Oops. I ate my whole dinner before I could take a pic!
I have a foodie friend who has been RAVING about Buenos Aires Cafe for months, admonishing me with disbelief that I haven’t visited. I went for lunch a little while ago, and finally rounded up the fam, grabbed my restaurant.com discount certificate, and headed to the east Sixth hotspot for dinner.
Perhaps the best thing about Buenos Aires? All the meat is local and free-range. So I can eat anything on the menu! Yahoo!
We started with empanadas–absolutely delicious. I like the carne picante–spicy beef–best. I don’t care for the spinach one much, perhaps because it pales in flavor comparison to the carne picante. But it’s still good. The crust is flaky and not too thick, and the fillings are hearty.
I split the gnocchi sampler (four types!) and the chicken with my aunt. Normally I don’t do chicken at restaurants because it’s kinda boring and I don’t love it and I can make it at home (though I cannot touch raw chicken, so my chicken is limited to that which I can remove from a plastic package by cutting a slit in the package and squeezing the chicken out, which is also gross, but less gross than touching raw chicken). But this chicken was amazing, full of flavor, and tender. My chicken is never tender (but I already talked about my fear of raw chicken).
The gnocchi was also delicious, perfect texture and loads of flavor. I can’t remember all four flavors (was I in a food coma or what?) but pumpkin was definitely a fave. Then again, we know I love all things pumpkin. The spinach, pictured, was also delicious.
We didn’t try any of the desserts, though said foodie friend has brought me the Cuatros Leches cake before and it is almost to-die-for. We, however, headed to Berry Austin …
Bottom line? I will be back to Buenos Aires for more!!
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