Serving the Inland Empire and East Los Angeles
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Now Open Mondays - New Hours: Mon-Thurs:10:30am-9pm, Friday 10:00am - 10pm; Sat: 10:00am-10pm, Sun:
10:00 am - 9pm
GUIDE TO FOODS
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Facturas are light and flaky sweet pastries. With coffee, a great way to
start your weekend!
Empanadas are pastry filled appetizers using beef, chicken, spinach, ham and cheese, or spicy Chorizo sausage meat.
Matambre is a rolled and filled beef loaf, for lunch or dinner, served
with "Rusa" a light, tasty potato salad.
Provoleta is a small hot frying pan of melted Provolone cheese, great for
dipping cruchy hot bread rolls.
Chimichurri sauce also goes well with the hot bread - made of Italian parsley,
garlic, oil and spices.
Camarones Tango Baires are deep fried shrimp with delicious cordobesa sauce.
Antipasti is a variety of delicacies to start with.
Caprice salad has a soft Mozarella cheese sliced with tomatoes and leaves
of basil.
Argentineans love sandwiches. Cold ,"Miga" , are small, on crustless
bread, with ham and cheese or "surtidos", with some pineapple
and roasted red peppers. Usually prepared as six or 12 sandwiches wrapped
together.
Tostado Tango Baires is a Lomito sandwich (below) but toasted crustless
bread.
Hot, sliced and grilled beef
on Figasa bread, which is an oval bun, is called "Lomito", and
with a fried egg - "cordobes". It is toastedlightly in the oven
and served warm.
Milanesa is a thin beef, breaded and deep fried, often served as a sandwich.
"Cordobesa" adds ham and eggs to your order
Choripan is a spicy sausage, cut and served as a sandwich on figasa bread.
Argentina is known for its juicy and tender beef.
Steaks are grilled, then oven-baked. Entrana is a skirt steak with a layer
of skin, when well-cooked it is crunchy. You might want to order "no-skin".
Tango Baires serves "Specialties" - Parrillada is the platter
of grilled meats, for two people. It includes steak, ribs, Argentine sausage,
chicken, sweetbreads (thymus gland), blood sausage if you wish, grilled
with vegetables - onionis and assorted sweet bell peppers.
A strong Italian influence is found in Argentinean food. The Pastas can
be ordered with one of four toppings
The "Pesto" or Pasta Verde is a spinach, cheese, garlic and basil
sauce that is "amazing"
You have to try Cannellonis! Made with a fluffy crepe, filled with chicken
or beef, and spinach, covered with tomato or mixta sauace and cheese!
A variety of side orders are available. Most dinners include a choice of potatoes - mashed, fries, rusa (potato salad), or mixta (green) salad.
Argentinean pizza uses a pastry- like crust , that when ordered "well-done"
or crunchy, is light and flaky, unlike North American dough crusts.
Many toppings are offered. We show fifteen (15) on the nmenu, but you are
welcome to add to , or change toppings to suit you.
Also extra toppings can be added to the basic pizzas
There is a variety of desserts - flan, crepes "panqueques", a
caramel filled cake roll "Arrollado de Dulche de leche",; Tiramisu;
and traditional sweet Milojas.
We offer a variety of domestic and imported beer, quilmes from Argentina,
and Cristal and Cusquena from Peru.
There are several coffees to complete your meal
We have a good selection of imported Argentinean wines: Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot and of course, the Malbec, from the Medoza region of Argentina
Hopefully you will find your lunch or dinner very flavorful and satisfying,
and will want to return to try other of our offerings.
Thank you for visitng Tango Baires Cafe Restaurant.
