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Pick Up The Fork

A Serious Eater's Guide to Buenos Aires and Beyond

Cocina Sunae Closed Door Restaurant

Posted on March 28, 2012 7 Comments

Cocina Sunae Closed Door Restaurant

There’s a reason puerta cerrada Cocina Sunae has been written up in international and local publications, Chef Christina Sunae has been featured on El Gourmet channel, and it’s become one of the most well known closed door restaurants in Buenos Aires: flavor-packed, well executed Southeast Asian food.  It’s not difficult to do a search and finds tons […]

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A Very Random Round Up: Oviedo, Las Pizarras, Primavera Trujillana

Posted on March 6, 2012 13 Comments

A Very Random Round Up: Oviedo, Las Pizarras, Primavera Trujillana

Oviedo, Las Pizzaras, Primavera Trujillana.  Spanish/Mediterranean-influenced seafood, inventive Argentine fare and Peruvian culinary wonders.  These restaurants, all extremely different, don’t really have much in common except one thing: if you are looking for a great place to eat in Buenos Aires, and want a delicious meal, you can pretty much bet you’ll find it at one […]

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Parrillita Transeúntes

Posted on February 15, 2012 5 Comments

Parrillita Transeúntes

**Parrillita Transeúntes is sadly closed** Buenos Aires may have a plethora of colorful parrillas, but none are quite like Parrilla Transeúntes.  Coined as the “Trans Parrilla,” this meat serving establishment, sharing the same space with both a library and community center in Barracas, puts Buenos Aires on the map for one of the only restaurants in […]

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Pop Up Like It’s Hot: Pop Ups Popping Up in Buenos Aires

Posted on January 17, 2012 2 Comments

Pop Up Like It’s Hot: Pop Ups Popping Up in Buenos Aires

POP UP RESTAURANTS ARE STILL THE RAGE, BUT MANY OF THESE PARTICULAR TRANSIENT DINNERS HAVE NOT FIZZLED AND MOVED AWAY Watch out puertas cerradas, a hot younger gastronomical sister has hit the Río de la Plata. All the rage in the United States and Europe about five years ago, pop-up restaurants have finally managed to travel […]

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The Argentine Food Diaries: A Porteño Eating Challenge

Posted on January 11, 2012 42 Comments

The Argentine Food Diaries: A Porteño Eating Challenge

THE CHALLENGE:  TO EAT LIKE AN ARGENTINE, one day of consuming the most typical fare. A rundown of the most popular Argentine foods including breakfast, lunch, merienda, dinner and dessert. I asked some die-hard Argie culinary traditionalists what they ate on a daily basis, and these were the results… Disclaimer: It’s important to clarify that this is a massive generalization […]

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The Summer Guide to Eating and Drinking In The Wild Palermo Outdoors

Posted on January 2, 2012 30 Comments

The Summer Guide to Eating and Drinking In The Wild Palermo Outdoors

Eating outdoors is one of those strange pleasantries in life, whether it’s an outdoor patio, rooftop terrace, quiet backyard garden or even colectivo polluted sidewalk, food somehow tastes better while sitting outside basking in the aire libre. The Buenos Aires dining and café scene is all about outdoor spaces, where restaurants immediately increase in stock […]

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Villa Crespo Is The Hotness: Best Restaurants in Villa Crespo

Posted on November 26, 2011 45 Comments

Villa Crespo Is The Hotness: Best Restaurants in Villa Crespo

Villa Crespo is the new Palermo, except much cooler, and has been for some time.  Venture off to the VC for some restaurants that are two thumbs up fine holiday fun. Here is my rundown of the best that Palermo Queens (what a ridiculously invented name) has to offer.  Take a culinary food tour through […]

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Thanksgiving in Buenos Aires: How To Celebrate A Porteño Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2011 7 Comments

Thanksgiving in Buenos Aires: How To Celebrate A Porteño Thanksgiving

Just because we are thousands of miles away from good ol’ Yanquilandia doesn’t mean we can’t pile our plates high in holiday cheer. Personally, I’ll be eating a meat-packed asado for my own steaksgiving, but for those who feel that homesick food nostalgia during the eating season, here’s how to get in on all the thankful action on […]

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Food Porn Depression: Yanquiland Chapter

Posted on November 5, 2011 62 Comments

Food Porn Depression: Yanquiland Chapter

I always go into a deep, dark pit of food depression once back in Buenos Aires after an extended vacation. Generally, that intense culinary homesick feeling comes into full force Day 2 of being back, around lunch time or inside a supermarket, when I get a huge cock slap realization to the face: the food […]

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BBQ Town: Korean BBQ Right In Your Backyard

Posted on October 25, 2011 29 Comments

BBQ Town: Korean BBQ Right In Your Backyard

Barrio Chino, my culinary mecca, and home to many disappointing Chinese restaurants (except Asia Oriental counter and Hong Kong Style), has now just gotten a lot more interesting: spicy kimchee, beautiful bulgogi, more than 25 small plates of hot and cold dishes, soup, oysters, bacon, shrimp, lettuce wraps, dumplings – I could go on and on. […]

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