Last menus, and last post of the year 2018! Últimos cartas y post del año 2018! Menus 56 & 57 December 26-29 – 2018 – 26-29 de Diciembre Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Sole, Prawn, & Calamari Ceviche – sole, cut in cubes; prawns, split, deveined, and quickly poached; calamari, cleaned and scored,… Read More Last Menus of the Year
Menu #55 December 20-22 – 2018 – 20-22 de Diciembre Standout Plates – Platos Destacados Gazpacho with Wasabi Gelato – Emulsified puree of tomatoes, garlic, red limo chilies, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and white pepper; finely diced cucumbers, onions, and roasted bell pepper; sour cream gelato flavored with wasabi (milk and cream… Read More You Say Tomato, I Say Mushrooms
Almost everyone who comes to Argentina focuses on steaks and empanadas as the be all and end all of local cuisine. While certainly mainstays, there’s far more to local fare than just those, and one of the favorites is the milanesa. It’s a dish of Italian origin, though not necessarily of Milan, though there’s certainly a… Read More All Hail the Milanesa King
As usual, we are all over the map, for both location (not really, all but one are in Palermo this time) and cuisine. Let’s start with the small stuff, the nibble marks…. One of quite a few revisits to Big Sur, Cerviño 3596 in Palermo, which I’ve reviewed in the past for their excellent burgers –… Read More Bite Marks #70
Menus 53 & 54 November 12-15 – 2018 – 12-15 de Noviembre Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Cherry-Kimchi Gazpacho – cold pureed soup of cherries, cucumber, red onion, homemade kimchi, garlic, basil, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper; finely diced red and yellow bell peppers; swirls of olive oil and balsamic vinegar reduction,… Read More Cherries & Basil
For the 13½ years I’ve been in Buenos Aires, it’s been a given that if we wanted Korean food, we basically had to go to one of the two Koreatowns, in Flores or Floresta. Over the years, I’ve managed to get to almost all of the Korean spots in both areas – there are still… Read More Koreans Spreading Out
“The Bersaglieri (marksmen) are a speciality of the infantry corps of the Italian Army. They were originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on June 18, 1836 to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later to become the Royal Italian Army. They have always been a high-mobility light infantry unit, and can… Read More Second Campaign of Piñeyro
Dumpling House, San Martín 875, Retiro – While I don’t recall my mother ever saying it, received wisdom is that if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it. On the other hand, if a picture is worth a thousand words, the following five photos are spewing out a 5k monologue that ought, at… Read More We Love Our Dumplings, Except When We Don’t