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Best for a splurge Casa Cruz |
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One of the trendiest of a new crop of restaurants in Palermo Hollywood, Casa Cruz is currently so popular with Buenos Aires's beautiful people that it can be hard to get a table without booking several days ahead. The big draw is the setting: an impressive, clubby dining room, panelled in mahogany and featuring a vast wine rack. The food is less satisfactory: while Germán Martitegui's menu has its fans, some critics have labelled it pricey and pretentious. Your correspondent enjoyed a starter of arugula, micro greens, blue cheese, walnuts and roasted quince jelly, followed by an equally tasty, lightly smoked red tuna with couscous and fennel coleslaw. But the pistaccio and basil soufflé was not quite worth the long wait. If the cooking is not to your taste, but you still want to hang out with the glitterti, take a pew at the oval bar at the front of the restaurant, which boasts an interesting range of cocktails.
Restaurants Tomo 1 With food this good there is little need to lure in the punters with flashy gimmicks or special deals; thus the decor is a little unimaginative and the prices high in peso terms—although fairly cheap in dollars. The fixed menu offers good value at around $25, for three courses with wine, mineral water and coffee. Restaurants Cosmopolitain Restaurants Katrine The wine cellar has also been upgraded and now contains 150 different wines. Although catering to an older, wealthier crowd, the menu is never dull; think red tuna with pears, cherry tomatoes, black olives and capers, served with a wasabi emulsion. The presentation and service are as impeccable as ever. Restaurants Piegari Vitello e Dolce Restaurants Sottovoce Restaurants |
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Originally a cramped Catalan tapas bar, the Tancat has since expanded and now thrives by catering to lunching office workers. Such is its popularity that you should book if you want to be assured of a table at lunch. The tapas are as fresh and tasty as ever, but the real attraction here is the varied and well-prepared selection of fish and seafood dishes—a positive rarity in Buenos Aires. Restaurants Bar 6 The small but carefully prepared lunch and dinner menus are also worth checking out. An attractive, open-plan layout with a balcony over the main dining area is in keeping with the modernity of the Palermo Viejo district, but without the wilful trendiness of some of its competitors. Olsen Now in its fifth year, Olsen has now opened a branch in Madrid. The management is revamping the dining room in Buenos Aires, and has installed a very popular Wi-Fi service. Restaurants |
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This New York-style, split-level bar in trendy Las Cañitas offers a small but tempting menu, which changes every two months. For more conservative diners, a mix-and-match menu offers combinations of grilled meat and side dishes. But the kitchen is capable of more exotic offerings, such as the tasty beetroot and sherry vinegar risotto with goat's cheese. The restaurant is open for dinner only during the week and for lunch from 12.30pm on weekends and public holidays. Once an area of sugar canes (hence the name), Las Cañitas now bustles with new restaurants. Restaurants Novecento Branches of Novecento can also be found in the Buenos Aires suburb of Martínez and in Córdoba, Argentina’s second city. For those traipsing around a bit further north, there are even branches in Miami and New York. Restaurants Cabaña las Lilasñ It’s in the rejuvenated Puerto Madero docklands area, and prices are thus higher than in the more down-at-heel (some would say authentic) neighbourhood parrillas. But if you’re a fan of a fine, juicy cut of steak, you can do no better than draw up a chair here. Restaurants Chiquilínà For the full tourist experience, Chiquilín Tango, just around the corner (Montevideo 310), offers similar cooking accompanied by a full tango show. Restaurants Il Matterello Start with the mouth-watering antipasti, which includes sorpresata sausage, mozzarella, dried tomato, olives, aubergine and croquettes. A plate of tortelli or ravioli makes a tasty main course and the Italian desserts ooze authenticity. Restaurants Morelia But for something a bit fancier, Morelia in Las Cañitas offers a distinctly Argentine take on the fare: barbecued pizzas. While that might sound odd, the results convince even foreign sceptics. The heat from the charcoal crisps the crust, while the reflected heat ensures succulent toppings. The setting and prices reflect a more up-market pizza experience, but the rock music and cold lager make the mood far from formal. There is also a new branch in Palermo Hollywood (Humboldt 2005). |
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