Well, it seems it’s finally happened. Sort of. Maybe. Not sure. President Fernandez extended the quarantine until September 20th. That’s the quarantine that two weeks ago he said no longer existed and that he was going to trust to people’s sense of responsibility to properly socially distance, wear masks, etc. Borders are still closed, no… Read More Qreole Steaks
We’re still in limbo on the whole quarantine or social isolation thing here. A lot of, too many, people have taken it as license to just drop it all and start partying, dinner-ing, walking around in the streets without masks, and despite admonitions from the government about penalties for doing so, it appears little, if… Read More Qream of Mushroom Soup
For those who don’t follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you may not be aware that we, like many restaurants here, have given ourselves over to the world of delivery. Obviously, given our traditional sorts of five course meals with wine, around a communal table, that’s a very different thing than we’re used to. Mostly… Read More From Our Qasa to Yours
I promised, and I’m delivering, as did several local spots. We may not be able to go out to eat at restaurants, but I’m also not going to give up on both trying new spots (or re-trying old ones). We’re aiming for delivery roughly twice a week – usually once for lunch, once for dinner.… Read More More From Outside the Qasa
While cases of C-19 continue to rise here, they’re rising more or less steadily at the same numbers every day. Have we plateaued? Hard to say yet, but our fingers are all crossed. The mortality rate overall is going down… slowly, but going down, and the recovery rate, obviously, is rising in tandem. They’re still… Read More More Qans of Beer!
I’m going straight to the food this time, since I gave you a quarantine update just two days ago. So let’s start with the question I often get asked when talking about this cut of pork, matambrito, just what is it? The best translation I could give you is something along the lines of a sort… Read More Qasa SaltShaker – Braised Pork Flank
I’ll keep the quarantine notes light this time – extended once again, until August 16th. They didn’t roll things back as we feared they might here once again, since numbers are continuing to climb (but not exponentially, just steadily). The health ministry is now estimating we’ll hit our “peak” right around that date, in mid-August.… Read More Q Cooking – Tail On Fire