Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
I’m sitting here listening to Rossini’s Zelmira, a three-hour opera, because, well, it’s germane to today’s little review. I have, many times over the years, passed by a corner bodegón here in Recoleta called La Tía Zelmira, French 3015, corner of Sanchez de Bustamante. Aunt Zelmira’s place. An unusual name, I thought, finding out that it’s of Italian… Read More Shine Bright
A bodegón is a classic institution of local gastronomy. It’s an interesting word in that its original meaning is a “still life”, as in a painting of domestic objects, usually food related, captured in time. At some point in the mid 19th century it came to refer to a particular type of tavern. While there are no… Read More Old School Specials
Let us start, this time, with the taco. Well, not the taco, because, well, we didn’t eat tacos. We were, however, at Mole Tacos, Av. Federico Lacroze 2801, Colegiales, with plans to eat tacos, post-second booster shot, but in the end, we selected the burritos and quesadillas from the three choices of lunch menu special… Read More Bite Marks #93
It’s not that among all the Asian and Peruvian and Burger and Pizza spots we don’t get out for Argentine food. It’s more that the traditional spots like steakhouses and bodegones rarely serve anything different or creative. There are only so many unadorned steaks or milanesas that I have interest in eating. And the few,… Read More Argentine Ménage à Blah
Still, slowly, working our way through they myriad Peruvian restaurants in town! Imperio del Sol, Amenabar 2415, Belgrano – I swear I’ve been to this place before. I walked in and all looked familiar, from the decor to the waitstaff. But I have no past photos from it, I’ve never written it up, this must… Read More Ay Perú
The town of Olivos, just north of the city limits of Buenos Aires, was originally known as Parajes de los Olivos, or the Place of the Olive Trees. It’s a small suburb of about 80,000 people, and let’s say that the demographic skews… upscale. The presidential residence is located in town, along with a whole lot of… Read More Eating Among the Olive Trees
Yes, always, more pizza! There are so many pizzerias in Buenos Aires that it would be near impossible for one person to visit them all. Okay, maybe not quite, but the city records somewhere north of 1200 dedicated pizzerias licensed, serving up more than 14 million pizzas a year to its 3 million inhabitants. I’m… Read More Geez… More Pizza?!
I’m back home, and here’s the wrap-up from the last stretch of the trip! Apologies, this is super-long, and photo intensive, but I just want to get it all in on one post. Although I could have simply driven straight through from Birmingham to Atlanta, it being only a little over a two-hour drive, I… Read More Rollin’ down Buford Highway holdin’ fifteen grand…