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Top 5 Puertas Cerradas
Editor’s note: we are revisiting this article, which was originally published on 18th May, 2011, as part of our food month. Some information and prices may be out of date. Please follow the links to...
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Top 5 Tastes of Home
Fed-up of facturas? Sick of steak? If you’ve had your fill of Argentine cuisine, sometimes what you crave most is good grub from home, exactly the way your Mum/Mom/Mamma/Maman makes it. In a city...
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Top 5 Brunch Places
Out of grandmother’s book with tips and tricks, the best medicine for a hangover is…Food!. Only a breakfast is too early and not big enough, while lunch is too late. Therefore many countries found a...
View ArticleLatin America: Observatory on Food Rights
The Observatory on Food Rights was officially launched today in Bogotá, Colombia. The organization will ask to study and analyze the laws of different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to...
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Kensho: Clean, Green Dining
Wander around Palermo ‘Hollywood’ these days and you would be hard pushed to miss the plethora of ‘natural’ restaurants and cafes that have sprung up in the last year or so. Kensho restaurant interior...
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Huertas Educativas: Cultivating Brighter Futures
Radish Harvest (Photo: Helen Morgan) Yesterday Belén, 8, was picking chips out of a bin and begging for pennies on the subte with her younger brother. Today they are digging up vegetables and feeding...
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Top 5 Late Night Food Joints
To jet for the nearest take away food joint is a human vice that we all have in common after a night out. Seeing as Buenos Aires is a city that never sleeps, it stands to reason that its late night...
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El Baqueano: Bored of Beef?
You might be drawn subconsciously over the road – La Poesia seems much more appealing at first sight, the warm orange-tinted lights and laughter spilling out onto the pavement mean it picks up the...
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An Authentic Argentine Culinary Class
Food has always been a huge part of my life, and when I decided to come to Argentina, just one word came to mind: empanadas. No stranger to the kitchen but a novice in Argentine fare, I decided it was...
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Cümen Cümen: The Ultimate Empanada?
Empanadas from Cümen Cümen (Photo/Cümen Cümen) Arguably the empanada is as much a part of Argentine culture as the asado or dulce de leche. There is a flavour for every occasion, it tastes delicious at...
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Elvis Aguirre: Peruvian Restaurant Owner
In light of the month-long celebration of Peruvian culture in Buenos Aires, Peruba, the Argentina Independent chose to interview a Peruvian expat for our BA lives section. Elvis Aguirre is the owner of...
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Ronica Sajnani – Chef & Actress
Ronica Sajnani is a chef and actress from Toronto who has been living in Buenos Aires for the past few months and putting on dinners at some of the city’s most popular puertas cerradas...
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Cocina Verde: Vegan Home Delivery
‘Vegan cooking’ and ‘Buenos Aires’ are not words that you often hear in the same sentence. Persuading yourself to give up all the joy of a juicy asado in favour of vegetables might sound difficult, but...
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The Pale Blue Door: El Restorán Vagabundo comes to BA
Photo by Rosalie Smith A group of people lines up uncertainly on the street, staring at what looks like the gate for an abandoned car park. Eventually, the gate swings open. Apprehensively, we...
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No Men at Ladies Brunch
When I first heard about ‘Ladies Brunch’, I was reminded of a saying by the writer Henry Boye: “The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway”, that I had been told a couple...
View ArticleOedipus comes for the beef
All of a sudden, food is on the table. Hold on, isn’t that supposed to be good for a “former third World” and/or “developing” and/or “emerging” country like Argentina? It should be, unless what you are...
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A Little Saigon in Buenos Aires
Photo by Beatrice Murch The idea of puerta cerrada restaurants conjures up a hidden treasure behind the tightly-closed large doors you see here in Buenos Aires. As my friends and I walked down...
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What’s Cooking: Espacio Azaí
Photo by Eve Turrow On the corner of Virrey Loreto and Charlone sits an inconspicuous building, no signs or decorations to indicate that behind the simple façade lies the immaculate kitchen of Espacio...
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Patagonian Penguins in Peril
Photo by Kevin Loria The beaches of Bahía in Brazil are usually crowded with sunbathers from around the globe. This time last year, however, thousands of unexpected visitors started arriving....
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Ugi’s: The Bargain Basement of Pizzas
Photo by Thomas Locke Hobbs Ugi’s has become a bit of an institution in Buenos Aires. The rough and ready pizza establishment has been open for over 20 years in no less than 45 locations around the...
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