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.
“They shall have no food but of thorns, Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.” – Qur’an, 88:6 Given how difficult it was to finally get to eat lunch at Al Zein, Arce 488, Las Cañitas, just like with the shawarma, we really wanted to like the food. But upfront, I have to tell… Read More Who Put the Bab in the Babaganoush…?
“Fish don’t fry in the kitchen; Beans don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin’, Just to get up that hill. Now we’re up in the big leagues, Gettin’ our turn at bat. As long as we live, it’s you and me baby, There ain’t nothin wrong with that. Well we’re movin on… Read More Nueva Peruana, Once Again
“Then she was given dinner with all the nice parts left out and sent to bed for two solid hours. It was a thing that happened to one quite often in those days.” – from C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, Book 6, Chronicles of Narnia It’s been quite some time since my last shawarma update,… Read More Chronicles of Shawarma – Book VI
“Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honourable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” – The Woodbridgian, along with their motto, Pro Deo Rege Patria – For God,… Read More Brunch in the Name of God
There’s a bit of a buzz in the city as announcements pop up hither and thither on the opening of a true Italian gelateria here in Recoleta. On my local “review” page of heladerias, Argentine ice cream shops, I talk about the difference between ice cream and gelato, and note that Argentine helado doesn’t quite… Read More There’s Always Room for Gelato
“It requires only two things to win credit for a miracle: a mountebank and a number of silly women.” – Marquis de Sade A bit over three years ago, I reviewed what was to become one of my favorite restaurants in the city, Almanza – I loved the food, the ambiance, the service, and enjoyed,… Read More Miracles?
“Phuket is Thailand’s largest island and nestles against the Indian Ocean Coast some 870 kilometers south of Bangkok. Then Phuket reveal itself, the pearl of the Andaman Sea with lush green hills as far you can see.” – Our Funny Planet Let’s just say that Phuket, Honduras 4169, Palermo, 4861-1679, isn’t lush and green, and… Read More Oh, Just Phuket….
Continuing on my little quest for a decent veggie burger here in Buenos Aires…. I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that Hard Rock Cafe in the Buenos Aires Design Center at Pueyrredón and Azcuénaga, serves up a decent veggie burger. It’s not a wow, but it’s well made, like most of the items that HRC… Read More You Are Now Entering V-Burg, Part 2