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.
Buenos Aires – A mattarello or matterello is a thin rolling pin, often without handles, that is used for rolling out pasta by hand. Whether or not the folks at Il Matterello, Martín Rodríguez 517 in La Boca are rolling out their pasta using one, I don’t know, I didn’t look back in the kitchen.… Read More The Rolling Pin
Buenos Aires – Last week I tried to go with a couple of friends to a relatively new Russian restaurant in Almagro, Ermak, Bülnes 873. We were three, and on arrival we were told there was no possibility of seating us for the entire evening, everything was reserved. The place seats a mere dozen people,… Read More From Russia With Love
Buenos Aires – I finally found my way to Sudestada, Guatemala 5602, in Palermo Viejo, the much touted “Vietnamese” place that I mentioned back in my review of Green Bamboo. Once again, I have mixed feelings about this place. First, it’s a completely different style of restaurant. One reviewer referred to it as swish, and… Read More Another Stab at Southeast Asia
Buenos Aires – Anyone who has more than a passing interest in tango knows the name Carlos Gardel. Think, the Buddy Holly of the tango world. He even died in a fiery plane crash. Actually, Buddy Holly is an unfair comparison, because let’s face it, other than rock aficionados, no one knows who he was… Read More A Touch of Creative, a Touch of Classic
Buenos Aires – In the midst of Recoleta’s Santa Fé shopping district, sitting squarely on a corner amongst the shops offering designer shoes, clothing, mp3 players, and overpriced housewares, sits Cartoon, Riobamba 1112. I’ve bypassed it for ten months now, glancing in and thinking, cafeteria, coffee shop, overpriced. I let myself get talked into going… Read More Toontown
Buenos Aires – Having made my big announcement in the last post, I’m hesitant to post anything else for a little while, as I don’t want to lose any momentum in building a small business here. But, life goes on, and so must I. I’ll just mention it here and there to keep the idea… Read More Searching for Gaucho Boots
Buenos Aires – News Flash! I was inspired by my visit a couple of weeks ago to verdellama to actually get moving on my long back-burned project of opening my own restaurant here. It will take some time to do all the proper legal paperwork, find a location and such, but in the meantime, we… Read More The Opening of Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires – I had a recent exchange with someone on a food forum elsewhere on the net on the subject of Barbecued Pizza in Buenos Aires. Given linguistic differences in different parts of the globe, he had come under the impression, from reading somewhere about the topic (and I don’t know if it was… Read More Pizza BBQ