Tegui

For Scott’s birthday dinner I wanted to take him somewhere fancy. A friend of mine, Silvio who comes from Buenos Aires suggested Tegui. He said it is expensive but ‘worth every Peso.’ He was right. From the outside it is a wall of graffiti with a black door and a buzzer. Press the buzzer, state your name and the door opens to reveal an unbelievable interior complete with huge wine cellar, palm trees and pure luxury. The service from the moment we entered was world-class, especially the Sommelier who was so passionate and knowledgeable. Scott said the wine paired with the fig smelled like a New Zealand rainforest. I nearly cried again…but i didn’t.

You can only do an 8 course degustation, with or without wine pairings. We did with, it seemed a waste not to make the most of the expertise in the building. It was supposed to be 8 courses with 6 glasses of wine, but ended up more 8 wines/champagne, and 10 courses. The description for each course was one word – the main ingredient. You can see the menu below. To describe each course would take forever, as the flavour combinations and technique were actually kind of out of this world. Picking a favourite is near-impossible but for me it might be the fig. Which was fig done 3 ways, with fermented almond milk. Sweet, salty, umami, simple. That or the sweetbreads..or the tomatoes which came with what I can only describe as a cheese powder that literally evaporated in your mouth. I just asked Scott what his favourite was and he said ‘sweetbreads, all three red wines, the veal, and both desserts.’ so yeh, pretty much everything.

I think it was the best meal I have ever had (apart from mum’s ribs), and it was a freaking awesome night.

If you come here – splash out and go.

El Palacio de la Pizza

Anyone who knows me knows I love pizza. A lot. We loved this place because it felt really local. Not much to say really, the pizza was yum, and though the bases were thick it felt really light 🙂

Burger Joint

Burger Joint came recommended from a few people, and after trying it, it was clear why. We wanted to go the first night we got here but it was packed and as we don’t speak Spanish it was rather intimidating. So we went back for lunch the next day. The burgers are soooooo yum. We got The Jamaican. And dos cerveza – rude not to really. Also there was a drawing of Walter White on the wall, which was great. I think we will be going back..

La Dorita

Just a block away from where we are staying is this little cutie. The service was friendly and understanding of our lack of Espanol. Actually I must say everyone is really lovely when I say hablo un poco Espanol! Everyone we have come across just smiles and helps us 🙂 Anyway, the food here was a grill style. We ordered ribs with a side of spinach in a cheesy sauce. Twas buenissimo, and really well priced. yay.

BIRKIN

Best Coffee we have had so far. I got a limonada drink thingy with mint that was bloody good. Really good sandwiches although a bit expenny. I had a really yum salmon baguette thing, Scott had a bit of a blow out. Still – thumbs up.

Cafe Tortoni

Oldest Cafe in the country – 1858. In the city center which isn’t great but pretty cool inside, all the waiters wear full on suits, there are marble tables and dark wood walls. Very touristy though. Scott had Tiramisu, I had te con limon (sore throat, you know how it is).