https://www.saltshaker.net/20060913/not-just-by-the-numbers Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060913/not-just-by-the-numbers#comment-258848 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:08:08 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060913/not-just-by-the-numbers#comment-258848 […] Back in May I posted a little trio of mini-reviews, out there looking for a mixed grill of seafood. It’s well worth a read if you’re into that sort of thing. I’m just sayin’. I haven’t put much attention on finding more, it was a project of the moment, but, I do love my seafood, and when I was finishing up my walk along Lavalle (soon to be posted), where I’d left off at the eponymous plaza, I spotted a big sign that said “parrillada de pescados y mariscos” just after passing the Abasto. I was hungry, par usual, and stopped in at Rotisería Don José, Gallo 702 – taking over the space recently vacated by 702 de Gallo. [Closed] […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060913/not-just-by-the-numbers#comment-3086 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:22:23 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060913/not-just-by-the-numbers#comment-3086 […] Buenos Aires – Perhaps I should have taken it as a sign when we were turned away the first time we visited this restaurant. Especially given the reasoning of the wave-off, that the chef just didn’t feel like coming in on Tuesdays. This time, I called first, and the chef had indeed shown up, but it should have given me an uneasy feeling that the chef (and owner) had such a cavalier attitude. Still, on entering La Reina Kunti, Humahuaca 3461, 4863-3071, in the Abasto neighborhood, I really wanted to like the place. It reminded me (as did the chef) of working at The Kitchen Club in New York with Marja Sampson – mismatched tables, trinkets and random art scattered about. La Reina Kunti is in some ways a puertas cerradas, like our own Casa S, though they’ve gone the extra step of expanding the kitchen to a commercially equipped one. Still, the dining room is the house’s living room (there’s also a smaller room at the back, clearly a former bedroom). There’s no exterior sign, it’s just a rundown building on a quiet neighborhood street. […]

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