Just to clarify the post from a couple of months ago, since I’ve gotten several emails wondering what happened (read the pieces, not just the headlines!), no, I haven’t stopped writing. I’ve just moved over to SubStack. It gives me a broader audience than I’d developed here over time. The content is the same stuff… Read More Clarification – The Blog Has Moved
So, this has been brewing in the background for awhile, as I’ve started duplicating, and separately writing, over on my Substack feed, Don’t Fry For Me Argentina. Over time, the number of active visitors to SaltShaker, as well as email subscribers, has steadily dropped. I get it, this is two decades long, and through much… Read More The Last Post?
For those of you who are new(er) to my writings, around eight years ago I started a series of reviews of Asian restaurants of various cuisines. Sometimes I drill down more specifically and do a post like my recent Korean fried chicken one, or sushi, but these were more catch-all posts. I began the series… Read More Chop Suey #30
It’s time for one of those occasional posts on favorite dishes we’ve served at Casa SaltShaker over the last weeks. With, this time, a particular emphasis on the evolution of one dish. This is one I’ve been playing around with the idea for quite some time. There’s a classic dish from Ayacucho, Perú, called rocotos rellenos… Read More August Company
Probably my favorite art museum in Buenos Aires is the private museum in the former studio of the influential, and quirky, Argentine painter and sculptor Xul Solar. The museum, at Laprida 1212, in Recoleta, is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., entrance fee is currently 4000 pesos, about $3, with, I believe,… Read More Sunlight on Xul
With the closing up earlier this year of Azit, we lost what I considered to be the best Korean fried chicken place in town. As best I know, we still just have three other spots dedicated to “KFC”. There are certainly other Korean restaurants that offer it on their menu, but it’s not their prime focus.… Read More Chikin, Korean Style
It’s been awhile since I did a dedicated burger post, so what’s new in the burger world here in Buenos Aires? Smashed patty burger places have become all the rage. When last we really looked into them, there were only a few places doing it – Tierra del Nadie, 24th Street, The Flour Store, and Fat… Read More Smash those burgers! Or, not.
This might be the most unusual locro we’ve encountered to date in our exploration of, arguably, Latin America’s most widespread and varied dish. No potatoes, no corn, the main starch is rice. And this is the first to use chicken as the protein. Were I to encounter it without it being named, I’d have just thought… Read More The L Word – Chicken & Rice, So Nice