http://www.saltshaker.net/20060220/fin-de-semana Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060220/fin-de-semana#comment-82049 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Dragonstrike Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:37:49 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060220/fin-de-semana#comment-82049 [...] Henry wasn’t interested, so he headed off to a major folklore music festival hosted by Mercedes Sosa and I headed off to an evening of demonstrations. It was a trifle long - with only a ten minute [...] [...] Henry wasn’t interested, so he headed off to a major folklore music festival hosted by Mercedes Sosa and I headed off to an evening of demonstrations. It was a trifle long - with only a ten minute [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060220/fin-de-semana#comment-356 dan Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:42:59 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060220/fin-de-semana#comment-356 Returned to this place another time and was less impressed. And, we ordered the same two main courses - neither of which was as good as the first time, though still decent. We also ordered their <em>degustacion</em> of appetizers - which turned out not to be a selection of their appetizers for the most part, but a series of small bowls of mostly the <em>guarniciones</em> for the main courses - fried plantains, fried bananas, potato chips, batata chips, white rice, black beans, rice & beans mixed, guacamole. There were two actual appetizers included - the <em>paté de ave</em> which was decent, and the shrimp ceviche that we'd liked so much the first time, this time completely flavorless, unseasoned, and with shrimp that were probably thawed, frozen baby shrimp. This time, too, the hot sauce was standard brand Tabasco. Returned to this place another time and was less impressed. And, we ordered the same two main courses - neither of which was as good as the first time, though still decent. We also ordered their degustacion of appetizers - which turned out not to be a selection of their appetizers for the most part, but a series of small bowls of mostly the guarniciones for the main courses - fried plantains, fried bananas, potato chips, batata chips, white rice, black beans, rice & beans mixed, guacamole. There were two actual appetizers included - the paté de ave which was decent, and the shrimp ceviche that we’d liked so much the first time, this time completely flavorless, unseasoned, and with shrimp that were probably thawed, frozen baby shrimp. This time, too, the hot sauce was standard brand Tabasco.

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