Comments on: Playing Tourist http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Red House and Grey Potatoes http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-8356 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Red House and Grey Potatoes Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:11:57 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-8356 [...] I include a second restaurant today only to show you that all is not wonderful in the world of food here in BsAs. We zipped back to San Telmo last night to have dinner with our friends from Finland who are also in town - it was their last night here. Due to a miscommunication, they’d already eaten and were just planning on going out for a drink. So, we headed down the block to Plaza Dorrego, the open air multi-restaurant dining area that is the heart of San Telmo’s vibrant nightlife. I don’t expect much from the restaurants surrounding the plaza - most of them are little more than bars that happen to serve food. Half a dozen of them maintain their own sections of tables on the plaza - it can reach the point of comical at times to see tourists frantically trying to attract the attention of a nearby waiter who is responding, not with “You’re not in my section” but “You’re not in my restaurant.” In fact, the first spot we sat down at, Nefertiti, we waited ten minutes for someone to come outside and bring menus and then gave up and moved one table over where we were promptly attended to by a young waitress from Café del Arbol, Humberto Primo 424. We ordered a couple of ordinary milanesas a la napolitana, as it seemed a better bet than going for pastas, which were the other options. [...] [...] I include a second restaurant today only to show you that all is not wonderful in the world of food here in BsAs. We zipped back to San Telmo last night to have dinner with our friends from Finland who are also in town - it was their last night here. Due to a miscommunication, they’d already eaten and were just planning on going out for a drink. So, we headed down the block to Plaza Dorrego, the open air multi-restaurant dining area that is the heart of San Telmo’s vibrant nightlife. I don’t expect much from the restaurants surrounding the plaza - most of them are little more than bars that happen to serve food. Half a dozen of them maintain their own sections of tables on the plaza - it can reach the point of comical at times to see tourists frantically trying to attract the attention of a nearby waiter who is responding, not with “You’re not in my section” but “You’re not in my restaurant.” In fact, the first spot we sat down at, Nefertiti, we waited ten minutes for someone to come outside and bring menus and then gave up and moved one table over where we were promptly attended to by a young waitress from Café del Arbol, Humberto Primo 424. We ordered a couple of ordinary milanesas a la napolitana, as it seemed a better bet than going for pastas, which were the other options. [...]

]]> By: dan http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-14 dan Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:44:16 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-14 Oh, and many more recipes I haven't shared. Return to the U.S.? Whatever for? A bag of white beans would cost me more than an entire dinner here! :-) Oh, and many more recipes I haven’t shared. Return to the U.S.? Whatever for? A bag of white beans would cost me more than an entire dinner here! :-)

]]> By: Deepwood http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-13 Deepwood Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:51:02 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050818/playing-tourist#comment-13 My dear! You sound like you are having altogether far too much fun! return to the US immediately! ; ) I hope you are keeping recipe notes - that white bean soup looks luvverly. Once I finish my juice fast, I am planning to try it. Brian My dear! You sound like you are having altogether far too much fun! return to the US immediately! ; )

I hope you are keeping recipe notes - that white bean soup looks luvverly. Once I finish my juice fast, I am planning to try it.

Brian

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