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.
“Sharks will eat sardines forever and ever. But they should eat them plain, without doctrinal oil, without legal jelly, without the cellophane wrapping paper.” – Juan José Arévalo, former President of Guatemala Like everyone else online, I regularly get e-mails that have a legal disclaimer attached to the bottom that basically says, ‘if you got… Read More The Place on Arévalo
“To infinity and beyond!” – Buzz Lightyear One of Buenos Aires’ first puertas cerradas restaurants, The Little Prince, and a seal in the bathtub. What do these things have in common? Momentos en el Infinito, high atop (well, sixth floor) the Palacio Galería Güemes is/was that commonality. A rooftop restaurant that was originally opened by… Read More When You Need to Step Away From It All
Ray Kinsella: I think I know what “If you build it, he will come” means. Annie Kinsella: Ooh… why do I not think this is such a good thing? Ray Kinsella: I think it means that if I build a baseball field out there that Shoeless Joe Jackson will get to come back and play… Read More The Ole Switcharoo
“Right now I am having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.” – Stephen Wright, comedian When last we left off on our sushi delivery trials, a referral to Heiwa left me less than enthused, though a step up from some of the earlier misadventures. I’ve been sticking with my longtime neighborhood favorite, Maki,… Read More More Raw Fish at the Door
Just a photo and eating afternoon spent in Colonia del Sacramento, across the river… What a gorgeous day to walk along the shore! And apparently I wasn’t the only one thinking that…. I really love the look of some of the old homes that have stood here for more than a century. And the side… Read More Time Out in Colonia
“From the beginning of my interest in veggie burgers my approach has been to regard the veggie burger as a cuisine unto itself: It is far more varied than its meat-based counterpart and ungoverned by any particular geographical cuisine or generally accepted set of rules. The veggie burger is a very accepting category of food.… Read More You Are Now Entering V-Burg, Part 1
“Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish, I wish tonight. We’ll make a wish, and do as dreamers do, and all our wishes (all our wishes), will come true.” – Wishes Sometimes I think places get good writeups just because people really… Read More Tap-tap-tapas…
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – Bilbo Baggins, in Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkein A trio of mini-reviews, some quick bites here and there over the last week,… Read More Stepping Out for a Bite