Comments on: Exquisite

By: Miles

Miles — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:54:21 +0000

Hey Dan, just to let you know that we finally went to Pura Tierra based on your recommendation and took my mother who is over here visiting. It was generally excellent. We had the Menu Producto and other than the amuse bouche that needed a bit of salt we had a starter of llama and a fabulous braised hare and a couple of excellent puddings. What I hadn’t expected from your reviews is what a bargain (at least this menu – available from Thursday to Sunday I believe) is. 400 pesos including 3 different very acceptable wines, water, coffee and no cover charge. We were all delighted by the quality of ingredients and indeed by the service which was very friendly, prompt and knowledgeable. All in all a great place to have on our recommendation list and we sent some clients there last night who also had a great time. So thanks for the introduction.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:30:12 +0000

In reply to david ware. You're welcome, glad you enjoyed!

By: david ware

david ware — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:19:27 +0000

This is one of the most beautiful restaurant environments in my recent memory–rustic, polished, intellectual, and very BA, all at the same time, or is that redundant?
The food is not only lovely to behold, but incredible, and the servers very young, but attentive and anxious to please. I really need to stay away from the “cestos de pan” but the cheese bread was the best I’ve had anywhere, including Brazil.
We arrived early by BA standards (8), were treated like absolute kings, and even offered a complimentary glass of Terrazas de los Andes Afincado Tardio, a wonderful dessert wine.
Again, Dan, thanks for the recommendation.

By: Radio – On Local Food Trends

Radio – On Local Food Trends — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:06:08 +0000

[…] the July 17, 2010 broadcast with guests being myself and Martín Molteni, chef of Pura Tierra restaurants, discussing food trends here in Buenos […]

By: dan

dan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:45:48 +0000

After we had such a great time last year on our 4th anniversary at Pura Tierra, we decided to go back again this year for our fifth – hard to believe a whole year has passed and we haven’t been back! Once again, we had an absolutely lovely time – Martín sent us out a bunch of little extra amuse bouches at the beginning, a half dozen in total (he rotates through different ones for each table, but we got to sample them all), and then we had a truly delightful dinner. Service was impeccable, the food ranged between really good and exquisite. Again, 9 p.m. is early for them, we were, as always, the first ones in the door, though by 10 p.m. it was nearly full – almost all locals, one table of tourists noted. Standout dishes – a perfectly cooked fillet of corvina (sea bass) wrapped in ribbons of zucchini and carrot, alongside a crispy strip of pastry made with lard and topped with roasted portobello mushrooms – almost like a savory strudel; and, an offbeat but compelling dessert of a white chocolate parfait with blue cheese cream and poached pears. I’d also point out that while still pricey, and it has gone up since our first visit two years ago, we ate roughly the same amount of food as that first time that cost us 240 pesos with tip, this time around it totalled to 330 with tip, though with only one dessert – so probably close to a 50% increase, about the same as most of BA over that same time period.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:54:33 +0000

In reply to Tim Robertson. My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as we have! You might enjoy this writeup.