I'd gotten a number of recommendations from the Internet
on where to eat, but we asked Andrea the desk clerk for a
recommendation. She suggested Lo de Rosendo, one of the
places on my list. The plus - it's only 4 blocks from the
hotel, so easy to run to when you're hungry. The minus -
it's only 4 blocks from the hotel, so a lengthy digestive
walk after dinner is optional, not mandatory, and we are
what we are.

Definitely a locals place. When we arrived around 8:30
there were several tables already occupied. Asador in
the middle, periodically fed with coals from a separate
oven in the back. Grumpy waiter of the usual sort.

lili started with a ham and cheese empanada, which she
deemed excellent. My beef tongue vinaigrette was
delicious, though no bargain at 75, and not totally
de-skinned, which bothers me. I don't care so much about
the vascular and connective tissue up at the root end, but
it's hard to de-skin an already sliced portion, especially
when the slices are thin. I don't get it when people claim
that tongue is okay only when sliced thin. Thick slices are
just fine, and you get the flavor better.

For mains I got a sirloin (bife de chorizo), which was
about the same price as everyplace else but twice as big.
It was also from a mature animal, so exceedingly tasty
and I believe unaged, so not tender. A big layer of fat,
which was delicious, and of gristle beneath that, which I
was too full to eat.

lili's ribeye (ojo) was completely different. It was
downright elderly, the meat a little discolored though
rare as ordered and with the slightly funky taste of
dry-aged meat. The fat off it had a moldy blue-cheesy taste
in spots and was definitely not worth dealing with.

Fried potatoes were excellent, though as before they lost
most of their appeal as they cooled down and went limp.

Fond de Cave Malbec 13 is a rather delicious though
definitely mass market Trapiche product. Very open fruit
but enough tannin to work against the fat of the meal. It
was something like 120, a decent price.

A wonderful sleep. I roused myself at 9, but lili seemed
to need to recharge, so I didn't wake her until 10:30.