Time once again for the Wayback Machine. All the way back to April 14th of 2006, almost exactly 13 years ago… and a visit to Don Chicho, in Villa Ortuzár. A place I visited numerous times after that first visit, because of the incredible fresh pasta. The gimmick, except it wasn’t really a gimmick, was that… Read More Pasta, Almost “al Momento”
Face-off. Peru vs. India! El Angelito, San Luis 2741, Recoleta – Opened almost a year ago, and not far from us, apparently it took over the space vacated by Chimu, which has moved elsewhere in the city. It popped up on a delivery service, and we gave it a try. We liked it, and gave… Read More Duo of Spice
Many moons ago, 9 years to be more precise, there was a brief blip on the local food writing scene with a blog called NoshBA. The young man who ran it and I only had one contact, when he sent me an email to assure me that he wasn’t encroaching on my territory, because he… Read More The L Word – Oriental Stew
Sometimes, I get the feeling that we’ll never actually get through all the Peruvian restaurants in town. Of course, if I focused on those only, we might manage, but there’s just so much food out there to try! Mi Huarique Barra Cevicheria, Montevideo 370, Monserrat [w3w: kennels.ruby.slider] – I gave this spot a very cursory… Read More More Peruvians…
You say “prawn”, I say “shrimp”, let’s call the whole thing risotto…. Is there a difference between prawns and shrimp? In colloquial usage, generally not. Many of us use the two terms interchangeably. It’s a cultural given that folk from the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, lean towards prawn, while those from the US… Read More Risotto, Prawns & Shrimp
A couple of slightly longer “Bites”. It’s been five years since we ate at the restaurant at the Mio Hotel, Sivela, Quintana 465, Recoleta, when we popped in there for one of BA’s food week specials. We were not impressed. It closed. But I’d heard quite good things about their new restaurant, Rufino Argentino,… Read More Bite Marks #74
Let’s start with a little KFC… Korean Fried Chicken… then we’ll go all Chinese, and end up in Sushi-land. Maniko Fried Chicken, Felipe Vallese 3472, Floresta [w3w: cars.poems.mulls] – Not quite hidden away like the last new spot I posted about in Koreatown, but definitely off the beaten path – a block further on… Read More Chop Suey #22
It really shouldn’t have been a surprise that the soups and stews of Botswana have a strong European influence, in particular Dutch and English, after all, there has been a historical presence of both – in particular the British, from whose colonization Botswana only gained independence in 1966. I would say that from what I’ve been… Read More The Bread & Soup Project #25 – Botswana