Ive been here before. This coastline. This city. I was looking for something then. But instead, i found this. Uruguay. The tiny underappreciated south American Country tucked between argentina and brazil. Only 3 Million People live here. Half of them in the capital city of montavido. I love this city. I love this country. I mean, it is a vibe here thats just unlike any other place on the continent. It is the opposite of new york in a lot of way. People respect push chi. In new york, theyre hungry and pushing. Here its extremely laid back. Only competition is soccer. Only time you get competitive. And it gets extreme. Ignacio is the chef owner of three very successful restaurants in new york city. Hes been a new yorker for the past 12 years. But he comes from here. Uruguay is a pretty chill and relaxed place. Where you just can disconnect from everything. For me its a melting pot. It is mostly spanish and italian immigrant food. Bar elgi specializes in uruguays Unofficial National sandwich. 24 hours a day 7 days a week since 1923. A prince, a king, a big sandwich, this terror protein is built out of steak, ham, cheese, egg, mayo and garnishes. A perfect sandwich. Last time i was here i have to admit after about six days i would have killed somebody for a vegetable. I mean, i didnt see a single you wont feel like that. Nacho started his career at the age of 17 with a master of fire and burning wood. Chef francis. Stayed with him for ten years before moving to the u. S. Working for francis i felt at home. It was just a bunch of outsiders that found a place where they belong. You know . Finally culture and new flavors. How often do you come . Every two years. How long do you spend . I usually went a week. Why so little . When im in new york i do. I mean, i love it here but its you have to commit to it here. But you were born here. You spent your childhood here. Do you feel the way i do about this place . It is special, right . I think its special. But im so far detached from it. Right. But i can go back to that and i can just connect. Well see. Over the next few days, well see he can just slide back in. Oh, we will. Oh, we will. No way around it. You have to. Things to know about uruguay. Its progressive. We is legal. Abortions are easily accessible. Gay marriage universal health care, Free Education including college. Democracy is no joke here. 96 of eligible citizens voted in the last election. Compare that to barely 60 here in the u. S. Theres something really special about this place. You like it . Its really one of my favorite countries. Amazing. Many say its the worst place. A lot of thats weird. Some of the people i have spoken to are ambivalent about the you will chur. I like it but, you know this i dont really understand. I meet karina, a journalist and editor with a nurpgs at a cafe and bookstore. I think the thing that uruguay has thats pessimistic and sometimes complains about too much about what we have comes from before. 1930s, 40s and after. The second world war. This is the americas as they used to call us. Reminders of colonial days in montevivideo and chief city of a progressive country. It was a pretty cool society. Health care was free. Cradle to grave. Education very big medium class. Thats very important. One could say that the prospect of socialist or communist communities in latin america in the 60s was an area of great concern for the u. S. And its more authoritarian leaning nationals and the movement was cause for alarm at the cia. A lot of things happened in the 60s in the context of latin america. A lot of students, young people were very active in politics. The low classes as you could say middle class kids. Yeah. At the beginning i think they really thought they could change the system. Covert and overt support of our country, a state of emergency was declared and a right wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power launching a period of suppression guided by cia officers, trained in what we call these days enhanced interrogation methods, some of the most brings tall bastards crushed minds and bodies in cells in latin america. What kind of people were swept up . Teachers, professors from university. Troublesome intellectuals. Lawyers. 3 to 5 of the entire population had gone through the prison system. Were not talking about incourse kars nation ano, no, no. Tortured and kept in a prison system to pretty much destroy them. In the mid1980s the people of uruguay had had enough. Massive demonstrations and strikes forced the government to hold elections and the military was swept from power. Were now a democratic country since 1984. Hows it going . I think its going well. We have troubles. We are in latin america. We like to believe were a european country. Are you optimistic . I am, i am. I dont i dont see like a huge crisis coming. But also, when they came, you never realized before, too. burke vengeful vermin. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum the sun goes down. You run those miles, squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom and floss to set a good example. You fine tune the proposal, change the water jug so no one else has to, get home for dinner and feed the cat. You did a million things for your family today but speaking to pnc to help handle all your investments was a very important million and one. Pnc. Make today the day. vo have to happen . Idnt i didnt see it. vo what if we could go back . What if our car. Could stop itself . In iihs frontend crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. Not toyota. Not honda. Not ford. The subaru impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Lets fly, lets fly away just say the words and well beat the birds down to acapulco bay its perfect for a flying honeymoon they say come fly with me lets fly, lets fly away come fly with me lets fly, lets fly away heartburn and gas . Now fight both fast new tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one relief of heartburn and gas tum tum tum tums new tums chewy bites with gas relief most people come to la with big dreams. We came with big appetites. With expedia, you could book a flight, hotel, car, and activity all in one place. When people think of this often overlooked little country, if they they think of it at all they tend to think of patronizing as argentinas little brother. Not so and that attitude pushes people here to think of themselves as many ways of in opposition to their bigger, louder neighbor. Where were you born from . Argentina. Is it a big difference culturely . Here, if you are a little bit courageous, you made it. You know . It is the thing to be flashy. To be successful is not something that you quiet scene. Theres a saying, it means stay in the small thing. You know . Right. It is something that defines. Right. Uruguay in a way. Lucia is a chef and owner of hacina. She worked with nacho. What was it like for a Woman Working in the Restaurant Industry in early 2000s . I was very lucky because francis, he had like this army of women, no . Around him. You were surrounded by women from the beginning . Yes, yes sigh that an unusual situation in uruguay, do you think . I mean not asking you, man. Youre a man. Im asking im thinking like a woman. The food here takes its cues from spain and italy. Home mad gnogghi with pump pin. Prawns with wasabi. Beef tartar with quail egg. When you were first planning a menu for this place and the concept, what inspired you . I wanted to have a small restaurant but that you could have a very nice everything but small. You know . One fish. Very nice. And a little vegetables. You know . This is the most vegetables i have ever seen in this country all at one time. Were all driven people at this table. Yeah. You went to new york. How many restaurants in new york . One, two . Three. Three. Nice number. Not lazy. You could have im going to guess youre like this, too. Where is your happy place . I got married on saturday. This last saturday . Yes. That was the day that i felt happy all day. But its good because you cannot have happiness all the time. No . No, no. Happiness all the time is fascist. Doesnt exist. Its oppressive. But if you have a few moments a week, where you just oh shit, im happy. It sneaks up on you. Which is more satisfying, eating a good meal or cooking a good meal for somebody you really care about . I think eating. I actually enjoy both. But i dont want to hear anything. I dont want you to say anything to me. See youre connecting without having to have a dialogue about it. Im not sure. Cooking for customers, thats a different experience. Making an omelet for someone in the morning after . Just saying. Its really the best. The guy that i married i was with him for the first time and i cooked three eggs, two asparagus and five cherry tomatoes with my heart and we had this small but very beautiful breakfast brunch lunch. Its the best thing ever. Youre going to make me cry. You know . Youre going to make me cry. Theres some basic urge that made all of us at this table want to cook. There is a desire to Say Something you cant say, to nurture. So basic and so beautiful that its so basic. They got together in 1996 when they were all just teenagers, considered pioneers of the diy Hardcore Movement here. Two decades on theyre still one of the countrys most popular bands and they recently opened for iggy pop. Right. So what does everybody do here . What do you do . Psychologist. This comes in useful later. Musician. And writer, too. Writer and restaurantaur. Yes. I work in post production. Post production. That could be actually this is a very useful table. For me, the lead singer and songwriter grew up with nacho. T you t tuka and valentine grew up in uruguay. Its a musical country. Thats like our native rhythm. And from here its used to be called brothers music so it was like late 60s, early 70s most popular music but then the dictatorship and everybody has to leave the country. Yeah. Dictatorships are usually back for music. Good for the underground music scene. Not for the popular music. You want to smoke . Yeah, sure. I brought some. Excellent. I am permitted to smoke weed on camera now. Uruguay. Observing local custom. Proceed to smoke weed. Its cool. Everybodys doing it. Somebody called the jeff sessions. Hell shit himself. How long legal . One year. Awesome. You could smoke in the street for always. You have dispensaries . Stores . Yeah. Thats the problem now. Pharmacies cannot sell because International Banks dont want to accept drug money. So if i were to open a marijuana farm you can have your club. When we starting this . I dont know, man. Let me smoke another joint. What to do next. Pizza and beers, yo. So heres an interesting question. What is the National Pathology of uruguay . This is envy. Envy . Yes. Uruguay very envied. You always envy, like, i cannot envy a very biggy tarrist player. I cant envy paco. I will envy this place almost like me just a little better. Just a little better. Just me a little better. The envy is between brothers. Right. Is this a destructive envy . Uruguay want others to succeed . Yes. If theyre part of it. Not in my neighborhood. This is an honest man. I really like you. Uruguay of mexico is great. I feel like im talking to myself. The pizza here is a stoner hybrid topped with chickpea flatbread. Why . I dont know. One on top of each other. Pizza. Really . We call this pizza no cheese. Its really . I dont know if i can work with you. Two years. Vegan . Yes. In uruguay. Thats a revolutionary position. They used to be vegan too. Youre such an asshole. He used to be a very vegan. What did you eat . Pizza. No cheese . Yeah. And this is on Health Ground or you hate to hurt animals . I dont know. Okay. If you had to kill fred durst or a cow. Fred, fred. Look at this one. Iggy pop or a cow . I like him but ill have to kill him. No no oh no i just told youre a monster. You are not my therapist. Woman i stay active by staying in rhythm. And to keep up this pace, i drink boost optimum. Boost optimum with 5 in 1 advanced nutrition helps support muscle, energy, bone, normal immune function, and vision. Boost optimum. Be up for life. You wouldnt accept bofrom any one else. So why accept it from your allergy pills . Most pills dont finish the job because they dont relieve nasal congestion. Flonase allergy relief is different. Flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which pills dont. 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Oh, now this is what its all about for me, man. Every great culture does this. Its moist. Nacho i love it right when you kill it, its pretty amazing. Anthony look, when they kill me, thats the way i want to go. You know, keep the heart beating, pump the blood into the bucket, let the Village Women come and make sausage. Anthony then chorizo, and steak gotta have that. In this case, rib eye. Anthony you should spend more time in this country. Nacho ive been gone for 17, 18 years. Anthony yeah. Nacho it feels kind of like the same, thats the magic about this place, it feels like travelling to the past. Anthony i dont see starbucks on every corner, i dont see mcdonalds. Sort of unspoiled, right . This is pretty awesome. I mean, am i missing something . Is there something that really sucks about this country that im not seeing . Nacho i think this society is very patriarchal. And it has a lot of colonial traditions that overshadows its anthony yeah, but compared to what . Compared to who . Whos doing really great in that department . Denmark . Its like the happiest country on earth. I hate happy. I mean, do you want to be surrounded by happy people . Nacho do you notice how melancholic this place is . And nostalgic, its like you walk on the street and its just like, you feel it. Its like the melancholy, its anthony i like that. Anthony nacho mattos grew up about 45 minutes north of the capital in santa lucia, a small town of 16,000 people surrounded by farmland and cattle and sheep ranches. Nacho i think that as a childhood, it was an incredible place to grow up. You know, like escaping and going fishing on the river, and its pretty safe, you know, like the doors were always open. But i didnt feel like i fit in at all. And i needed to find a place and a way to express myself. We were raised its very liberal, but at the same time its conservative. As a teenager, it was kind of just didnt feel that same, it interesting and it wasnt fun as a teenager. Anthony his family own a dairy farm just outside of town. Nachos mother, gloria, runs the farm, along with his brother, leandro. Nachos sister, rocio, lives in montevideo but comes home often for family meals like this. Anthony whats the name of this town . You grew up here, this house . Nacho santa lucia. Yup. Anthony you grew up in this house . Nacho yes, for the most part, yeah. Anthony its beautiful. Why would you ever leave this place . Its fantastic. Gloria he never like this place. Anthony no . Gloria no, never. Rocio i felt like he had like anger of being on such a small town. He always had been on the front. Nacho i couldnt fit in here, so i get out of the house. And i actually called her and say that i wanted to go to culinary school, this is what i want to do. Any support and ill pay you back. And one year goes and i drop it to go work for francis. Anthony i love that you went from being a vegan to working with francis mallman, who is like the satan of vegans. What was at the dinner table when you grew up . Nacho mom wasnt that skillful. In the kitchen. Anthony thats cold, man. Nacho i know, but its the truth. She was the one in charge. Anthony so you grew up eating a lot of italian food . Nacho yes. Anthony nachos grandmother, ercillia, was born here the child of italian immigrants. Nacho i grew up around my grandmother, like constantly cooking. And that was her form of affection, in a way of like showing that she cared and she loved you. Nacho is it good . Grandma yes, its good, but if its too soft, its not going to work. Anthony her tuco, her version of sunday gravy, is made from pancetta, cured pork ribs and hunks of beef, simmered for hours. Nacho do you add oregano . Grandma yes, we can. Nacho since when do you add oregano . Grandma always. Anthony theres also matambre, a local specialty of rolled, stuffed beef, served alongside russian salad. Anthony so when did you Start Cooking . Nacho i think it was like my mom got divorced and i realized that she needed help and i Start Cooking as a way yeah, support. Then i decide to become vegan, and she was like, she threw the towel and i was like, i just Start Cooking for us. So i start taking the initiative and Start Cooking vegan food. Anthony well, you had to because you were the only vegan in all of uruguay. Anthony how often does he come back . Gloria two years. Anthony in two years . Nacho i like it, i like it. I like it in a different way. I like it, i like it, far away. [ laughter ] rocio if he would find the thing to do here, hell be happy but the things he wants to do are not here. Clo beautiful, leandro, eh . Yes. Anthony yeah, its good. Nacho its so comforting. Anthony yeah. This makes me happy. Its the fuel that helps power color this stunning and hair this healthy looking. Its the oilpowered formula found in olia. For brilliant color and visibly healthier hair, every time you color. 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Walter what i love most about the ocean is space, the sensation of freedom that comes with it and to have the whole ocean to yourself, its like dealing with something alive. Walter this is one of the best places to fish. Its the best geography i know, and ive traveled the world, and every day that i come here i fall in love with this place. Anthony a couple of hours east of montevideo, the coast. And the seaside towns of high gloss, big money punta del este,and the slightly more laidback jose ignacio once a sleepy fishing village and now a hamptonian vacation hot spot for the moneyed class from all over the world. Anthony cantina del vigia thankfully is open in the off season. Diego robino is a Film Producer and occasional fisherman. And clo dimet is a chef and owner of posada in jose ignacio. Anthony so what town is this, where am i . Nacho this is maldonado. Anthony maldonado. Nacho and this is like the capital of all these fancy beach towns, but this is where the working class people live. Diego this is where most people live, all the year. Anthony cantinas chefowner is federico desseno. Like nacho, another Francis Mallmann veteran. Diego brought some fish he caught today. We got empanadas with corn and shredded, slowcooked beef. Anthony oh, nice, love it. Liking this meal already. Anthony theres goat cheese, and spinach croquettes. Anthony nice. Nacho so this is the catch. Anthony look at that. Diego this is the catch of the day. Anthony beautiful. Nacho so today, diego went, one of the roughest days in the ocean to get fish somehow. Talking about like hard work, i mean the kitchen is hard but like, fishermen . Clo the fact that you are alone in the middle of the ocean with all this testosterone around you. Diego thats why we play soccer. Anthony there are two woodfired ovens producing this thing provaleta, a beautiful slab of cheese, which puffs up and inflates in the heat. Anthony wow. Whoa, this is the cheese . Diego this is the cheese. Normally, if you are doing a grill with friends, this is the only thing you will get that is not meat. Anthony whole roasted, suckling wild boar. Anthony wow, thats spectacular. Anthony and wholeroasted fish. Chef fish. Anthony wow. Wow, thats beautiful fish. Anthony and milanesa. Here in uruguay, not veal as in italy, but a pounded, breaded, and fried hunk of beef, covered in tomato sauce, ham, and melted mozzarella cheese. Anthony whoa, more cheese, all right. Clo milanesa. Chef this is milanesa napolitana. Anthony right. Chef and its typical dish and the people here eat a lot this milanesa. Clo we grow up with this. Diego all the people. Nacho holy moly. You know this is good cold, too, right . First thing in the morning. Diego cold, its great. 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You still loving it or you change your mind . Anthony i love it. Its beautiful. Laid back. Nacho you havent changed your mind a little bit . Anthony no. Feel tense about anything, i smoke a little weed and i feel better. Nacho yup. Hey, im getting hungry actually. Anthony yeah, whats on the menu tonight . Got some quinoa . Maybe some quinoa . Nacho i dont think it exists, quinoa here. You might see it in some health store. Anthony i dont even know what it is. I dont know that ive ever had it. Its like i used to really like kale, i used to love kale, but now i dont want to eat it because nacho its pretty annoying. Anthony theyre making like smoothies out of this shit. Are we doing steak . Nacho if we can do steak, thats what we eat here. Thats what we have. Anthony yeah. Yeah, i was thinking just off the top of my head, what do i want tonight . Uh, how about meat . Yeah, yeah, meat. [ engine turning ] nacho i know where to go actually, never been. This friend told me about it, but the funny thing is its a drivethru. Anthony drivethru steak . Nacho i know, like, im as surprised as you are. Anthony cocktails, can we get cocktails in the drivethru . Nacho i doubt it, but im sure we can get some beers. Anthony all right, steak it is. Nacho lets do it. Anthony diego wants you to know that his other car is a ferrari. Diego hey, whats up, man . Anthony so far its working. Diego i think they use this in the desert. For drivethru steak. Anthony do we have knives and forks somewhere . Diego inside of each box. Anthony okay. Diego you need potatoes. Anthony yeah, i got potatoes in there. Yup, this is going to be a challenge. Hey, the meats good. You should bring your own cutlery next time. Diego yeah. I just got a sweet deal on this card for my parents. Nice. I got a sweet deal on these iphones at verizon for my parents. Im not done shopping. 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Anthony la caracola is a party space on a strip of sand about ten minutes outside jose ignacio. The ocean on one side, a lagoon on the other. During the high season, its a regular hang out for overthetop asados. Today, nacho is supervising a meal for a bunch of friends. Anthony hey, guys. Anthony whats going on in here . Hey, hows it going . Nacho so this is martin. Anthony hey, how are you . Anthony martin pittaluca is the coowner of la huella, a restaurant in town that also serves as the mothership for this place. Anthony man, what a spot. The weather is good . Martin the weather is difficult, but beautiful. You can stay the whole day. You know, you arrive at 2 00 and you leave at 9 00. Anthony nice. So, jefe, whats cooking . Nacho so this is one of the spots with the fire oven. Anthony wow, look at the whole fish baked in salt. Nacho yes. Nacho whole rib eyes, flanks. Anthony rib eyes. Wow. Nacho some suckling pig. Some snack. Anthony thats no snack, man, thats a meal right there. Wow. Nacho do you wanna help in the kitchen, or . Anthony carving, yeah, man. Nacho all right. Anthony everybodys here. Fermin and the guys from the band, lucia, federico, diego, and its time to eat. Anthony oh, yeah. Come on, thats perfect, right . Lucia nice. Anthony so how long has this place been here . Martin about 12 years. Anthony started as like a shack or a house . Or . Martin it used to be a little house on the beach with a bar. Youre not allowed to build here anymore, so we bought all this land and thats the only thing we can do. Anthony and the food is delicious. Lucia yeah. Anthony look at us out here, on a sand bar. In the middle of nowhere. Eating like gods. Lucia but this is what i love about uruguay, no . Then suddenly you take a drive, even like one hour and a half, and youre in a different world. Anthony good to see. I mean, its really exciting here. I love it here. Every day he asks me, are you sure nacho hold on, hold on, hold on. Anthony every day. Nacho do you really love it, tony . Anthony every day. Nacho do you really, really lucia i asked you once. Anthony he says this every day. Every day. Gaucho it seems to me that uruguayans have great humanity. And while we can develop and get better, i think we want to be ourselves. And to be ourselves is to be quiet, to enjoy a mate from a fire, and above all, lots of time to talk. And a lot of time for friends. That is a good characteristic of the uruguayans. Jeremy b for a long time we were forgotten about. We were the joke of the country, you know . And now i think were the ones having the last laugh. Its a magical, beautiful place to live, and were surrounded by amazing things. To be able to go outside and go out and jig a fish, or shoot a moose, or, you know, go out and pick some berries. To be able to bring that to the