Comments on: Oui Oui? Non non? Peut-être Peut-être…

By: Coki’s Place

Coki’s Place — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:16:17 +0000

[…] a short block away from the well-known and hyped (not totally undeserved) Oui Oui, sits a small cafe that I discovered about six weeks ago in my quest for the elusive […]

By: dan

dan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:55:19 +0000

Candice – have to admit, I’m glad we looked at the bar menu before sitting ourselves down today in the Alvear. We knew it would be pricey, but come on, $60 for a Bloody Mary??? To paraphrase a friend of mine in the restaurant biz, “I don’t care if the tomatoes were hand squeezed by blind crippled nuns…”. I will have to leave it with your assertion that it’s the best in town.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:39:39 +0000

In reply to don.

I haven’t tried them for brunch, didn’t even know they offered it – we just checked them out for dinner recently and they’re on my list to writeup for that – dinner was fantastic! I’ll look forward to checking out the brunch, thanks for the tip!

By: don

don — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:14:18 +0000

i actualy had a very, very decent brunch in Prodeo Lounge the other day. Eggs benedict with a “real” hollandaise sauce; light, tangy, creamy. Started with yogurt, red fruit compote with granola, than the eggs. On the side were 2 tiny chicken patties and a slab of bacon, and breakfast potatoes, just like i have ’em at home. a dessert tasting afterwards. the bloody mary was good, the coffee very nice, and the small buffet with muffins, bagels, banana bread and sourdough bread tempting

go back for sure

By: Candice

Candice — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:19:03 +0000

I am not sure about brunch/late breakfast as we usually end up there around 2:00 and just have drinks and rabas. They generally do an excellent rabas and their little tapas? are very good that come with the drinks. Their bread is good.. which always scores big points with me.
Olsen is remembered mostly for the setting and the company.. Another brunch that is just so good is Sunday Brunch at the Eva Peron Museum Cafe. . in good weather , in the garden. Otherwise, that wall seat by the round corner table is mine !

By: dan

dan — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:14:46 +0000

In reply to Candice.

So far, best Bloody Marys outside of a hotel bar have been at Novecento and Home, and the one at Malasartes wasn’t bad either – all reviewed here on the site – and all three have decent brunches/late breakfasts. I’ve yet to hit the Alvear’s brunch though I hear great things. One of these days! Olsen’s brunch is indeed decent, though not great, and is in fact the only possible excuse for going to Olsen unless you’re missing hanging out in your local Ikea showroom. Haven’t tried their brunch cocktails. Will have to check out Rond Pont’s – I’ve had sandwiches there at lunch and thought they were quite good – do they serve a brunch or late breakfast on the weekends?

You’re welcome to the fries and eggs at Oui Oui, which admittedly were good – I just can’t see paying 40 pesos for two scrambled eggs and half a dozen roasted potato slices – actually, given that you’d be making a special request to combine them on one plate, there’s likely an extra charge!