Now that Argentina’s producing Latin America’s first premium gin, it’s time to pretend we’re all ladies who lunch, and sip G&Ts made with Tato Giovannoni’s Príncipe de los apóstoles mate gin.
Some like it hot
Hot and wet is how I like it. My top hot beverages spots in BA this winter…
The 127th Annual Rural Exhibition
The closest that many porteños get to the Argentine countryside is sliding a serrated knife through a piece of steak, or perhaps sporting a pair of tapered bombacha trousers for a weekend stroll in the Palermo Woods.
The Expat: Liana Neal
A snap decision led Colombian mother-of-two Liana Neal to up roots from Quito to Buenos Aires. Six years on, the president of BAIN Suburbs has learnt to showjump, performed on stage at a Corrientes theatre and is preparing to launch a private members’ club.
The Expat: Tom Rixton
Livin’ a life less loca: After many years working and playing hard in London, record producer turned hotelier Tom Rixton enjoys long family lunches, having a bilingual daughter and his Boca Juniors season ticket.
Gourmet burgery
With three cuts of beef going into every burger, plus the culinary savvy of chef Antonio Soriano, Pérez.H has gourmet pedigree written all over it. Plus, 29 pesos for a burger and hand-cut chips is a steal right now.
Rubber sold
The amount of rubber sold is a fate worse than hard cheese, in my mind. Unearthing a few foodie gems at Caminos & Sabores.
The Expats: Alfredo Mamani and Yobana Carvajal
Although they were both born in the same Bolivian village, Yobana moved to Buenos Aires as a baby. On her first visit back to the motherland as a teenager, she met Alfredo. He eventually moved to Argentina and they have been together since she was 17, raising a family and running a fruit and vegetable business.
I was here. And there
Step into the Tardis and step up somewhere altogether different. This is ‘Usted está aquí’, an interactive drama experience at the Konex.
Mendoza’s culinary master
An interview with Argentina’s star Asian chef Mun Kim