Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
“Our act started at the bottom and went downhill.” – Allan Sherman, comedic musician I should just send you back to the original review, because on the whole, little has changed at Sifones y Dragones, Ciudad de la Paz 174, Palermo, 15-4413-9871. Well, four things have as best I can tell. The couple that ran… Read More Sweet & Soured
“A local aquaintance: Really, you got it wrong on Chan-Chan. It’s easily the best Peruvian food I’ve eaten in Buenos Aires. Me: Well, it’s been four years since it opened and Henry and I went, perhaps it’s time for a revisit. Him: It really is. I go there all the time and I’d put their… Read More Chan-Chan Redux
“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.” – G.K. Chesterton, novelist and poet At some point during this guidebook project I knew I was going to have to face up to a couple of pricey spots. I did try to arrange for some… Read More A Case, or Two, of Highway Robbery
“It’s hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.” – Thomas Haden Church, actor I’m not sure why it is, but one of the most common questions I get asked about in regard to restaurants is “where to find a good Mexican restaurant?” The real answer is 4,500 miles north of here in Mexico City,… Read More For Better or Worse
“Part drinking den, part community centre, part confessional, part dealing house and often these days, part restaurant; the pub is Irish life in a nutshell. And like Ireland itself, the character of the Irish Pub has changed a lot over the years.” – Cian Molloy, The Story of the Irish Pub I’m not exactly an… Read More A (Very) Little Irish On It
“Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again.” – unknown It has been slightly over three years since I first reviewed Lotus Neo Thai, which is, now, for the moment, in Barrio Chino, at Arribeños 2265, 4783-7993. I say… Read More Floating Lotus
“County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem. I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?” – from Calvin & Hobbes Generally, I avoid chain… Read More I Swear It’s Good Pasta
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson, philosopher My how time flies. It was four years ago, pretty much to the day, since I’d first set foot in Sucre, Sucre 676, 4782-9082, in Belgrano. Not that I hadn’t set foot… Read More Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice