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 – The first time I vacationed in Buenos Aires I stayed in the neighborhood of San Telmo. Despite its touristy bent, it’s still one of my favorite neighborhoods to wander, with some of the more interesting, if dilapidated, architectural features to be found on homes; its central Mercado – a mixed farm stand,… Read More Wandering San Telmo
Buenos Aires – I’d seen a posting for a photography show, at the Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic American Art, Suipacha 1422, of the work of Edward S. Curtis. It sounded fascinating, if nothing particularly “Hispanic American,” being an exhibition of some of his photos of North American Indians. His work entailed 24 years of… Read More Retiro
Buenos Aires – One of the things foodies love is finding a place that just wows them from the moment they walk in. At least that’s how I feel. I’ve heard, casually mentioned, a place called 788 Food Bar, Arenales 1877, in Recoleta, as a place “worth checking out sometime.” Let me just say up… Read More 788 – Attention to Detail
Buenos Aires – In complete contrast (well, while staying in a vegetarian theme) to yesterday’s posting, I was out looking for a nice backyard grill yesterday and suddenly realized I was only a few blocks away from a restaurant that had been recommended to me by a local friend. I poked my head in to… Read More All You Can Eat, And Healthy Too
Buenos Aires – Many years ago, during a brief flirtation with vegetarianism (which occurred during a brief flirtation of another sort with someone who was vegetarian, but that’s not worth getting into here), I spent some time reading through the then available literature on macrobiotics. Even then, some twenty years ago, macrobiotics had a weird,… Read More Macrobotics – Robotic Macrobiotics
Buenos Aires – I almost feel like I don’t need to review this restaurant, other than just to provide the name and location to avoid. The picture, for me, says it all. The restaurant? Barrientos, Larrea 1541, in Barrio Norte. We started out to head for the Italian restaurant, Campechano, that we’d liked so much… Read More Radioactive Yellow
Buenos Aires – One of the major local papers, La Nacion, in their weekly magazine supplement, just had an interesting food section that focused on Asian cuisine. I tend to be a big fan of a lot of Asian cuisine, so this was of particular interest. You know, Chinese food wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t… Read More The Nation Recommends…
Buenos Aires – It’s hard to believe that bottled water could have more flavor than a pizza. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to figure out how a stack of dough, cheese, tomato sauce, tomato slices, olives, and basil could have so little flavor. But somehow, Cala, Peña 2101, at the corner of Junín in Barrio Norte,… Read More Ahh, the Taste of Pizza… Where?