Rotiseria Vegetariana Tucuman, also referred to simply as “The Veggie Place” by TEFL alums more experienced in the artform of finding good food cheap and fast in the Micro Centro during lunch-breaks or between classes, is a spot where one can mix-and-match between over 50 different dishes (a mix of traditional Argentinian with Southeast Asian and Chinese)…
Overstimulated, overtired, running around Tecnopolis, trying to soak in as much of this infinitesimal exhibit as you possibly can before you leave? Brain and body need a rest? Head over to the Simple & Sana on Puerto Francisco Moreno in the middle of the Tierra Section for a delicious Licuado de fruta mixta (mixed fruit smoothy). Mine had berries, banana, pineapple…
“Dulce de puente” ice cream at Puerto Madero. For finally finding a substantial body of water, which I need close to me no matter where I live, I decided to reward myself with some dulce de leche ice cream from a nearby heladaria. It was creamy and delicious, sweet with an almost-burnt caramel toffee flavor…
A 15 minute walk from my classes in El Centro is the picturesque waterfront barrio of Puerto Madero and not far from it is this avenida lined with yellow box-parrilladas with oh-so-fragrant charcoal smoke tumbling out the windows. It’s a place where men of both working and business class grab a fistful of napkins and roll up their…
Ok yes, I miss the dark, gloomy, shiny Irish pubs of Boston. A lot. I miss stools and flat screen TV´s with sports on constantly. And I miss whiskey. So when I saw a sign which read “Sullivan´s” hanging from a not-too-shabby-looking little place in Palermo Viejo, I absolutely had to go in and ask…
I had spent just about 5 days in B.A. and I had still not had the privilege of stuffing a piece of cow bigger than my face down my throat as I had heard one is accustomed to doing in B. A. I was distracted by empanada shops and pay-by-weight home-made food fast joints in El Centro,…
I don´t think I will ever get tired of the tasty little fried, salty numnums that come with just about every beer in B.A. This is a Quilmes (B.A.´s Sam, although it’s way too light and watery for me…) with fried salty cylindrical chips and peanuts.
Lovingly referred to as “The Meat Place” by the TEFL students I´ve met here, no doubt to distinguish it from “The Vegetarian Place” which is the good-food-cheap place closest to the program´s building, is great for browsing and trying out new typical home-made dishes. The woman who runs it is super friendly and serves everything…
A steaming, comforting bowl of lentils and chorizo prepared by my roommate and the first real home-made meal I´ve had so far. Simple but perfect. Home-made dulce de leche del campo which my roommate brought for me from her farm in the North. Velvety smooth, sinfully thick, and almost sickeningly sweet, with a beautiful dark…
Empanada de carne + Empanada de questo y cebolla + 1L de Stella from Pizzeria Angélico My first day in Buenos Aires was spent unpacking, setting up my room, running back and forth from the Disco to buy perchas, champú, convertidores, etc. As I know nobody in this city, as my roommates were gone for the weekend, as my sudden departure from…
That Best Bite 