The Mendoza files – hot spots to eat, drink and taste at in the city and surrounding wine regions.
Flaming Food
Equine refined
It’s not every day that a hotel undergoes a USD 46 million refit, but then the Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires is certainly no run-of-the-mill establishment. Based in upmarket Recoleta, this five-star accommodation’s pièce de résistance is La Mansion, a stunning belle-époque former family home, whose lavish suites are regularly taken over by rock stars […]
Neighbourhood Watch: Almagro
“As Mr. Links and I left through the Italian stained glass doors of Bistró by Darío Gualtieri, my dining companion skipped down the street, more than content with his lot. I was squeezed into a taxi and driven home.” And that is how last week’s Wining On saga ended. In fact, there’s an element of […]
Gourmet Almagro
From floating food tours in Tigre to stunning French-inspired cuisine in Almagro – this week, I’ve gone gourmet. And lost an arm wrestle with a lamb.
Yes to NOLA
Supper clubs can pop up then close down, but the NOLA chef looks to be a permanent fixture. Fried green tomatoes, anyone?
Teatime blues
A crappy cuppa will not keep me down – for long. An unexpectedly poor afternoon tea is almost made up for by its stunning historical surroundings. But not quite.
Experience Carnaval 2013
If you had to define Carnival, you’d probably think of Rio de Janeiro, the masks of Venice, or perhaps a damp August bank holiday celebrated West Indian style in Notting Hill. Although carnival revellers make merry from Indonesia to Croatia and Haiti, it’s the Catholics who take the credit for this extravaganza. They instigated this […]
Recoleta shakedown
A youthful injection in Recoleta to shake the cobwebs from the hood’s more traditional dining spots. Five-star hotel location, new twists on old classics plus BYOB…
High priests of food heaven
Take me to food heaven, twice. In a Buenos Aires first, KFC opens TOMORROW, while José Castro Mendivil’s Mullu promises Nikkei food fit for gods.