Comments on: Bite Marks #73 https://www.saltshaker.net/20190301/bite-marks-73 Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: dan https://www.saltshaker.net/20190301/bite-marks-73#comment-265460 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:49:58 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=27453#comment-265460

Return visit with a couple of friends to Los Chanchitos. We tried another of the pizzanesas, the mushroom one, which was good, but not near as good as the one tried above – the mushrooms, while not canned, had been pre-cooked and probably stored in the refrigerator and just had no real texture or flavor. The bifes de mollejas, one of their specialty dishes, however, was a glorious celebration of sweetbreads, with three good sized grilled “steaks” of the organ, perfectly cooked and seasoned. The fries, laden with soft onions, were good, but way too plentiful. Sometimes generosity goes too far.

]]>
By: Bite Marks #3 https://www.saltshaker.net/20190301/bite-marks-73#comment-262148 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:22:50 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=27453#comment-262148 […] I think it’s probably safe to assert that generally any place called “Express” anything is often a bad move (the only exceptions that leap to mind are Federal and Pony), so I wasn’t holding out high hopes for Shawarma Express, Suipacha 772, primarily a takeout place though they have a couple of counter barstools and I think two tables for two. And, so therefore, I wasn’t disappointed. Sorry, but this one just didn’t do it for me. The beef shawarma (the menu says chicken and lamb as well, but like the place above, no lamb on offer) was so chewy and burnt it could have been charred rubber bands. The thin bread is packed with the stuff, which doesn’t make it any more appealing, nor does the wimpy piece or two of onion and tomato slipped in there. The only saving grace here was a rocking good hot sauce available on the side to be added at your pleasure. Unfortunately, it doesn’t save the shawarma. I ate a few bites and tossed this in the trash down the block. [Moved to Suipacha 877, and improved drastically] […]

]]>