Buenos Aires F&B Scene - Volume I
#586
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First Time Posting Question
I apologize if I am in the wrong thread.
My question is which side of the plane should we sit on flying from Houston,Tx to Buenos Aires? I know the Andes run along the coast and would be nice to see them, but if we're flying inland, guess it doesn't matter.
What do you think? or please tell me where to ask this question.
My question is which side of the plane should we sit on flying from Houston,Tx to Buenos Aires? I know the Andes run along the coast and would be nice to see them, but if we're flying inland, guess it doesn't matter.
What do you think? or please tell me where to ask this question.
#587
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I apologize if I am in the wrong thread.
My question is which side of the plane should we sit on flying from Houston,Tx to Buenos Aires? I know the Andes run along the coast and would be nice to see them, but if we're flying inland, guess it doesn't matter.
What do you think? or please tell me where to ask this question.
My question is which side of the plane should we sit on flying from Houston,Tx to Buenos Aires? I know the Andes run along the coast and would be nice to see them, but if we're flying inland, guess it doesn't matter.
What do you think? or please tell me where to ask this question.
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For those with celiac disease issues, here's a link to some shops and restaurants for food items (eff 4 May 12)
For those with celiac disease issues, here's a link to some shops and restaurants for food items (eff 4 May 12)
#589
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I've lived down here for 4.5 years, and visited 8-10 times before living here and don't remember ever seeing croquetas on any menu. I thought they were only a big deal in Belgium and France. According to wikipedia sometimes people refer to the crispy fried meatballs some folks make at as croquetas but I don't think that's what you're referring to.
As for the rest of your list, I don't do street food so can offer no advice. La Querencia (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ci...5&z=18&vpsrc=6) has awesome empenadas and some other great dishes from northern Argentina like locro, bife al caballo, and sometimes even sopa paraguaya. There are tons of good places to get gelato, just try any of the ice cream shops you're bound to pass by as you wander the city. I have no ideas about cooking schools, but if you spend a few days up here in the north my brother-in-law and I can teach you all about cooking on an argentinian parilla and preparing meat a la estaca too. As a bonus, you'd get my wife's awesome homemade empenadas and her Uncle Carlos' recipe for chimichurri
As for the rest of your list, I don't do street food so can offer no advice. La Querencia (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ci...5&z=18&vpsrc=6) has awesome empenadas and some other great dishes from northern Argentina like locro, bife al caballo, and sometimes even sopa paraguaya. There are tons of good places to get gelato, just try any of the ice cream shops you're bound to pass by as you wander the city. I have no ideas about cooking schools, but if you spend a few days up here in the north my brother-in-law and I can teach you all about cooking on an argentinian parilla and preparing meat a la estaca too. As a bonus, you'd get my wife's awesome homemade empenadas and her Uncle Carlos' recipe for chimichurri
#590
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I just returned from my first trip to Buenos Aires.
A majority of the time I was with friends who couldn't get enough of Cabana Las Lilas and Sotto Voce. I made several attempts and finally was able to try El Desnivel (difficult to know their operating hours), as that was given recommendations for a not so high end restaurant with good food. I went to a random parilla stand (one of many) lined along the Parque Mujeres area. I wanted to try the Choripn that people seem to rave about. Also found a supermarket (Jumbo) to buy some items to take home and a wine vendor (Tiempo de Vinos) for some decent Malbec to take back with me. I wanted to do some other things like take a cooking class and try some other places, but the Labor day/Sandwich Day (not food related) interfered with my plans.
The goal was to stick to eating foods I couldn't get at home. Only failed once when I got a hamburger at the hotel.
Anyway, I'm hoping to write up a report, or at least post some links and more detail on this page about the foods and such that I experienced on my trip.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and info posted on this thread.
A majority of the time I was with friends who couldn't get enough of Cabana Las Lilas and Sotto Voce. I made several attempts and finally was able to try El Desnivel (difficult to know their operating hours), as that was given recommendations for a not so high end restaurant with good food. I went to a random parilla stand (one of many) lined along the Parque Mujeres area. I wanted to try the Choripn that people seem to rave about. Also found a supermarket (Jumbo) to buy some items to take home and a wine vendor (Tiempo de Vinos) for some decent Malbec to take back with me. I wanted to do some other things like take a cooking class and try some other places, but the Labor day/Sandwich Day (not food related) interfered with my plans.
The goal was to stick to eating foods I couldn't get at home. Only failed once when I got a hamburger at the hotel.
Anyway, I'm hoping to write up a report, or at least post some links and more detail on this page about the foods and such that I experienced on my trip.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and info posted on this thread.
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I just returned from my first trip to Buenos Aires.
A majority of the time I was with friends who couldn't get enough of Cabana Las Lilas and Sotto Voce. I made several attempts and finally was able to try El Desnivel (difficult to know their operating hours), as that was given recommendations for a not so high end restaurant with good food. I went to a random parilla stand (one of many) lined along the Parque Mujeres area. I wanted to try the Choripn that people seem to rave about. Also found a supermarket (Jumbo) to buy some items to take home and a wine vendor (Tiempo de Vinos) for some decent Malbec to take back with me. I wanted to do some other things like take a cooking class and try some other places, but the Labor day/Sandwich Day (not food related) interfered with my plans.
The goal was to stick to eating foods I couldn't get at home. Only failed once when I got a hamburger at the hotel.
Anyway, I'm hoping to write up a report, or at least post some links and more detail on this page about the foods and such that I experienced on my trip.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and info posted on this thread.
A majority of the time I was with friends who couldn't get enough of Cabana Las Lilas and Sotto Voce. I made several attempts and finally was able to try El Desnivel (difficult to know their operating hours), as that was given recommendations for a not so high end restaurant with good food. I went to a random parilla stand (one of many) lined along the Parque Mujeres area. I wanted to try the Choripn that people seem to rave about. Also found a supermarket (Jumbo) to buy some items to take home and a wine vendor (Tiempo de Vinos) for some decent Malbec to take back with me. I wanted to do some other things like take a cooking class and try some other places, but the Labor day/Sandwich Day (not food related) interfered with my plans.
The goal was to stick to eating foods I couldn't get at home. Only failed once when I got a hamburger at the hotel.
Anyway, I'm hoping to write up a report, or at least post some links and more detail on this page about the foods and such that I experienced on my trip.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and info posted on this thread.
#592
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I'd be interested to know which types of wood are common for the parillia fire, as the wood imparts most of the flavor.
#593
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On the wine/malbec front I'll let Alex make recommendations but I love Yacochuya M.Rolland. Not cheap but top drawer.
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As for the wood.....normal wood used around these parts is a variety of Acacia which grows naturally. I tend to use that a lot plus anything else which is dead in the countryside. There is a very hard wood from the north which they sell for the purpose as its coals give off heat longer.
Unlike cold/hot smoking I've not heard that the type of wood used makes any difference to the taste of parrilla cooked meats.....as it's more the meat juices/fats dropping on the coals which imparts the flavour with the smoke it makes permeating back through to the meat.
#595
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As a chef I'm sure you tried a variety of things. As an Irishman who loves black pudding I highly recommend the morcilla at Rio Alba, Best I've ever tasted. ^
On the wine/malbec front I'll let Alex make recommendations but I love Yacochuya M.Rolland. Not cheap but top drawer.
On the wine/malbec front I'll let Alex make recommendations but I love Yacochuya M.Rolland. Not cheap but top drawer.
There's Scots/Irish in my blood, but some of it didn't carry through with the traditions of cuisine apparently.
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Good Job on the Video... nicely done Hiddy !! ^
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Glad you liked it.
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Morcilla comes in many styles, shapes, sizes... perhaps my favorite variety is the Vasca, which has walnuts, raisins and is not too overly salty.
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I never knew that....never seen any other type here apart from the plain variety. Walnuts and raisins....sounds bloody awful.
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I never knew that....never seen any other type here apart from the plain variety. Walnuts and raisins....sounds bloody awful.