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.
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A trio of mini-reviews, as I don’t feel like I got a solid sense of any of these places, but am also unlikely to go back to any of them. So, I’ll just give some impressions and leave you… Read More A Trio of Disappointments
“The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.” – Hannah Moore Restaurants are in the business of providing many things, among them a certain ambiance or theater, comfort, service, and, of course the reason most of us go, food and beverage. While it’s entirely possible for a restaurant to just be thrown together, the successful ones tend… Read More To Seek Out and Serve
“There’s a pizza place near where I live that sells only slices. In the back you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air.” – Stephen Wright, comedian Yes, that’s me, toasting to a lovely evening out with my friend Juan. We wandered about his neighborhood in Palermo, looking for, as my friend… Read More Gimme a Slice… or Six
“I also remember the delicious smell of the big loaves of bread baking in the family bakery’s wood-burning oven. I have loved the smell and taste of fresh bread ever since.” – Georg Solti, musician and conductor Buenos Aires – The instructions were both explicit and vague at the same time. “Just after 12:00, go… Read More Knock Three Times…
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles Franklin “Boss” Kettering, electrical engineer, inventor of the electric starter and lighting system for automobiles Buenos Aires – Many of my local… Read More You Takes Your Chances
“Sensationalism is like going to a buffet; sometimes people like to go and sample everything that’s there, but you do have people who go just for the dessert tray, so they go to the salacious and they go fill themselves up just on that.” – Montel Williams Buenos Aires – Most of you know my… Read More The Endless Buffet
Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible." – Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher A few weeks ago one of our local food writers reviewed a new Japanese restaurant located just off the main strip… Read More A Mere Exaggeration
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” – Madonna Ciccone Buenos Aires – I’m being defiant. It’s a small stand for my rights, of some sort or another. It also makes absolutely no difference, but it’ll give me something to comment on. One of our favorite neighborhood lunch hangouts is… Read More Whose Food is it Anyway?