*** DELHI DARBAR IS NOW CLOSED *** In Buenos Aires, Indian food suffers from two major ailments: authenticity and spice. With only a handful of restaurant options in the city, it can be quite difficult fulfilling that intense Indian food craving. Many locals inaccurately refer to this exotic food as comida hindú, categorizing the cuisine […]
Chinese Food Hong Kong Style
Barrio Chino has tons of restaurants to choose from. Some good, some bad, some with chicken feet displayed in the window, and others with empanadas and milanesas on the menu. Hong Kong Style offers a huge variety of the greasy Chinese food persuasion that I hold so dear to my heart. The menu includes pages and […]
Tea Connection Time: Un Café de Té
The Best Pizza in Buenos Aires: Siamo Nel Forno
Surprising to many locals who have a life-long devoted loyalty to their favorite dish, Argentina is known by many to serve some pretty awful pizza. Some have even go far to say that it’s one of the worst pizza in the world. Oh, but how can you go wrong with dough + cheese + grease, might […]
Product of the Day: Oreo Alfajor
When I was little, I was never allowed to eat crap. While my friends had pantries and freezers full of fruit by the foot, gushers and bagel bites, I only had matzah, health cereal and a bottle of diluted Mott’s apple juice, because apparently the regular kind has “too much sugar.” Since all food containing […]
Protected: Test: A Chori a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Fresh Baked Medialunas in the Air
A few blocks away from my apartment, and the tourist / cheto SCENE that has transformed Oui Oui as an extension of the Live Hotel monstrosity, is a lovely, quiet spot, Café Montenegro (Soler y Arévalo). The food isn’t amazing, decor nothing special, but for some reason, I just like it. I think because not […]
Veggie’s Deli & Gourmet Natural
Over the past 4 years that I’ve been living in Buenos Aires, I have probably ordered delivery more than all my other years combined, earning the title of a true couch potato. Thanks to Buenos Aires Delivery, I have expanded my delivery menu stack of mostly bad sushi and pizza/empanadas, and I am able to […]
Melão: A Culinary Recorrido del Mundo
At Melão (Castillo 52), diners get the chance to sample dishes from countries like Cuba, Vietnam, Jamaica, India, Ireland, Mexico, Madagascar, just to name a few. Argentines, known for not being the most adventurous of eaters, are able to break out of their culinary comfort zones to try cuisines from around the world.
