July 5-7 – 2018 – 5-7 de Julio 2018 Menu #31 It was a dessert challenge on one of the recent episodes of Masterchef Australia that got me thinking about the flavor combination of cardamom, coffee, and pistachio. It occurred to me that persimmons are in season right now, and they go well with all three… Read More An Inspired Cheesecake
I can’t get the B52’s song Love Shack out of my head. There’s a new Chinese restaurant in town, Caracol de Amor (Love Snail, Snail of Love), and my brain has made the connection and it isn’t going away anytime soon. For you either now. You’re welcome. The restaurant is located on the upper floor, above Fu Wang,… Read More Love Snail
Posting the entire menu each week has begun to feel a bit repetitive, so I’m going to just post one or two new standout dishes each week. Publicando el menú completo cada semana ha comenzado a ser un poco repetitivo, así que solo voy a publicar uno o dos platos nuevos destacados cada semana. … Read More Ceviche with Passion
It has to stop, doesn’t it? Everywhere I turn there’s another “gourmet burger” place popping up. A half a dozen have opened up in our neighborhood in the last few months, and they just keep proliferating. I’m not going to go to all of them, because it’s just not worth munching my way through so… Read More Even More Meat & Bread
This was not what I expected when we set out on the Roving Ravenous Horde’s 31st outing. I’d heard about this place from one of my regular readers (waving vaguely in the direction of San Isidro) who has a particular penchant for commenting on the authenticity of anything I write about that’s Italian. I envisioned one… Read More Hot Pasta
So this is going to be a little different from the two previous Carbonara Confessions. I didn’t go to any restaurants, I didn’t suffer through badly made carbonaras, laden with cream and/or ingredients that had no business being there. Enough discussion was had in the comments on the two posts, both here and in various social… Read More Carbonara Confessions, Round 3
One of my favorite restaurants in Buenos Aires is Mishiguene, the modern Israeli creation from chef Tomás Kalika. Styled as “cocina de inmigrantes”, or immigrant cooking, it’s a paean to classic dishes of both the sephardic and ashkenazic Jewish traditions, modernized, with twists, turns, and twinings. It’s a place that I regularly send people to who want something… Read More Crazy’s Sister Fire
June 22-24 – 2018 – 22-24 de Junio A simple ceviche with an extra ingredient! Sole, cured in a mix of lime juice, tamarillo, rocoto, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper; cilantro, red onion, toasted corn, and a wedge of sweet potato. Un ceviche sencillo con un ingrediente extra! Lenguado, curado en una mezcla de… Read More 2018 Menu #29