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I drafted this out quickly during one of my first couple months in Buenos Aires. It recently popped into my mind again, so I decided to post it here. One of my first and most intriguing impressions of Buenos Aires was how strongly I could feel people’s overall energy for life here. The love for living runs like a current, and I immediately wanted to be in it. I might not have known the colloquial expression to describe what I [...]
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Did you read Tara’s post about the art of mate in Argentina Well, last week BBC Travel published a piece I wrote about mate: what it is, the cultural customs that surround it, how to drink it and where to drink it in Buenos Aires. Drinking mate in Buenos Aires Also, Porota, which I reference in the story, is one of my favorite cafes in the city. (Picture below.) -Karina
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Whenever people ask me for the must-see sights in Buenos Aires, I tell them the major touring can all be done within two days. Some ambitious people even do it in one. Getting to know Buenos Aires, really getting a feel for it, requires tourist activity beyond the requisite stops at the Recoleta Cemetery, Plaza de Mayo and El Caminito, though. It takes slow, observant walks through the neighborhoods, almost all of which have very distinct personalities and style. Buenos [...]
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For my latest piece on Buenos Aires for BBC Travel, I spent time a bit of time exploring the city’s underground tango milonga scene. A milonga (also often called a práctica) is any place where people gather to dance tango. As I detail in the article, the and the city’s collective milonga scene comprises this nocturnal world where the tango lives, thrives and evolves. BBC Travel article: The tango Buenos Aires tourists never see Below I’ve included some photos I took when [...]
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The final photo-centric supplement to my BBC Travel story on Buenos Aires closed-door restaurants is here, and the featured puerta cerrada is Cocina Sunae. South Asian food, especially Thai food, is hard to come by in this city. I went from consuming Thai food probably an average of once a week during college (BYO Thai places! How college) to going months without it in Buenos Aires, so I was more than looking forward to this dinner. Beyond the food, I [...]
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending an Anuva Wines tasting to sample some of Mendoza’s finest grapes. Dan Karlin, one of the personalities behind the previously blogged-about BA Cast, invited me to the event, which was held at the sweetly French Rendez-Vous Hotel in Palermo Hollywood. Five other Americans traveling through Buenos Aires were also present for the tasting, and we were all seated together at a table, filled with Anuva wine glasses and large, triangular white plates [...]
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The next photo feature installment of a Buenos Aires closed-door restaurant is Casa Felix, run by husband and wife team, Diego (from Argentina) and Sanra (from the U.S.). The pair craft pescatarian menus, a rarity in Buenos Aires, and use local, fresh products, many of which come from their personal garden. Says Sanra in my Buenos Aires closed-door restaurants BBC article: “Our main objective has always been to conduct culinary investigations, look for and document interesting lesser known foodstuffs and [...]
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One of the closed-door restaurants featured in my BBC travel piece, Casa Mun, is a relative newcomer to the scene. Chef Mun served his first dinner in March, and has been filling his Saturday evening reservations since then. I have so far been twice and have plans to return this coming Saturday to indulge in Mun’s perfected Asian fusion cuisine. (Yes, it’s that good.) Below are photos from my first two meals at Casa Mun. -Karina
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Last Friday my BBC Travel article International cuisine in Buenos Aires’ puerta cerradas came out. For the piece, I had the can-you-even-call-this-work task of attending each of the four closed-door restaurants I featured and chatting with some of the best chefs in town. I excerpted the introduction below, and soon I will be posting photographs from each of my meals (a course will not be missed!) at the four closed-door spots. Featured Restaurants Casa Mun + Casa Mun TKGO post Casa [...]
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