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.
Keeping it casual… Burger Box is apparently a relatively new burger stand in the courtyard at Distrito Arcos, the open air shopping mall at Santa Fé and Juan B. Justo. And, true to their name, your burger comes in a box. It’s a somewhat rickety box, it could definitely be made much sturdier, especially for… Read More Bite Marks #64
When Dave set out with his wife from Washington DC a couple of years ago, they were headed to El Salvador, from where she hailed. But that was not to be the end of the road trip, which continued across Central America, and down along the west coast of South America, crossing 12 borders (one… Read More DC to BA, Across 12 13 Borders
There is a concept in Korean tradition called obangsaek, that refers to the “five classic colors”, each of which is also associated with a cardinal direction and an element…. Blue – East – Wood Red – South – Fire Yellow – Center – Earth White – West – Metal Black – North – Water This idea… Read More Elemental Korean
The Roving Ravenous Horde hit its one year anniversary, and it seemed as good as any time to pick a spot that focused on local cuisine, much as we did for the very first outing, last August. Instead of milanesas, we went straight for the grill. A couple of weeks ago, after one of my Sunday Outings… Read More Like an Asado Swimming Up-a-Parrilla
I don’t spend much time in Italian restaurants in Buenos Aires, despite their ubiquity. Mostly it’s that Italian cooking is what I first trained professionally in, and what I still cook for myself more than anything else. It’s also what most of the cooking classes I teach are based around. So I usually want… Read More Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
A short little special Bite Marks focusing on what I’m going to call the orphan latin american cuisines in Buenos Aires. For those who live here, or visit regularly, you know that the city is awash with Peruvian restaurants, both traditional and nikkei. And at least within certain zones of the city, there are a good number of… Read More Bite Marks #63
? An all sushi special. And (nearly) an all sushi special at places that don’t subscribe to this bizarre porteño belief that anything is made better by the addition of cheese. Enough already with batons and slabs and dabs of low quality cream cheese in maki rolls, and even on occasion on pieces of nigiri. Worse, those that… Read More Sushi. Almost “sin filadelfia”.
I’d forgotten how much more expensive things are here than back home. I mean, I know that Uruguay has always been pricier than in Argentina on past visits, but the difference seems pretty stark right now. From past experience, I know that Montevideo tends to be pretty closed up on Sundays. In nice weather… Read More Four Days of Eats in Montevideo II