Montana Steakhouse in Recoleta
If you can get past the jarryingly out of place outfits and signs, it has pretty good food for Recoleta. I had the 500g lomo, rice, chorizo, salad, a copa de vino tinto, and coffee for $AR55 + tip. The lomo was butterflied so it would cook in a reasonable time but it was just the way I like it (medium-rare) after ordering "jugoso" (juicy). They also had an inclusive menu for $AR26.
And a nice ass in a short demin skirt is always nice to have walking to and from your table at dinner.
Bio - Organic vegetarian in Palermo Hollywood
I tried Bio this Sunday for lunch. The menu is composed of organic vegetarian dishes. When you arrive, they give you a small glass of the house ginger lemonade. I ordered two empanadas to start and the daily special, spinach crępes.
The baked empanadas contained tofu mixed with a tomato salsa and olives. This was tasty but I did not care for the outside which was made with buckwheat flour. I like buckwheat pancakes and crępes but it didn't work for these empanadas, leaving a tough shell which was difficult to cut through even with my knife.
Speaking of crępes, the spinach crępes were wonderful. I received four crępes folded in quarters filled with spinach and I believe pine nuts. A light tomato salsa was poured on top.
I like to stay thin and without access to my gym back home and all the meat here I need to pay more attention to what I eat. Bio seems to be one of the few places where you can get a decent portion of vegetables. I had been going into withdrawal.
I looked around and the salads that most of the others were eating looked quite elaborate and filling. I'll try one of those next time.
Lunch with agua con gas was about $16.
Now that I've eaten at Bio, I won't feel guilty about my next lomo de bife. :D
Bio
Humboldt 2199 (corner of Guatemala)
Palermo Hollywood
4774-3880
Puerto Leyenda Tenedor Libre
For anyone staying in the poorer part of town
Puerto Leyenda Tenedor Libre
1119 Rivadavia is not a bad bet at
weekdays lunch $9 dinner $10
weekends lunch 10 dinner $12
plus drink
Salty salteno at Rincon Salteno
My last meal in the city was at Rincon Salteno on A.J. Carranza in Palermo Hollywood. This place offers northern Argentine specialities, influenced by the native cultures in the area.
I started with three empanadas de horno (baked), one beef, one chicken, and one humitas. These were spicier and more flavorful than most I've had but they were also a bit too salty. I've eaten at many salteno (referring to the city of Salta) places before and have found oversalting to be a common issue. Still, not bad.
Now on to the locro. You can sort of think of this as a criollo version of our chilli. I usually like this dish a lot. However, this example was THE SALTIEST DISH I have ever been served. Nasty! I could tell that if a pound of salt were omitted, it would have tasted pretty darn good. I mean, it looked good. I quickly downed an entire large bottle of agua con gas and with two-thirds of my locro left before me, I was parched. The cook comes out to see how I'm doing. He looks to be a good 300 pounds or more. I speculate that 90 percent of that is water retention from massive salt intake. This was almost comical.
I ask for the check, pay my bill, and hustle home to chug a half bottle of Coca Light.