The Buenos Aires sweets scene just doesn’t really do it for me. Always a bit dry and heavy-handed on the dulce de leche, it’s never been too hard to pass on postre and just say no… Until I visited Smeterling, a modern boutique bakery wonderland, created by and for lovers of the art of pastry. One of the […]
The Best Things I Ate in Israel
Israel, the fruitful land of milk and hummus, where the Israeli salads flow like Kosher wine and tender balls of fried falafel grow on trees. After I fell in love with Israeli food porn for the first time, our relationship has blossomed in a deep and meaningful way. Just like Tim Whatley converted to Judaism for […]
Put on your sandwich gloves, it’s time to eat some sandwiches
Where do you go in Buenos Aires to sink your teeth into that perfect sandwich? With almost every café and restaurant serving up some sanguche of sorts, only few really do it right. The ideal sandwich needs to have at least three important components to survive in the elite world of killer sandwiches:
Arévalo’s New Local Hot Spots: Local Restó & Casa Arévalo
UPDATE: LOCAL is now closed. Living in Palermo Hollywood, it seems like there are multiple restaurants popping up on a monthly basis. Although I find most of them a massive disappointment, there was one in particular that I happily and anxiously awaited the grand opening. The master chef couple Estefanía Di Benedetto and Matías Kyriazis, the […]
Magdalena’s Getting POKE’D Hard: POKE Restaurant’s Weekly Pop Up
**SADLY POKE IS NOT LONGER AROUND IN BUENOS AIRES** It was a sad day in the life of many spice fiend Palermo-ers when POKE delivery retired their bicycle and ended their delivery-only service. A single tear dropped on that perfectly cupped iceberg lettuce wrap as I said a sad goodbye to POKE, one of (if not […]
Hot Date In Buenos Aires: Perfect Date Spots For Any Occasion
Unwrap the romance-enhanced clichés, drown yourself in a pungent nose-stinging cologne and practice your sexy O faces in the mirror because it’s DATE NIGHT! Whether it’s a first date, last date, secret date, or a date where you are looking to get-it-onnnn, here are some suggestions for that perfect date spot no matter the situation.
Flirk Down The Pork Part II
Crazies & Pervs + Google = PURE GOOGLE KEYWORD GOLD. I’ve already shared some of the hilarious fails for those who search for some variation of “Pick Up The Fork” but now comes the real amusement: Google Search Keywords. *In no way are these made up, nor exaggerated, just copied and pasted off of my website stats […]
Big Al’s Badass Brioche Buns
Guest post written by Alan Epstein aka Big Al aka Al Doggy Dogg aka The Rainmaker “My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun.” – Sir Mix-A-Lot I’ve always been impressed by Sir Mix-A-Lot’s sage-like wisdom on the importance of being selective about the buns in which you serve your meat. I’m gonna […]
Café San Juan: Worth the Hype
If Tony Hawk and Chef Ludo had a love baby, it would probably come out something like Leandro ‘Lele’ Cristóbal of the acclaimed Café San Juan. Sexy Argentine celebrity mega chef, total groso in the kitchen, TV personality, reality TV show star, tattooed douche bag bad ass, and skater boy playa has made Café San Juan one of the most popular restaurants […]
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 […]