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.
It was a lovely birthday weekend, thanks for asking! Friday launched it, with a delightful lunch outdoors at Roux, Peña 2300, Recoleta, just around the corner from us. Among the delights sampled, a plate of fried frog’s legs with a cilantro based provencal sauce and roasted vegetables; and a whole quail, which was supposed to be… Read More Everybody’s Working for the Weekend
Let’s start this round with cookies, because… cookies. Venega’s Coffee, Arcos 2795, corner of Congreso, Belgrano. It was after our Horde outing to Güey last month, and while walking up to Av. Cabildo to take the bus home, we spotted this corner café with big, beautiful cookies on display. None of us could resist. I bought… Read More Bite Marks #89
It’s only fair, after so many recent looks at the new wave of pizzerias, either Neapolitan style, or “artisanal” versions of either Argentine or Italian or New York or… style, that I offer some attention back on the local approach to pizza. Now, I’ve written both pros and cons over the years – early on,… Read More Pizzas of the Argentine
A dozen years ago I set out on a taco crawl with a friend who lived here at the time. He’s up and gone to live on some island in Florida, gotten married, had a kid, what can you do? At the time, there were few places offering tacos here. There’s not, or there wasn’t,… Read More Six Days of the Taco
Because if feels like forever since I did a pizza round-up, though it’s actually only been two months, and I’ve fit in a couple of pizzerias here and there in the Bite Marks and other posts. But, pizza! This place has been on my radar for… ever. It has to be at least five years,… Read More Pile o’Pizza
The Roving Ravenous Horde struggles on…. For those of you not familiar with my weekly lunch group, the start of it all, now almost four years ago, was at an unassuming little milanesa spot, La Pulperia del Cottoro, in Boedo. Now, as we approached our 100th outing, I wanted to do something special. But I missed one… Read More Surf ‘n Turf with The Horde
In which we… oh, you know the drill already. Urbano Cocina Americana, Cabrera 5502, Palermo. There’s an attempt to be a sort of all encompassing “American casual food” spot, akin to a vague knockoff on something like Hard Rock or TGIF at this relatively new spot (last year during the pandemic). From an extensive menu… Read More Bite Marks #88
And, following on my fancy sushi post, a bit of an Asian round-up in my Chop Suey series, which I haven’t offered one up for awhile. There was this pandemic thing, you know? Still, mostly takeout and delivery…. Shanghai Ting’s, Austria 2087, Recoleta – I reviewed this spot a couple of years ago when… Read More Chop Suey #25