Updated Dec 10th.
The other day I went to Xalapa, a Mexican restaurant, in Palermo Veijo and the meal I had was ok; maybe it was what I ordered; I have had some good meals here before I should say. And yesterday (Dec 4th) I was reading a blog from someone who until recently lived in Buenos Aires and he was of the opinion that Mexican food is not very good at all here in Argentina. Well, I would not say it is bad but it could possibly be better. The same blogger "Disco Shawn" went on to say the best ethnic food in Buenos Aires is Peruvian. Hmmm. And I have been really curious to try out some Peruvian food for about a month now after talking about with Cat & her husband Dan. Cat I had met on a Spanish class. She is a fellow Canadian in Argentina.
I was to meet up with Jennifer and her boyfriend Carlos. Jen I have met a few times in London; I know her through Karen from Oz. Jen is from Argentina and had been living in the UK for a few years. It was good to finally to get meet up with her and catch up and also to get to know Carlos. We had a very fine evening chatting mostly in English. I did attempt a few words here & there in Spanish.
Tonight, we went to a Peruvian restaurant in Belgrano called Primavera Trujiliani. And it was quite good; I have been curious to have Peruvian food as it can be a fusion of cooking from all over the place. In fact the main dishes that we had looked like chinese food but were not. And the service in this little neighbourhood restaurant was very amiable indeed. I was telling the waiter in broken Spanish how I liked Argentinean food but it was good to have something different. My friend then re translated for the waiter. He recriprocated by bringing me a cocktail called a Piso Sour. Very nice and refreshing I must say.
This is what we ate between the 3 of us and it came to $80 pesos with some beer:
Papas a la hunacayna, - potatoes in a cream & cheese sauce
Aticucho de pescado - fish brochettes marinated in slightly tangy sauce
Arroz chaufa - something like egg fried rice with beef and vegetables
Chicharron de Pollo - battered morsels of fried chicken
There is a sizeable Peruvian community in Buenos Aires and of course they brought their cuisine with then. I am curious to try some other restaurants while here. I have heard there is a simply awesome new Peruvian restaurant called Ceviche in Palermo Hollywood and it is pricey; it would be like $ 200 pesos per person. Yup - 200! Still that is not bad for me with the exchange rate; it works out to £31 which is what you would spend on a decent meal in London.