Our first and only night in Buenos Aires, we had dinner at the Duhau Restaurant and Vinoteca. Our reservations included a wine and cheese tasting at the Vinoteca, and we assumed it would be a cheese or two with a glass or two of wine. Boy were we wrong. 6 cuts of cheese and two bottles of wine later, we were stuffed with local cheeses and tipsy with excellent wine. Halfway through our tasting, the head of wine buying for the hotel deceided to stop by to see how we were doing. That led to a one-hour wine tasting class and lesson on Argentine wines. We had an amazing torrontes, which is a grape native to Argentina, and two malbecs of terrific quality for the price. That led into dinner which was a rib eye for me (have I mentioned I love ribeye steaks?). The beef was delicious, but I wouldn't say it was the best I've ever had- just really good steak. The differnce was the price - only about $15 for a pretty good-sized steak grilled to a perfect medium rare.
The next day, we went shopping for leather goods, and found some great handbags. But the highlight of the trip was the empanadas store - El Sanjuanino in Recoleta. We got carnes picante empanadas, as well as a cheese and onion one - both were delicious, but the meat one was better. The crust was impossibly light and flaky - like pastry - and the filling was a perfect ratio to the crust. Delicious!! We definitely preferred Argentine empanadas to Chilean empanadas, but that's another story yet to come...
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