Comments on: Believe in the Buffet http://www.saltshaker.net/20050809/believe-in-the-buffet Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20050809/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-66430 dan Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:52:13 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-66430 Thanks for the update - it'd be a real shame here in the neighborhood if the place stays closed, but my guess is they'll work out some sort of deal on their back taxes (assuming that's probably why AFIP would have closed them), and get themselves back up and running. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the update - it’d be a real shame here in the neighborhood if the place stays closed, but my guess is they’ll work out some sort of deal on their back taxes (assuming that’s probably why AFIP would have closed them), and get themselves back up and running. Fingers crossed!

]]> By: M http://www.saltshaker.net/20050809/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-66413 M Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:04:34 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-66413 Dan, please be advised that Cocina y Cia has been closed by the AFIP. I just thought to advise you since their website and phones still look like they are functioning but the place has been closed by AFIP. Some friends and I wanted to go their yesterday and the place was dark and a note posted on the windows advising us of the same. Not sure if they will open again. Thanks. M Dan, please be advised that Cocina y Cia has been closed by the AFIP. I just thought to advise you since their website and phones still look like they are functioning but the place has been closed by AFIP. Some friends and I wanted to go their yesterday and the place was dark and a note posted on the windows advising us of the same. Not sure if they will open again.

Thanks.
M

]]> By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Scheherezade at the Buffet Counter http://www.saltshaker.net/20050809/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-307 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Scheherezade at the Buffet Counter Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:16:33 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/believe-in-the-buffet#comment-307 [...] Welcome to Club Sirio, Ayacucho 1496, in Recoleta. I’d initially been attracted not only by the outward signs of glitz, and liking middle eastern food, but by a brochure offering a four-session hands-on course with Chef Abdala himself to learn how to make much of that food. I figured I ought to try it first and make sure that he knew what he was doing. Another attraction - billed outside, the chef’s degustacion of middle eastern delicacies. Apparently, in some language, somewhere, degustacion translates as buffet. Now I am, by heritage, attracted to a buffet, much as a salmon is wont to spawn upstream. It was not, however, what I was expecting. That didn’t stop us from picking up our cheap white stoneware and trudging to the cold appetizers table to sample a bit of hummus, babaganush, tabouli, myadara, or any of various fried dishes. A point… nothing, I repeat, nothing, deep-fried, is ever really good when cold, a point that was hammered home repeatedly by the sodden attractions of the cold buffet table. Luckily, there were enough non-fried items to make it interesting, the best, some quite good hummus, and the pollo al taratur - chicken in a sesame and almond sauce. Most of what was offered was bland, though there were dishes of hot pepper flakes, paprika, and dried mint offered that could be added to your selections. [...] [...] Welcome to Club Sirio, Ayacucho 1496, in Recoleta. I’d initially been attracted not only by the outward signs of glitz, and liking middle eastern food, but by a brochure offering a four-session hands-on course with Chef Abdala himself to learn how to make much of that food. I figured I ought to try it first and make sure that he knew what he was doing. Another attraction - billed outside, the chef’s degustacion of middle eastern delicacies. Apparently, in some language, somewhere, degustacion translates as buffet. Now I am, by heritage, attracted to a buffet, much as a salmon is wont to spawn upstream. It was not, however, what I was expecting. That didn’t stop us from picking up our cheap white stoneware and trudging to the cold appetizers table to sample a bit of hummus, babaganush, tabouli, myadara, or any of various fried dishes. A point… nothing, I repeat, nothing, deep-fried, is ever really good when cold, a point that was hammered home repeatedly by the sodden attractions of the cold buffet table. Luckily, there were enough non-fried items to make it interesting, the best, some quite good hummus, and the pollo al taratur - chicken in a sesame and almond sauce. Most of what was offered was bland, though there were dishes of hot pepper flakes, paprika, and dried mint offered that could be added to your selections. [...]

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