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.
Despite the threat to my waistline, I figured I’d continue working my way through the new pastry shops here in Recoleta. The round-up on the last post didn’t uncover a whole lot worth getting excited about – the torta bombon at Tips and the nut and caramel tart at Parnasse were the only ones out… Read More More New Recoleta Pastry Shops!
Just a quick photo round-up of the recent Send a Child to School fundraising event at the Australian Embassy. This year, a group of us in the puertas cerradas restaurant world were asked to participate and provide the food, and we, and several of our companions answered the call with signature hors d’oeuvres. Myself, Pablo… Read More Charity Begins at Jalapeños
Really, just another trio of quickie, mini-reviews, places we/I have popped out to for lunch over the last few weeks. Around the corner from home, a revamped pizzeria – formerly Domenico, now Gioia, at Peña 2121. We’d never tried it as the former, and one day in the mood for a veggie pizza, we thought… Read More Pizza, Pasteles and Totopostes
“There were two hard-boiled egg sandwiches, and two cheese sandwiches, and two with some kind of paste in them. If he hadn’t been so hungry he wouldn’t have thought much of the paste, for that is a sort of food nobody eats in Narnia.” – C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Book 7 of the Chronicles… Read More Chronicles of Shawarma – Book VII
I’ve resisted going to check this place out. It’s a new-ish branch of a restaurant I didn’t like the first branch of. And, I probably wouldn’t have bothered except that a guidebook writing friend is in town and it was on her list. And so we met up the other evening at Sipán Cevichería Peruana,… Read More Golden Wonder, Take Two
“Two Italians and a Frenchman walk into a bar…” Oh, never mind… I’m sorry I haven’t been giving you more full-on reviews recently, let’s just say that the wallet is still recovering from nearly five weeks away in Peru and Bolivia combined with this being an exceptionally slow spring business-wise. It’s picking up bit by… Read More Three Takes on Lunch
A half a year has passed since my last foray into the sandwich world, leaving off on round 8 of The Great Sandwich Hunt. But, sandwiches make a nice break from pizza trekking, so away we go. I’ve been meaning to check out the cute little Italian cafe In Bocca al Lupo, Bonpland 1965 in… Read More The Great Sandwich Hunt 9
Another month has passed and it’s time for a look at the scattered photographs of my life that went unused. Last September it was all spicy mac ‘n cheese and Montecristo sandwiches, experiments with Peruvian dishes, graffiti covered cars, and making empanadas. So what does September 2013 have to offer? Let’s take a look: Let’s… Read More Remembering September