Noontime in Puerto Madero sees suited, hungry executives pouring out of luxurious office building, rushing madly around Olga Cossettini Ave looking for a bite to eat before returning to work. The traditional 3-s lunch (soup-salad-sandwich) so popular among businessmen of American financial districts, men and women who are seemingly constantly pressed for time, is often replaced…
Turns out you don’t have to hike it all the way out to Flores to get a taste of authentic Korean food. Bi Won, an elegant yet super-affordable little gem located on Ave. Junin in Once, serves up Bi Bim Bap and Bulgogi which rival those found on any Carabobo hole-in-the-wall menu! The banchan, tiny little…
Looking for spicy buffalo wings in B.A.? Casa Bar has got’em! Made with real Frank’s Hot Sauce and served with a side of real ranch dressing, this is one of those all too few cases in which picante on an Argentine bar food menu actually does mean spicy. I ordered my alitas (winglets) half rebozadas (breaded and fried) and half picante (drenched in…
Monday night found a friend and I disappointedly smoking a cigarette outside a very obviously closed Thai restaurant named Phuket in Palermo, one which we were hoping to visit as part of our research into the Top 5 Southeast Asian restaurants in Buenos Aires for an article she was writing and which I was taking…
In a city where the search for authentic pho or pad thai is a lost cause, Korean barbecue (the real deal) is actually available and within reach. Carabobo Avenue, located in the southern region of the Flores district, is the primary artery of Buenos Aires’s Barrio Coreano, home to the 20,000 Koreans inhabiting Buenos Aires, and a hub for Korean businesses…
Upon arriving at my doorstep in a timely fashion on Saturday night, my first ever Argentine date asked me what I wanted to eat for dinner. The answer came to me almost automatically: a parillada. Not because I’ve never had one and not just because during the week I only have time to stuff a cheese…
Agonizing in bed, watching Adam Sandler movies on stream and beating yourself up about mixing champan-speeds, beer, whiskey and cosmos instead of just sticking with fernet-cokes all night is definitely one way of dealing with a hangover. Pulling yourself together and hopping down to the Recoleta Feria near Plaza Francia/Centro Cultural de Reco/Reco Cemetery is another,…
When friends suggest meeting me at my apartment and walking to a bar for the first drink of the night before hopping on the 110 to Palermo, I rarely have ideas to contribute. That’s because Recoleta isn’t the best place to start the night; the bars are yuppy and the clubs (which mostly play things…
On days when I want to spoil myself rotten (read: stay in bed watching Friends reruns on Cuevana in my pajamas all day), boy am I glad that there’s a place like Las Calas directly across the street. Open from 8 to 8 every day except Sundays, this panadería/cafetería serves up all those delicious little, daily-fresh, surprisingly…
Making a reservation at Casa Mun is surrendering yourself to Chef Mun’s world, becoming friends with him on facebook, entering his home, meeting his dogs. The night started out with a champagne reception, my friend and I and 12 other lucky guests gathering and mingling in the hall of the chef’s Palermo/Villa Crespo loft, the ground floor…
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