Lunch on Saturday:
Carrie had a steak sandwich, and I had a steak sandwich with fried egg, cheese, and ham. These were pretty spectacular. Unfortunatley we lost this picture in a slow internet cafe, but you'll have to trust me on this... it was awesome.
DINNER ON SATURDAY:
This may have been the greatest dinner I have ever had. We headed out for dinner at about 8:15, and walked by one restaurant that looked fancy, but was completely empty. We then kept going and saw a restaurant that was highly recommended by Fodors, El Trapiche. It also was not very crowded, but there were at least a few people sitting down, so we gave it a shot. We ordered a bottle of Argentinian red wine, along with 2 bottles of agua sin gas. After struggling with the enormous menu for a while (the waiter informed us that they have 200 items), the waiter gave us a menu with both English and Spanish. We ended up ordering artichokes au gratin for an appetizer.
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We then both ordered lomo, which is what the Argentines call tenderloin steak. Carrie ordered one with mushrooms, and I got one with a spring onion sauce. These steaks were absolutely spectacular. They must have been at least one pound each, and very thick. They were a perfect medium rare, and came with some potatoes and sauces. Look at these pictures... they are a work of art.
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Carrie only finished half of her steak, at which point she informed the waiter, "quiero comer mañana", which means, "I want to eat tomorrow" in Spanish. The waiter laughed and packed up her steak in a box. The waiter seemed very amused the entire night by our attempts at Spanish.
For dessert, we got the "Floating Tower" with some sort of creamy sauce. It was like a tower of the white part of lemon marangue pie, and it was very delicious. Unfortunately, this picture also was a casualty of the lousy Salta, Argentina internet cafe.
For all this, including tip, we paid a mere 179 pesos, which equates to slightly less than $60 dollars!! Wow.
One other observation -- When we left the restaurant around 11pm, it was completely full of people! Apparently the Argentines usually dine at 10 or later! When we walked by the other restaurant on our way home, it was also full! We'll remember this next time we're in Buenos Aires (in a little more than 1 month).
Carrie and I then flew to Salta, which is in the Northwest part of the country. While there, we had a full day gaucho experience! Carrie and I spent the day with Alejandro on a ranch way out in the mountains near Salta Argentina. We rode horseback, ate steak off the grill, sipped mate, chatted about life, and enjoyed the tranquil atmosphere. Here's a picture from then...
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After Salta, it was an overnight bus to the Argentina - Bolivia border. We'll have more on that in a future post. Feel free to look at our full photo album by clicking on the link underneath any of the pictures for this post. We uploaded the full size images, so feel free to download.
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