On a back street in Belgrano, near to Chinatown, a steakhouse and butcher shop opened up a couple of years ago. While one of our past members of the Horde had dined here and highly recommended it, none of the rest of us had made the trek. Corte Comedor, at Olazábal 1391, was our destination last… Read More The Horde Cuts In
John Coghlan was an Irish engineer, born in 1824. Educated in Paris, and several years of work on various European railway lines, he was recruited at the age of 33 by the Argentine government as a consulting engineer to work on various projects related to railways and the Buenos Aires harbor. He supplemented that work… Read More The Engineer’s Barrio
It’s time to get out of the house, don’t you think? Almost twenty months of being in or close to home has become a weird combination of comfortable and oppressive. And honestly, for the last many months, there’s really been no reason for it other than a federal government here (and elsewhere, yes, but here… Read More Stepping Out
Finally, on to a country and culture with which I have at least a vague familiarity. Not a lot, but at least more than some of the far flung places I’ve ventured to in the kitchen here. It’s been just over six years since our one trip to Quito, which is my only on the… Read More The Bread & Soup Project #52 – Ecuador
We finally have a traditional Peruvian restaurant in our neighborhood, Recoleta. We’ve had the more upscale, fusion, Nikkei style food available nearby – from a few years back when La Causa Nikkei opened, to the more recently opened Che Perú and Lima, the place I reviewed in the last post. And, of course, our own Casa SaltShaker with our heavily… Read More Peru Comes to Recoleta
Several months ago a new sushi spot, Lima, popped onto one of the local delivery services and I gave it a shot. It was specified as “Nikkei Style”, the Japanese-Peruvian fusion, and it was a tad pricier than some of my more usual delivery options for sushi, but, it turned out to be absolutely delicious and… Read More Nikkei in Style
When I first moved here in 2005, one of the things I was surprised about was the lack of wine bars. While Argentines have long been among the biggest consumers of wine in the world, the idea of a selection of wines by the glass seemed to mystify them. You had a wine list, you… Read More Day Drinking
It’s been awhile since I’ve gone for an entry in this project. Just a reminder, while locro is generally considered, at least by outsiders, to be an Argentine dish, and specifically, its national dish, the history is much more regional and complex. Originating in the Andes, and based on the locro potato, it spread throughout not… Read More The L Word – Chilean Fake?