“We are, in truth, more than half of what we are by imitation.” – Lord Chesterfield, British statesman There was a bit of a flutter through the local community about two months ago when a gleaming new lunch spot opened up along Corrientes, at 1743, just off Callao, proclaiming, it was said, to be a… Read More A Branch? A Copy? Nothing Like It?
“If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. – Raymond Inmon, artist As I mentioned in my Barrio Chino post the day before yesterday, I got there via a walk along Av. Alcorta. I didn’t really start taking pictures until I hit the… Read More A Day Along the Park
“Guinan: I’ll see you in 500 years, Picard. Picard: And I’ll see you… in a few minutes.” – from Time’s Arrow, Part II, Star Trek: The Next Generation Sometimes I get a little carried away with the history based themes. Not often, I mean, I do pick oddities out of history, but generally I don’t… Read More But I Would Eat 500 Years
“The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.” – Jean de la Bruyère, French essayist and moralist It’s been five years since Fujisan, Mendoza 1650 in Barrio Chino, 4784-1313, opened up, and I dropped in for a first look and review. I wasn’t overly impressed, but at the same time, it wasn’t bad. Still,… Read More Barrio Chino… Not on the Cheap
“You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.” – William S. Burroughs, novelist History has an interesting way of repeating itself. A couple of years ago, some of my students in the Italian cooking series got to talking about missing Vietnamese food, and wondered if I could offer up a… Read More Faux Phở? We Don’t Think So.
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.” – Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, senator and historian of the Roman Empire A quickie post before hitting the streets to see what the city holds in store for me today. Had headed up to Corrientes to see if the new La Pasiva… Read More Veni, Vidi, Pizza
“The time has come, the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of hamburgers and spicy wings…’” – almost Lewis Carroll [Edit: Save yourself some time, all three places in this review have closed.] The time has come, actually, to do a little update on the world of expat snacks, adding… Read More Three Patties, With Wings
“I sowed the seeds of love, It was all in the spring, In April, May, and June, likwise, When small birds they do sing.” – Fleetwood Habergham, The Seeds of Love, 1690 Picking up from where we left off on my series of recreating individual dishes from the menus of my, well, formative years in… Read More The Early Years IV