buenos aires food and wine part 1: for meat lovers

a salad devoured at Bar Uriarte, a little gem located in the Palermo Viejo (a trendy neighborhood filled with great restaurants, bars, and shops).  spinach, endive, almonds, croutons, and bacon tossed in a yummy mustard dressing and topped with a poached egg. divine!  so divine that we returned a second night and each ordered our own.

followed by the best steak i ever tasted. it was served with potatoes and a little fried round of parmesan cheese that went perfectly with the meat and wine.  you can see it poking out from behind the meat.

a gigantic steak enjoyed by jordan one night when we met up with friends from quito.  i slurped down two little dishes of perfectly spiced ratatouille.  other dishes contained guacamole, two different kinds of potato salad, a green olive tapenade, blended beets, and marinated mushrooms.

(this post is dedicated to jill.)

Comments

[jillypickle]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeealous again! you're killin me here. i'm salivating.

[Tricia]

Yum Yum...gimme some!! that food is amazing!
Sounds like a nice trip you had! love the purple shoes too!
On a somber note though, i am terribled shocked and saddened by the terrible tragedy in Virginia! How awful for the people and family affected!

[Veronica TM]

you are making me so hungry! it is true, the meat is so good there, during the years that i was a vegetarian, it was the most difficult when i was in ba. what did you do in palermo viejo? i guess you will be telling us later, can't wait!

[sarah]

Mmmmmm, I love the idea of the fried parmesan with steak, I'm gonna try it!

[Di]

Those steaks look fantastic and the colour of the beets is just amazing - I am not sure how I would feel when first confronted with food that colour but I am sure it tasted fab. I too love the idea of all the parmesan and steak! Looking forward to hearing more about Argentina!

[simple me]

Shame I don't eat meat but I could have the salad minus the bacon :D

[Vanessa V]

I am now straving and want to bite into everything on there NOW! Oh my!!!!! Boy, am I glad you ate good while there!!! Didn't you know that on vacation calories don't count.. Although, you don't need to count you are tiny teeny!! Yum Yum, xxo,V

[brenda]

How lucky are you too travel, I need a vacation, I have not taken a plane anywhere since I don't know when? the food looks great.

[lisa s]

yeah. making me hungry...

[Anastasia]

oh yum!!! i had an argentinian friend in Cyprus and he would host the best meat barbeques....yum!!!

[Sonya]

Beef surrounded by little dishes of delicious things. Oh what a life. Aren't beets wild?

[Britt-Arnhild]

Welcome home :-)
I never can resist food photos.

[Uschi]

Hi Risa,
I would take the salad.......thank you...and what is this pink stuff???
Looking foreward to the veggie-variations ;))

[cruststation]

Oh wow, that salad and steak Mmm...can I reach into the photo? I am drooling just looking at them! What a feast!!

[stilettoheights]

welcome back!!!! I will be sending a parcel to you, by the time I was ready to send it you were gone...

thank you so much for the package you sent to me, I adore it and you!!!

xoxoxo

[julie]

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!

[Melly]

ooooh, we are so excited you are back! Great to hear you had such fun, love the shoes and the food....mmmmmmmm...it is breakfast time here but I am still salivating over those gorgeous looking meals. Glad to have you back again =)

[susan]

my are we hungry yet? yes!!!
lovely blog here risa! will be back again ... for desert!

[amisha]

ok, i'm eating soup here and this looks *way* better!
that is a steak indeed... huge! but it's the salad that tempts me most... i love spinach salad and have never tried it with a poached egg... yum!

[shari]

what a feast!