Sunday in Buenos Aires was another beautiful day with tempt again in the high 80’s.
We had breakfast and then took a taxi to the Plaza
Dorrego which every Sunday from 10:00am on has the largest outdoor market that
we have ever seen.
We were there just after most of the vendors had set up
and it still was not crowded so we walked around the Plaza seeing the vendors
and started to walk up the main street of the market. I think that it was probably 30 – 40 blocks
long and we only could walk until Noon as we had to get a cab to take us to our
12:30pm food tour.
The food tour started on the same corner as the Boca
Juniors major soccer teams stadium which was also the same corner that we ate
lunch at a local bar yesterday.
Our guide, George had asked if one other couple could
join us and we had said yes so we met everyone right on time and walked about
two blocks to the first restaurant, which was an Italian restaurant. There is a huge Italian population in Buenos
Aires. We had a nice starter meal of
some fancy Italian dishes with names I could not possibly remember!
Then we went walking through the La Boca district which
is very neat and very touristy.
Everything is painted Blue and Yellow in honor of the soccer club! We finally stopped are another restaurant
that was grilling outside their food.
This was a steak restaurant as it is the primary meat that is eaten in
Argentine.
We had a huge amount of food consisting of sausage,
tenderloin, sirloin and port. Each
portion was probably 6oz, so we ate a lot of meat and it was very good.
Then we walked to the main tourist part of the area and
sat at an outdoor café and have drinks and sweets – just want we needed, but it
was fun.
For this tour, the food and locations were good but the
tour guide was terrible as he never talked about each restaurant nor anything
about the food we were eating and how it was prepared – but it was still good.
We then took a cab back to the Plaza Dorrego as we had
been told that a section of the Plaza would be set up for outdoor Tango, led by
a group of Tango dancers. The oldest gentleman was 84 years old and was he ever smooth on the dance floor. We sat for about an hour watching the Tango dancers.
Then it was time to get a taxi and go back to the hotel
for a short nap.
After our nap, we walked down Florida Street, which is
the huge pedestrian street and bought some things before heading backing to the
hotel to leave them and get a cab to our final stop of the evening, our dinner
in a chef’s home.
The tour was at 9:00pm at a chef’s home in a very nice
neighborhood. We took a cab to the
building and buzzed and were let in by his companion and them we met Chef Dan
at the front door to his home. It was a beautiful
place on the ground floor of a large building with a very large outdoor
enclosed patio that we could see from the living room. Soon we were joined by the other 8 guests and
sat down to a very lovely dinner at Casa SaltShaker, one of the first closed
door restaurants in Buenos Aires. In
this restaurant, we did not even know the address until the reservation had
been paid for and confirmed and then the Chef sent us the direction to his
home. We also did not know the menu for
this 5 course meal until each course arrived at our table. We also had wine paired with each course as
well as a welcoming drink before dinner!
The main course was tenderloin of beef that had been cooked
in a very unusual way and also had peas and popcorn potatoes as sides. The popcorn potatoes were actually popcorn
and potatoes blended together with butter and they were very good.
With each course, the Chef brought out the plates with
his partner and explained what we were eating.
It was a great experience that lasted 3 hours and we had a table of people
who had all traveled extensively, so that was enjoyable also.
So this day was eating, walking and eating again and
doing it all over again. Hopefully the
walking offset some of the food we ate, but so much for a diet – we had a great
time.
A great stay in Buenos Aires and we saw everything and
more that was on our planned list except a tour of the Opera House which we are
going to have Monday morning, pack and get on the ship.
That’s it for day 4!
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| An Italian Lunch |
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| Meats cooking for our lunch tour |
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| All of the cuts of meat for beef, pork and goat for bar-b-que |
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| Having a snack at the end of the food tour |
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| Tango dancers in the Plazza |
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| Arriving for dinner |
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| Chef Dan |
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| Tomatoes, zucchini, cheeses and an herb bottom crust and three different sauces |
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| Watermelon soup with onions and bell peppers. A sorbet of avocado |
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| Spicy chicken wrapped in a light dough with a berry sauce |
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| Tenderloin with peas and popcorn potatoes and sauces |
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| A deep rich chocolate brownie with cherries and mixed berries Tango in the Plaza - later in the evening anyone cold join in. Chef Dan explain the main course |
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