Its Been A WHILE!
Sorry for the delay in getting this out. We just got access to the internet at home in the last day or two. So, below is what I wrote about a week ago on Jan 19th:
Wow, its already been a week since we first arrived. So much has happened. We moved into our first apartment on Luis M Campos, near Dorrego, on Wed morning. Martin, the representative from BYT that helped us move into our apt when we arrived here in March, was there to check us in. It was good to see a familiar face. He took us up to the apartment, and suffice to say that we were extremely glad that we are only stayed there for 5 nights. It was about the size of a hotel room, with a separate room for the small kitchen and a bathroom. There was also no air conditioning so at times it was a little warm. Overall the room was a little gloomy and we made every effort to spend as little time as possible in it… but with the warm weather here in BA that wasn’t hard! The area that we were staying in is called Las Cañitas, and it reminded Seth and I of NYC a lot... Restaurant, after lounge, after bar, after yet another restaurant! And at night, there are so many people in the sidewalks, hanging out, waiting to enter the restaurants.
During the course of the last week, we have walked a lot, joined a gym, seen a few friends, and EATEN A LOT OF FOOD. A few restaurant highlights:
Campo Bravo – This was the Parilla we went to when we first arrived – had to get our Steak fix in. I had a delicious brochette (shish kebab) with pieces of tenderloin (bife de lomo). Seth had a Bife de Chorizo (NY Strip). We also had fries, grilled vegetables and a salad. YUM!
Olsen – a Swedish restaurant that is one of the few restaurants that serves Sunday Brunch (Sunday Brunch is not a traditionally Argentine custom ;-) It was very cool – will definitely be a great place to go when friends come to visit. Its a trendy place with tons of different types of vodkas. Apparently it is also one of the few places in the city where you can get bagels. We had delicious omelettes, fruit salads, waffles (without syrup – they don’t seem to have that here), Smoked Salmon, Chandon Champagne and Orange Juice. Of course we had coffee too. This is a high end place… and all this at a cost of $30 pesos per person! We went there with Camille, who works for at the US Embassy here (she has lived here for the last couple of years – we were introduced thanks to Lauri – an old neighbor of mine), as well as two of Camille’s friends who are visiting- Karen and Victor (brother and sister from DC).
Bokoto – a Sushi restaurant… by the way there are many Sushi restaurants here… but the strange thing is the the only raw fish they seem to eat here is Salmon. If you order a roll with Tuna, more than likely it will be Tuna Fish from a can. Here it seems popular to put Filadelfia (Cream cheese) in rolls. Of course there are plenty of rolls with cooked shrimp, avocado, etc. Seth made the mistake of ordering a roll with tuna fish in it… very interesting. He also accidently ordered a salmon roll that had cream cheese on the inside (he is not a fan!). I had a beef stirfry. Pretty good – you can’t go too wrong with anything that has beef in it here.
Kansas – a complete and TOTAL knockoff of Houston’s. This place is really popular and there is usually a wait for a table. We went here with Roberto. We had the Spinach dip (even came with Salsa and Sour Cream like in the states), the salad with the lime vinagrette (By the way, salad dressing is unusual here – usually if you ask for a salad, they bring you oil and vinegar), the Smoked Salmon with toast, the Houston’s Knife and Fork ribs and Apple Cobbler (not as good as in NY, but an interesting adaptation). Seth had some grilled shrimp (Langostinos) with Rice. On the menu, they even had the Houston’s Hawaiian steak. Will check that out next time. We had a great bottle of Malbec, too. I have to start writing down the names of the wines so I know what to bring back. The total was about $60 pesos per person. Definitely a good place for when I am craving a taste of back home.
Sudestada – We went here for lunch – it has an executive lunch menu for $14 pesos that is a good deal. Its an upscale Asian restaurant that has stirfries, lettuce wraps, dumplings, spring rolls. Seth had a vegetarian stirfry and I had a yellow curry stirfry with chicken. We have already decided that we will be visiting there for lunch at least once a week :-)
We have checked out some other good restaurants since we have been here... but thats enough for now. Based on this entry, it seems that all I am doing here is eating!!
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