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.
“A guy works all day, he don’t want to look at his plate and ask, “What the fuck is this?” He wants to look at his plate, see a steak, and say “I like steak!” – Ian Holm, as Pascal, in Big Night Buenos Aires – In my life, I have had two tasting menu… Read More Polish on the Olive
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.” – Diana Vreeland, Fashion magazine editor Buenos Aires – Regular readers might remember my recent negative encounter at the Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt during the Masters of Food & Wine. I mentioned that I received apologies from… Read More Palace Dining
“I don’t trust him. He likes people, and you can never count on a man like that.” – Burt Lancaster as Joe Erin in Vera Cruz (1954) Buenos Aires – I like people. I like food. I like restaurants. So maybe you shouldn’t count on my opinion here. Except maybe because I really wanted to… Read More South of the Border…
“Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.” – Anonymous Buenos Aires – You know us, always on the lookout for a new Peruvian restaurant, and especially one that either a) serves authentic Trujillana cuisine, which Henry… Read More Just Fish
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” – Yogi Berra, former Baseball Player and Manager Buenos Aires – It’s been a pizza kind of week, and part of that, as always, is the search for better and better pizza in town. A couple that came to… Read More Any Way You Slice It
“And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven’t yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture… Read More Chopsticks
Very thin, wide pancakes made from buckwheat flour are eaten with ham, eggs and other savoury fillings. They are usually called galettes (Breton galetes), except in the western parts of Brittany where they are called crêpes (Breton krampouezh). Thin crêpes made from wheat flour are eaten for dessert. Other pastries, such as kouign amann (“butter… Read More Bretons in Argentina
“Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna.” – Garfield Buenos Aires – A curious confluence of events occurred in the last week that brought a particular topic to mind. At first, I didn’t have a term to put on it, but then, my eyes lit upon a passage in the… Read More Of Lasagna, Lomo and Chiseling