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Like the look of yours serafina not so keen on your husband's though. You are adventurous. 
Change of plan here as the missus didn't defrost the chicken. Probably a good thing because as is usual on a Sunday due to a late lunch we won't be all that hungry. It'll now be a picada instead. Jamon crudo, chorizo seco and such like....plus wine for me of course.
Like the look of yours serafina not so keen on your husband's though. You are adventurous.
Change of plan here as the missus didn't defrost the chicken. Probably a good thing because as is usual on a Sunday due to a late lunch we won't be all that hungry. It'll now be a picada instead. Jamon crudo, chorizo seco and such like....plus wine for me of course.
Agree that @serafina’s choice looks fabulous. (what are the cross streets on Cabrera?) when we eat an actual meal, we prefer to have it midday, with something very light at night, so this place is a good destination for us.
UK Man, I really like this thread you started, and hope it continues week after week.
Agree that @serafina’s choice looks fabulous. (what are the cross streets on Cabrera?) when we eat an actual meal, we prefer to have it midday, with something very light at night, so this place is a good destination for us.
Cabrera y Scalabrini Ortíz. Literally two blocks from our place. From Dan Perlman's article, I gather that on Saturday and Sunday at mid-day the place (a night bar called Barú) is taken oven by La Olla del Caribe (used to be a restaurant at another location).
UK Man, I really like this thread you started, and hope it continues week after week.
To be honest I pinched the idea from a pipe smokers forum which has a similar thread. It was started by an Edinburgh based doctor who just so happens to be a well renowned chest specialist as well as an avid pipe smoker!! He's got a cheeky sense of humour especially when he's on the wine. Good thing is the forum is inhabited by people from all over the world which adds interest.
My food contributions are pretty boring in comparison. 
As for tonight's dinner....too early to say. I haven't had fish for a while so might just get some. Although I suspect as the wife doesn't like fish we'll have the chicken we were supposed to have last night....if we remember to take it out the freezer that is!!
when we eat an actual meal, we prefer to have it midday, with something very light at night, so this place is a good destination for us.
Yes I also like to eat a proper lunch rather than dinner especially if it's going to be a late dinner. In order to reflect the lunch option I've changed the thread title.
We're in the US for 3 more weeks, right now in Mississippi where it is hot as HAYULL, but the farmers' crops are abundant. For supper we are having a typical Southern dinner: Okra sliced, coated in cornmeal & fried in olive oil; blackeyed peas slow cooked with bacon and plenty of juice (called "pot liquor") to soak into the pan fried corn cakes served under the peas; sliced ham; sliced farm-ripe tomatoes with a dollop of Hellman's mayo.
Warning: this is not a slimming meal. But SO delicious!
We're in the US for 3 more weeks, right now in Mississippi where it is hot as HAYULL, but the farmers' crops are abundant. For supper we are having a typical Southern dinner: Okra sliced, coated in cornmeal & fried in olive oil; blackeyed peas slow cooked with bacon and plenty of juice (called "pot liquor") to soak into the pan fried corn cakes served under the peas; sliced ham; sliced farm-ripe tomatoes with a dollop of Hellman's mayo.
Warning: this is not a slimming meal. But SO delicious!
Never had anything like that before but it does sound rather nice.
The wife didn't want chicken so we decided we were going to have pork chops instead. Trouble was as we came back from the countryside place early due to the horrible weather it was too early for any butcher to be open......why the hell they persisit with this ruddy siesta nonsense in winter is beyond me.
Anyway....as we weren't going to hang about for an hour until they opened we decided we would have spaghetti instead. I have mine with a minced beef,onion and tomato sauce while the wife has hers with her own sauce minus the beef....
why the hell they persisit with this ruddy siesta nonsense in winter is beyond me.
They aren't in the business for the money. That's the only explanation I could find in 5 years here.
But then they complain they have no enough money to live.
Algo no me cierra...
They aren't in the business for the money. That's the only explanation I could find in 5 years here.
But then they complain they have no enough money to live.
Algo no me cierra...
I often wondered if one stayed open in the afternoon if the other butchers would turn nasty and go smash his windows?
UK Man ....
Dont worry, it's not u that is weird .....I just cannot stand them either, in 95% of the cases! It's one of the most popular pub foods here......but nearly all the times I got them when I was was with someone who ordered them, crappy!
I know they can be good, but here in general like u say, rubber band soaked in fat and dough......
I’d go for the red salmon any time!
We’re grilling tonight: bife de lomo, potatoes / zucchini brushed with olive oil. Malbec.
I hope you bought human-grade dog treats! 
Rabas are calamare aren't they?
Always best cooked fresh from the sea with a dash of lemon. Love them if the batter is light and crispy.
I also love whitebait, again with lemon squeezed on top.
(shellfish I cannot eat as it disagrees with me)
Same thing as far as I know Splinter. I've prepared and cooked them all different ways and the end result has always been disappointing. Maybe I just need a new set of teeth.
Shame you can't eat shellfish. The large langoustine you get here aren't bad. I like them deep fried...at least they're not chewy. All in all the fish and seafood is very poor in quality here compared to the UK.
I LOVE shrimp/langostinos, but find the ones in Argentina to be briny tasting rather than lobster-sweet. I've tried at Ostramar as well as Chinatown.
Splinter , are whitebait those tiny, tiny little fish that are eaten whole? Our chef-landlord in New Zealand served those to us and we really enjoyed them. Never had heard of them before. Do they sell them in BsAs? If so, where and by what name?
I am home alone and while I have been fantasizing about ordering pizza, sushi, a dozen of empanadas and 1 kg of ice-cream, then wiseness prevailed and I boiled my usual onion, potato, broccoli and garlic, then mixed everything. I have already had 3 plates of it and I will likely eat the fourth before dinner, at least to warm myself.
I LOVE shrimp/langostinos, but find the ones in Argentina to be briny tasting rather than lobster-sweet. I've tried at Ostramar as well as Chinatown.
Splinter , are whitebait those tiny, tiny little fish that are eaten whole? Our chef-landlord in New Zealand served those to us and we really enjoyed them. Never had heard of them before. Do they sell them in BsAs? If so, where and by what name?
Indeed they are, but I've never seen them before over here.
They are called espadin in Spanish or spratt is their real name in English.
