We ordered the "chivito" plate for two. "Chivito" is the national dish of Uruguay. It means "little goat" although it contains almost everything except goat. The story goes that a woman from Argentina (where barbecued kid is popular) was visiting a beach resort in Uruguay. At a restaurant she asked for a sandwich of "chivito". The restaurant owner did not have any goat, so he prepared a sandwich of sliced beefsteak. The name "chivito" stuck.
"Chivito" can be prepared as a sandwich, or as a plated dish. When we saw the size of our "chivito", we realized that we should not have ordered a starter.
The slices of beef and the slices of ham were topped with fried eggs. That rested a bed of French fries and a whole bunch of other stuff. There were pickles, hearts of palm, tomatoes, olives, Russian salad (a variation of potato salad), and probably more things that I can't recall. It was one of the few times that Alejandro and I were unable to finish our meal!
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