http://www.saltshaker.net/20060518/elegance-at-a-price Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060518/elegance-at-a-price#comment-8819 dan Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:27:52 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060518/elegance-at-a-price#comment-8819 One of Munich's claims to fame is its <em>revuelto gramajo</em>. Their version is a bit different from the norm - which is usually essentially a plate of scrambled eggs, potato, ham, onions, and often peas. Munich's version limits itself to a thin omelette wrapped around a large mound of soft fried potatoes and diced ham. For my tastes, the potatoes are a bit oily, and I miss the onion - this version is just a little too bland. It's quite pretty... One of Munich’s claims to fame is its revuelto gramajo. Their version is a bit different from the norm - which is usually essentially a plate of scrambled eggs, potato, ham, onions, and often peas. Munich’s version limits itself to a thin omelette wrapped around a large mound of soft fried potatoes and diced ham. For my tastes, the potatoes are a bit oily, and I miss the onion - this version is just a little too bland. It’s quite pretty…

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060518/elegance-at-a-price#comment-1670 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Tourist Trap? Or Just Better? Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:32:54 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060518/elegance-at-a-price#comment-1670 [...] Buenos Aires - There’s a two block strip along the south side of the Recoleta cemetery lined with restaurants. They tend towards the expensive - it’s the trendy part of the wealthy part of the barrio. Tree-lined streets, seating outdoors in good weather, touts trying in Spanglish to entice tourists to dine. The big differences between this “tourist trap” and that of Puerto Madero are two - first, more if not most of your fellow diners here will be locals, and second, though just as expensive, for the most part I find better value - higher quality, more interesting food. I’ve enjoyed dinners at Lola, lunches at Munich, coffee and people watching (though not the burger) at La Biela, and only once had a bad food experience, at H.J. Bean’s, thankfully closed. Yesterday lunch I headed with a new visiting friend from Chicago, a food writer, for lunch at Munich. It was a gloriously beautiful day and we wanted to sit outside, which unfortunately it turns out, Munich doesn’t offer. He wanted to try porteño cuisine, so we decided to take a chance on one of the several parrillas lining the strip. [...] [...] Buenos Aires - There’s a two block strip along the south side of the Recoleta cemetery lined with restaurants. They tend towards the expensive - it’s the trendy part of the wealthy part of the barrio. Tree-lined streets, seating outdoors in good weather, touts trying in Spanglish to entice tourists to dine. The big differences between this “tourist trap” and that of Puerto Madero are two - first, more if not most of your fellow diners here will be locals, and second, though just as expensive, for the most part I find better value - higher quality, more interesting food. I’ve enjoyed dinners at Lola, lunches at Munich, coffee and people watching (though not the burger) at La Biela, and only once had a bad food experience, at H.J. Bean’s, thankfully closed. Yesterday lunch I headed with a new visiting friend from Chicago, a food writer, for lunch at Munich. It was a gloriously beautiful day and we wanted to sit outside, which unfortunately it turns out, Munich doesn’t offer. He wanted to try porteño cuisine, so we decided to take a chance on one of the several parrillas lining the strip. [...]

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