Day 11 - Buenos Aires

Say goodbye to the Sheraton and its free 10 minutes per day internet. Hello Buenos Aires with its free internet. We rented a condo in Recolata in an old school building. The type with the elevator that had the manual close doors (outside and inside). Our unit has air conditioning and internet, two necessities in this 35C weather. With it came 4 sets of keys - the door has two, the safe in the room has one and the main door outside has one. You can't leave the building (nor enter) without a key.

The neighborhood is definitely posh with McDonalds even looking pretty fancy. There is also an ice cream shop here which is done up like a fancy coffee shop complete with uniformed waiters. Totally insane. The main street here Santa Fe is brimming with clothes shops and even a MacStation store. We noticed people "shopping" for shoes through he metal grated doors of a closed shop. You can really see the priorities here differ from what we saw in Santiago.

So tonight was meat night and we decided to go to a place recommended by the rental agency - Siga la Vaca (follow the cow). It's in the trendy Puerto Madero district. We tried to take a subway but had trouble finding one. When we asked people where the station was they gave us a spiel about theft and keeping our backpacks on our front. So....we took a taxi instead.

Siga la Vaca is an all-you-can eat buffet of meat and sides. They have two or three grill areas where they have slabs of cow, pig, and chicken on burning embers and you just point and choose. What was so magical about the place was how specific you could be on your choice. "I wan't that piece but slice off that part of the fat, keep THAT fat and cut it at this angle so I get the crispy bits. Then I want that sausage and I want THIS (he points to under his armpit) part of the cow".

Meat heaven. The chorizo (sausage) was very good and I had the grill master make up up some hanger steak (Entrana). He was more than happy to do so. Sandy fought with some ladies for some shish kebab skewers and won. The meal came with unlimited sides, a drink and dessert. This place was insanity.

written by

yungwesl on January 17, 2009 from Buenos Aires, Argentina

from the travel blog: Sandy and Wes in South America

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