Bad coffee and ordinary pizzas
Friday, March 16, 2007
We were warned about the crappiness of both the coffee and the pizzas over here and I have to say I wasn't concerned at first, but yes.... they are rather bad. Coffees are extremely weak or so heavily roasted that they are very bitter and hard to get through. Pizzas are an interesting experience. The crust is a bit thicker than back at home and the sliced ingredients are layered with a lot of cheese. They love eggs on pizza too. Some aren't too bad, but definitely missing Amalfi and La Trattoria. Surprisingly our local grocer has some fairly fresh fruit and veg which was another thing we were warned about. I think we may have been lucky.
Apart from that the dining experiences have all been great. Bife de Chorizo, Bife de Lomo, Empanadas, Media lunes, etc etc have kept us going. My iron count should be off the scales.
Posted byAndrew at 9:32 am
Dear Andrew & Kellie, try these:
Coffee:
Thibon: Montevideo 723, City (one of the best for coffee)
Florida Gardens café: Corner Florida & Paraguay, City (excellent service, cheesecake, chocolate torte)
Restaurants:
Don Battaglia: Scalabrini Ortiz 802, Villa Crespo (excellent salad bar, good food, inexpensive, busy)
Bob & Pat
Thanks Bob. Haven´t tried any of these yet but will have to give them a go before we leave this weekend.