Editor’s note: we are revisiting this article, which was originally published on 18th May, 2011, as part of our food month. Some information and prices may be out of date. Please follow the links to the restaurants’ websites for up to date information There is nothing like having a home-cooked meal. There is really nothing [...]

Fed-up of facturas? Sick of steak? If you’ve had your fill of Argentine cuisine, sometimes what you crave most is good grub from home, exactly the way your Mum/Mom/Mamma/Maman makes it. In a city packed full of restaurants boasting every type of cuisine from Peruvian to Japanese, hungry customers really are spoilt for choice. To [...]

Astrid & Gastón is set to put Peruvian cuisine on the map in Buenos Aires. Neither a chifa nor a fusion fad, the up-market restaurant holds the dual accolade of being the brainchild of Peruvian masterchef Gastón Acurio as well as being housed in one of the most elegant mansions in Palermo Botanico.

Out of grandmother’s book with tips and tricks, the best medicine for a hangover is…Food!. Only a breakfast is too early and not big enough, while lunch is too late. Therefore many countries found a solution under the name ‘Brunch’; a mix of both of them. However, not everywhere is this brunch phenomenon well-known and [...]

If your summer has been full of choripan and asados, it might be time to put down the steak knife and consider a healthier option. Green-minded restaurants that make veggies fun have been springing up all over Buenos Aires. It’s about exciting new flavors that don’t wreak havoc on your health. If you want to [...]

A hip restaurant located in the also trendy heart of Palermo Hollywood, The Food Factory’s concept was inspired in Tim Burton’s wacky adaptation of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.

In a country famed for its succulent steaks, cracking pork chops and greasy panchos, who needs seafood in Buenos Aires? Contrary to popular thought the city is overrun with tasty dishes sourced from the sea.  If you are looking for a lighter and more refreshing meal in the heat of the summer then here are [...]

Wander around Palermo ‘Hollywood’ these days and you would be hard pushed to miss the plethora of ‘natural’ restaurants and cafes that have sprung up in the last year or so.

It may be hard to imagine that you might one day get to the stage where you’re bored of bife. Should that day arrive, El Baqueano ‘Carnes Autóctonas’ in San Telmo will satisfy any carnivore.

Puerta cerrada restaurants conjure up the idea of a hidden treasure behind the tightly closed large doors you see here in Buenos Aires. As my friends and I walked down Corrientes in Almagro to A Little Saigon, I wondered what we’d find. The brightly lit lobby, Ben’s eager greeting and the amazing smells us as we stepped into the elevator all gave a delectable hint.