Comments on: Random Observations: Week 8

By: The Quest for Sushi

The Quest for Sushi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:14:09 +0000

[...] we love so much about Buenos Aires, we’ll be the first to admit that we have been less than enthusiastic about the sushi here. For a major cosmopolitan city, we expected more options and choices even [...]

By: DaVe

DaVe — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:46:09 +0000

Carla – thanks for the advice and funny that you should mention Osaka. We have reservations for Monday there! We’ll report back…

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:04:14 +0000

The fact is that sushi is not good here. I’ve been to plenty of places and compared to restaurants in Miami (my old home) it’s pretty bad. BUT, if you’re willing to pay, there is one place that is actually really really good. It’s called Osaka and it’s on the corner of Soler and Fitz Roy. Give it a try and I promise it will satisfy your sushi cravings.

By: Hernan

Hernan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:45:35 +0000

I meant Buenos Aires is not as close to the Ocean as New York

By: Hernan

Hernan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:44:05 +0000

Argentines are also snobs anyway… And again… the same thing that you notice in the food in Argentina, I noticed in the US but the opposite… like the spicy food, and the Mexican food… I just don’t think that killing the flavor with spicy things is worth paying, and the food has to look tasty before eating… and to me Mexican food doesn’t.
Also, New York is closer to the ocean than Argentina, perhaps if you go closer to Mar del Plata or the Atlantic you would find more variety (I know you will). Portenos are not very good fish eaters… that’s a fact.
I haven’t seen many sushi restaurants, or sea food in general in the mid west, Texas, New Mexico and in the north west like Idaho or Utah, but yes, I did see a LOT of Mexican food.
Food food food, now I am hungry.

By: mersal

mersal — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:56:28 +0000

I miss not having good sushi while living here also, but I don’t think that makes me a snob. Besides, after living in Argentina, it is quite possible that I am becoming a steak (and empanada and dulce and mate etc.) snob

By: DaVe

DaVe — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:07:01 +0000

Mary – the point of this column, “Random Observations” is to point out the many cultural differences that we’ve noticed. I am not trying to impose any of my ideas, I’m (hopefully) just informing people of the differences that we’ve seen.

Buenos Aires is a major city and has many different types of food and cultures. As I’ve mentioned before, the beef here is some of the best in the world. The sushi is not, yet they have many sushi restaurants. The problem, in my mind, seems to be that it is difficult to get a variety of fresh fish here. Also, you’re not going to find much spicy food here. These are things to be aware of, and while I may have sounded like I was complaining a bit too much, it was mostly just about that one particular experience.

By: Mary J

Mary J — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:13:52 +0000

There is something I will like to understand… you (everybody I’m reading) people leave the states looking for a new live style, running away from the rush of the big cities and then oh! this new place, but oh!(again) I want what I have there!, already winning and snobbing over a sushi roll, how vain!, now all of you are coming with the ideas to impose and wanting to tell others how to live (or eat), hello! this is their country, their culture, their home, respcet them, they are not into this “fancy foods” that we think we cant live on the states, because that is not so important for them, not to mention the fact that meat is their main product and one of the best producers in the world (in case you dont know), when you are in some ones house you go by their rules not yours…

By: Khara

Khara — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:09:56 +0000

When we go back to Chicago our two places is Mexican(chili rellenos) and sushi. We have tried most sushi places. You can’t get good tuna and you must like cream cheese. I think I have used the word fuck more here…it seems so common

By: Hernan

Hernan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:46 +0000

I am glad that there are not many Mexican restaurants in Buenos Aires, however I think I went once to one in Barrio Norte. I don’t know the name though.