“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we eat?’ the second by the question ‘Why do we eat?’ and… Read More What to Eat #1
August 22-24 – 2019 – 22-24 de Agosto Standout Plate / Plato Destecado Bagre Blanco Tataki – Bagre blanco (no English name that I know of) is a “long-whiskered catfish” found in the Paraná River basin. I’ve taken fresh fillets, coated them in salt, merquén (smoked chili condiment) with a touch of extra smoke… Read More Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Iron Pan
This time, in just three places, we’re all over the map, or at least, I am. We have a burger spot, a smokehouse, and a brand spanking new Korean place. We’re in Caballito, Palermo, and Floresta. Hmmm, at least in price, I’ve stayed in the “reasonable” end of things, despite the recent volatility of the… Read More A Trio of Recommendations!
Sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of life, you know? And it wasn’t even vacation. So, this last weekend, our first weekend open in a month! A veces la vida interponerse en el camino de la vida, ¿sabes? Y ni siquiera eran vacaciones. Entonces, este último fin de semana, ¡nuestro primer… Read More Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s back to work I go
July was less of a soup month than June – not sure why. Or maybe it’s just that we didn’t make any particular interesting or unusual soups like we did the previous month. But here, a round up of fun things we did eat at home – or, mostly me, because Henry spent half the… Read More Dishing July
These have been collected over about two months… just one after the other that I wouldn’t return to, for one reason or another. Heisenburger Recoleta, Vicente López 2190, Recoleta – My one experience of the original Heisenburger in Las Cañitas was so awful, that I resisted checking out the new one in Recoleta for… Read More Bite (Me) Marks #79
After my recent trip to NYC and trying some fairly high end, creative sushi spots, I started to think about the differences between the upper level sushi bars there and here. Some of it is the obvious stuff that I’ve talked about in various sushi reviews – the heavy reliance on salmon here as the… Read More Nikkei Twice-Over
Bestia, Primera Junta 702, San Isidro, has been luring diners up to the north suburbs for, I think, going on two years now, maybe more. It’s promise, basically… meat, meat, and more meat. It was one of the first places around to start offering dry aged steaks… [Closed in early 2025] …and “perusing” their meat… Read More Feed the Beast