https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:43:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-259871 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:43:34 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-259871 […] Note: although not commonplace, this isn’t the first time stuff like this has happened here in BA. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-212672 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:35:00 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-212672 […] juice kind of stuff. But we had repeated problems with a waitress who saw in us an opportunity to stick it to some tourists, which we weren’t. The next time I went back was to meet up with friend Andres, a fellow […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92154 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:40:01 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92154 […] c’est la vie – and no, while it was clearly a completely different dish, it wasn’t a major upcharge. The food was good if not what I’d envisioned, indeed the place has no real ambiance […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92077 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:35:32 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92077 It’s an interesting justification to claim, essentially, “everyone does it” – my experience traveling all over the world – this is the only country I’ve experienced it with any regularity. Sure, it happens here and there in other places, but I’ve never seen it as practically a national mission as it often seems to be here.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92068 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:14:16 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080211/of-lasagna-and-lomo#comment-92068 Grrr. I have been complaining about this for 2 years and my Argentine friends don’t seem to get it. They seem to think this happens all over the world. But I have never had such a strong sense that everyone – from taxi drivers to concierges at the top hotels to high quality restaurants – are out to scam foreigners. If still had my comfortable NYC income it might not bother me so much, but 2 years of teaching English classes at $20 pesos an hour doesn’t go very far.

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