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By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Supremes - Track 1

SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Supremes - Track 1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:10:24 +0000

[...] the next block is, for me, the most important food stop of this short trek - El Sanjuanino, which over the last couple of years has become my favorite spot to take visitors for good [...]

By: El Sanjuanino Restaurant - The Best Empanadas in Buenos Aires - Argentina’s Travel Guide

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:56:37 +0000

[...] So if three dollars for a delicious lunch or dinner (plus drinks) sounds like your idea of a good time, El Sanjuanino is your best bet. Not only is the price unbeatable, but I dare you to find a better empanada in the city, or better yet, anywhere in the world! El Sanjuanino is one of Epicurious.com top 5 budget restaurants in BA, and has been around for 45 years. Dan over at SaltShaker.net also had some things to say about it. [...]

By: dan

dan — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:17:34 +0000

This restaurant has come up again several times in recent weeks, and I took a look back this morning at my original review, such as it is. Reading it, it sounds like a place that wouldn’t necessarily come recommended. However, for one reason or another, I’ve been back to El Sanjuanino quite a few times over the last fourteen months since that first visit. I’ve found the service to be warm and welcoming, the clientele much more varied than that first visit, though still heavily touristy or expat - there’s definitely more English being spoken than any other language. I’ve tried a lot of additional dishes, including an amazingly good matambre recoldo, the latter word meaning “ember”, that’s big enough for two to share - a somewhat loosely packed, roll of flank steak and filling that’s cooked in the coals of the parrilla. And I definitely like their empanadas alot. The locro I still find a bit boney and fatty in comparison to some, though with a very rich base and great flavor. I’ve even come to enjoy the house wine served in battered tin pitchers…

By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

SaltShaker » Blog Archive » One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:39:46 +0000

[...] Buenos Aires - I met up for lunch with a couple of friends here I haven’t seen in quite awhile. Initially we headed for a little Argentine regional cuisine place they’d discovered and hoped to introduce me to, but it turned out to be El Sanjuanino, a place I’ve been to many a time, and a neighborhood favorite. We’d started talking about fish, and I’d remembered seeing a place in the back of a little galería that looked interesting, and several people had told me that it was quite good. So we found our way to José Luis, Quintana 456, in Recoleta (4807-0606). [...]

By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Great Ice Cream Hunt

SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Great Ice Cream Hunt — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:32:23 +0000

[...] Had dinner with a quartet of wine writers from “the states” who’ve been on a jaunt through the wine country. I’d hoped to join them, but with the move and renovations of the new apartment, the timing didn’t work. They got into BsAs last night with plans to leave mid-day today, so we decided on a casual dinner somewhere near their hotel. As they put it, they hadn’t had a moment to breathe since the beginning of the trip. So we dropped in to El Sanjuanino, just to have a little wine, some empanadas, and a bowl or two of stew. A good number of empanadas, a couple bowls of locro, and one of antilope estofado, yes antelope stew, and we were happy campers. The restaurant let us open a bottle that they’d brought with them from the U.S., so in addition to a couple of carafes of San Juanino wine, we shared a bottle of Merry Edwards Pinot Noir, 2002, Windsor Gardens, from the Russian River Valley. Classic California Pinot Noir, with sweet cherry fruit, a touch of milk chocolate, and a touch of coffee, it was quite good, though possibly a little much for a round of empanadas! [...]