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.
Tea is the language and art of hospitality.” – Inés Berton, Tealosophy Buenos Aires – I once went to afternoon tea at some fancy hotel in London, and I know I went once or twice over the years at different hotels in Manhattan – I recall The Plaza having a nice one. But that’s about… Read More What to do at Five O’Clock
“It’s about human imagination and curiosity. What’s out there? What’s in the great beyond? What exists at levels we can’t see with our five senses?” – James Cameron, Screenwriter, Director, Producer Buenos Aires – I don’t know why it didn’t click in my mind when the waiter was trying to explain to us the origin… Read More Come to Your Senses!
“Let us call up the spectacle of a totem meal … The clan is celebrating the ceremonial occasion by the cruel slaughter of its totem animal and it is devouring it raw – blood, flesh and bones. Each man is conscious that he is performing an act forbidden to the individual and justifiable only through… Read More Lunch Therapy
I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery.” – Joan Rivers, comedienne Buenos Aires – So there we were, two days later, looking at a narrowed, elongated version of Sucre, with lower height ceilings. You could tell the same thought process went into the design of… Read More Fraternal Twin
“Believe me, General, nobody loves your glory as much as I do. Never has a Chief paid more glorious tribute to a lieutenant. At the moment it is being printed, a telling of your life done by myself; being faithful to my conscience I give you all that you deserve. I say this so that… Read More Gimme some Sugar
Sound bites and quick appraisals are not conducive to thorough analysis. People’s reputations often rest on how we talk about important matters.” – Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States Buenos Aires – It’s simply not in the cards to review in full every spot that I get to eat at. Sometimes it’s… Read More Blurb Quartet
“We relish the opportunity of finding something new and different to eat wherever we go, whether it is part of an extended travel experience to a far destination or simply to a treasured friend’s table down the street. On The Road is our way of sharing the pleasure and adventure of food discovery through the… Read More Kindred Spirits
I have no interest in eating at a restaurant named after a gland.” – a local friend Buenos Aires – … and, I understand that. On the other hand, sometimes words have more than one meaning, and in this case, the dual entry is the genus of an herb. Thyme to be exact, and the… Read More Pictures that Need a Thousand Words