Barrio Chino in Buenos Aires (Chinatown in Buenos Aires)

Every time going to the Barrio Chino in Buenos Aires is an adventure. Barrio Chino in Buenos Aires is a few small blocks of stores with fairly inexpensive knick-knacks, Asian restaurants, and markets with food options not generally seen in other markets around Buenos Aires. It is a quite exciting and different place from everything [...]

Helena Restaurant: Small café in Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires

This small café in Palermo Hollywood in the city of Buenos Aires is one of my new favorite spots for more reasons than one.  The adorable French décor is complete with a country patterned sofa, a crystal chandelier, and birdcages hanging in the small garden area to the back of the restaurant.
They seem to specialize [...]

Kentucky Pizzeria – The Perfect Argentine Local Pizza Joint

You know a restaurant is going to be good when it is so crowded that you are shoved into a little corner that is barely large enough to fit the table, let alone you sitting at it.  When this happened at Kentucky Pizzeria, the waiter was very concerned for my comfort, but I convinced him [...]

Alvear Palace Hotel: Tea Time!

Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires

At the luxury Alvear Palace Hotel in the heart of Recoleta, no detail is overlooked.  If you can’t afford a room here – at least check out their afternoon tea for a delicious taste of indulgence in Buenos Aires.  The old fashioned servers wait on you hand and foot, and [...]

Buenos Aires Restaurant – Mosoq – New Peruvian Cuisine

I’ve come to love fusion food.  From Asian to Latin American fusion, when done well it is original and very pleasing.  Take the restaurant Mosoq in Palermo, for example.  In Quechua, mosoq means “something new,” and the menu makes it clear what the owners are going for–a fusion of traditional Peruvian flavors and Andean cuisine [...]