The lunches are slowly beginning to catch on. Not unexpected that it would take a little time for word to percolate around. For this lunch we only had two folk come, but it was fun, and gave me a chance to spend more time chatting with them. Still haven’t seen any of the folk who… Read More 2022 Lunch #3
It’s been a bit since I dedicated a post to new Peruvian spots we’ve checked out, so let’s go for it! Pica Rico, Av. Corrientes 2955, Once – The name suggests that you’ll nibble deliciously, but unfortunately, that was not to be the case. A nearly brand new spot a couple of blocks from the… Read More Three Peruvians, Old and New
I’m not avoiding restaurant reviews, I’m just organizing them a bit rather than just throwing them all into one big Bite Marks. This last weekend’s menu now, with folk from the US, UK, and Germany. To the two people who made a reservation, then went out for a snack pre-dinner at another restaurant, ended up… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #27
Two dinners this last weekend – our usual Friday night communal table affair, and a private dinner for a group of mortgage brokers from Puerto Rico. Fun times had by all! Tiradito de Palometa – palometa, variously translated as butterfish, leatherjack, or pomfret, all of which are actually different fish, so, who knows… cut into… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #26
We’ve talked about bodegones before – the Argentine spots that serve up classic fare, and often as traditional to their regional origins as they can be. Almost always very casual spots. Today, we dive into three different ones that we’ve been to recently. We’ll start at La Aguada, Billinghurst 1862, Recoleta. One of those places we’ve passed… Read More A Trio of Bodegones
I’ve been informed by my other half that I need to go back to my various wandering day trips and stop spending so much time at home. A vestige of the last two pandemic years. And, I have missed doing those, it’s just not been easy to motivate myself to get back into them. But,… Read More A Day in Lanús
It’s been awhile since I played around with a fairly unknown pasta. Now, pasta mista, or mixed pasta, isn’t really all that unusual. Plenty of times when you have just a bit of this pasta and a bit of that pasta, you probably threw them both, or more than two, into the water to boil up. And… Read More Peculiar Pastas #12
Most of us are probably familiar with southeast Asian fish sauce(s) of one sort or another. You might have a bottle of it in your pantry or refrigerator. You might even use it occasionally. There’s a whole world of fish sauces out there, and their origins go back more than two millennia, with fairly parallel… Read More As The Fish Ferments