Buenos Aires, For food lovers.

This was written by a food critic and restaurant owner living in BA. He's got a website called www.casasaltshaker.com His restaurant was written up in the nytimes food and travel sections.
That's my arm in the back ground of the picture of the dessert. oh yea.
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So Be It
Si dice di una cosa che succede per caso, o meglio in modo inaspettato.?BR> - SlangopediaBuenos Aires - Loosely, I translate the above as ou say this when something just happens, or happens in an unexpected manner.?The word being defined is damblee, and, it happens to be the name of a new discovery here in the restaurant world that some friends recently made and introduced me to over lunch the other day?for my birthday. I was a little surprised as I approached Damblee, Av. Rivadavia 3402, at the corner of Sanchez de Loria in Balvanera, 4861-1629?Ie walked past the spot many a time - bright orange awnings rolled out over the sidewalk, wi-fi zone signs plastered on the windows, a caf? a coffee shop, nothing special?it was my birthday after all?Did I really want the usual milanesas, overcooked pastas, a few grill items, sandwiches?we all know the drill. Not.The ambiance, yes?even after eating there I could have been sitting in any coffee shop anywhere. The food and service, simply, unexpectedly delightful. Damblee, you know?
The places specializes in fish. All sorts of fish. Vaguely in a Mediterranean style, but that pretty mixed, and runs from Portugal to Spain to France to Italy, and probably the occasional other as well. The owner, Gustavo, loves to take charge of your experience, despite having a friendly, competent, efficient staff, who take brilliant care of the tables. Still, he on top of every detail - every plate that comes out of the kitchen goes past his watchful eye, he rushes over to tables to recommend just the perfect wine (and he got a great wine list), even to the level of sending a porter up the stairs to completely clean the bathrooms every 45 minutes or so. At the recommendation of my friends, we put ourselves in his hands, and were treated to a parade of plates - and not shy on the portions - starting with some nibbles - delicious slices of pizza with some of the best mozzarella Ie had on one since getting here, little bruschetta with black olive tapenade, and then on to a plate of boquerones - I love the things, but even I couldn handle a platter this size?there were only three of us eating! And side by side with that, we each got a plate with a nice sized trout fillet marinated in lemon and toasted almonds. From there, it was on to mid-course sized portions of a perfectly cooked penne with salmon and a lightly spicy cream sauce, and then larger sized portions of an equally perfectly done bacalao risotto, surrounded by a ring of piquillo pepper sauce, and a bit of squid ink that had been baked onto the bowls, so it dissolved slowly into the risotto as you eat. He wanted to send more, but we just couldn?he insisted we have dessert?/span>

Spanish gathering, 1st November, Thursday

A REMINDER :-

Please be reminded that the next Get Together in CultureClub will take place this Thursday from 7.15 onwards. (Wednesday unavailable due to Halloween booking)

Further details can be obtained by pressing http://www.hispanica.com.hk/news.php. A map is attached as well.

Tony, from Mexico, has indicated that he would like to give a talk about how Mexicans celebrate the "Día de Muertos" every November 1st.

Hope to see as many as possible of you there. It's a wonderful opportunity to practise your Spanish and the talk should be interesting.

Saludos,

Chris Stubbs

Member of the Society.

p.s. don't forget to book for the Christmas Fiesta Buffet Dinner as soon as possible (flyers have been sent to all members). It's always a very pleasant occasion.

27 October, monthly Spanish gathering.

Dear all:

Our monthly “Spanish gathering”(the last Saturday of the month) will be this Saturday ,October 27th, at Epoch: 12-14 Wing Fung Street, Star Precinct. Wanchai, Hong Kong. (You can have a look the location and details at: http://www.epochcofeebar.com/)

From 8.00 onwards.Remember this is just a casual friends talk with native speakers in a relax environment, and the most important of this monthly venue is have fun and practice Spanish.

I'll see everybody there!

Saludos para todos, Marcela