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Old May 19, 2008 | 2:46 pm
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USAFAN
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
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Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
USAFAN-- have you tried the San Telmo location of La Brigada...?

Also, how do you like your steak.... (I mean in terms of cooking intensity, medium rare... well done?)
Medium! And I know, what you now say ... but I don't like rare or so.

I suspect, the Argentinean beef is NOT aged.

Like at Peter Lugar:

"....the loin is brought back to the premises of the restaurant where the dry aging process begins.

The loins of beef sit in a temperature controlled cooler where air circulates around them. After the meat is properly aged, it is butchered and brought up to the kitchen for broiling...
"

La Brigada San Telmo: NO! I am not a fan of San Telmo .. somewhat touristy and doesn't look clean, sorry about this.

However, we have been at La Cabrera and liked it a lot. Difficult to get a place.

Beware of La Cabaņa:
Rodriguez Peņa 1967 - Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Tel: 4814-0001
Recoleta
http://lacabana.orient-express.com
High prices, unfriendly service, lousy food. Other than this place, we where NEVER disappointed in BA.

I learned from El Establo on your forum (the story with fake money):
El Establo
Paraguay 489 - Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Tel: 4311-1639
Retiro
We liked it. It's somewhat plain, but the food and the service was perfect.
On our way to the restaurant we recognized a young couple with a little baby, homeless .. sitting on the steps of a closed shop. We got a doggy-back and delivered it with some pesos on our way back.
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