https://www.saltshaker.net/20050712/once Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050712/once#comment-282347 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:28:34 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050712/once#comment-282347 […] casual Peruvian restaurants, well, most restaurants here in BA, that are open for lunch, offer a menú – a two course lunch special. At Peruvian restaurants it typically starts with a soup, that varies day to day, and then a choice […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050712/once#comment-67 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:34:03 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050712/once#comment-67 […] Buenos Aires – In her Monday, November 7th post, Sweetnicks, a self-described “female from New Jersey” (what can I say, she gives no additional information in her profile) launched a round the world look at McDonald’s. She asked for submissions of photos from McDonald’s menu boards, especially those with something a little different on them. Here in Buenos Aires the two most interesting things that differ from “the States” are first that most McD’s offer beer and/or wine, and second, that there is a kosher McDonald’s in the Mercado de Abasto shopping mall. According to the McDonald’s website when I looked awhile back there are only three kosher venues in the world – one here, and two in Tel Aviv. So when I was out doing a little shopping yesterday in Once, I swung by the mall to snap a few photos. I sent her some closeups of the various menu boards, but for me, it was just interesting to show the photo of the kosher one. I, umm, didn’t eat there. ————— […]

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