Artesania Argentina Arandu – Avenida Ayacucho, 1924, Recoleta (Telephone: +54 11 4800 1575) Right smack in the tony neighborhood of Recoleta, Arandu has been in business since 1987 producing high quality traditional Argentinean arts and crafts. From belts to ponchos, alpargatas to boots and all sorts of leather goods, pewter items to silverware, carriages to saddles …
Our last evening in Buenos Aires was spent with family at home and a typical Argentine Asado (barbecue meal) where it’s all about the lighting up the grill early then waiting patiently for the wood to burn then when the embers fly and the wood is white-hot, the grill is cranked up and the super hot …
Bodegon El Obrero in La Boca has always been on our list of parilla restaurants to try. Over the years, we had heard mixed reviews but we were still curious to go there, if only for it’s reputation as being Boca Juniors players favorite restaurant and it’s convenient location near La Bombonera, the iconic football stadium that …
When a new restaurant opens in Bali, we make it a point to try it right away and see what it’s like. SIP Sunset Grill is the new concept from fun and friendly French sommelier/restaurateur Christian Vanneque of SIP Wine Bar in Seminyak. This time, he has opened a larger restaurant with the usual reasonably-priced …
Counter seating with fresh produce on display Finding a good restaurant in bustling Singapore isn’t difficult as there are many to go to. We were eager to try one of the newly-opened ones at the Marina Bay Sands but opted for something completely different at the last minute as our son decided to come along and …
Scenes from Fervor, clockwise from top left: cutlery chandelier, the bar, signage, red menu. Being back in Buenos Aires is like being back home (my second home, that is) and is always a pleasure to visit even for just a week. On this trip, we had our first Sunday lunch at our all-time favorite parrilla …
Summer is almost over and with it also comes the end of Sotogrande’s polo season. We went to see the semi-finals of the Copa de Oro Jaeger Le Coultre between Ayala and Las Monjitas, with the latter winning 14 to 7. The atmosphere at the Santa Maria Polo Club was like a chic village fete …
Travels with a Gourmet 