Pa´los que se atrevan

Well, we are off to a running start!  Neither John nor I felt like cooking last night, and thought we should take advantage of the last warm(ish) nights to sit outside somewhere and get some dinner.  Thanks to our handy organization system, we knew exactly the place to try out.  It was close enough to walk home, and we´ve had our eye on this place for some time now. 

La Fabrica del Taco or, The Taco Factory in English is a fun and what we thought to be, authentic Mexican restaurant.  We both agreed that the owner has got to be Mexican because the flavors are so spot on!

Today I actually happened to find an article on www.wander-argentina.com that did indeed confirm the owner’s nationality: Mexican.  In the article it reads, “First and foremost, we will always be about tacos,” says owner, Federico Lobeira, who aims to recreate the feel of the Taquerías in his hometown of Monterey, Mexico.”  Perfect, we were right!

We both started with Negra Modelo beers (not common here) and a plate of guacamole.  The guacamole was Johns favorite part I think- It was fresh, and creamy…oh so good.

We also both ordered Tacos al Pastor (a personal favorite), piled it on with spicy sauce (on the bottle it reads: for the brave-and not for argentines) They were delicious!  We both agreed that it was better than a lot of the Mexican food we get back home. 

Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me, so these are some of the photos I´ve lifted from the internet. 



Oh so classy neon front...





Al Pastor meat for the tacos, yum!



Hard to see, but the hot sauce bottles read: For those who dare, For the Mexicans, and for the Argentines.  Argentines are not known to like spice...

Ger er Done

Well, it´s been about seven months since we´ve been here and we realized we´ve fallen into a bit of a routine.  We are living in a HUGE city, with TONS to do, and we often find ourselves hanging out in our neighborhood and even going to some of the same restaurants.  Why?  There are only a million restaurants here in town, all worth trying!  We´ve made it a goal to take advantage of where we are and really get to know more about the city. 

We started off by scribbling down some things on a piece of paper...a "to do list" of sorts.  That got too confusing, so we separated it by neighborhood. What to do and where to eat in each neighborhood. 

I told John yesterday that I had digitalized our list and put it into word (for conveniences sake).  His reply was, well hell, put it in excel  (ha, that rhymed).  So today I´ve started a new organization project of things to do. 

Half of me feels like this is totally anal, why are we organizing things to do and places to eat in an effin excel?  wtf.  However, the more I think about it, the more sense it starts to make.  Because of the huge huge multitude of restaurants, things to do, all with different hours, different times, etc. it does kind of make sense.  Also this way, we can sort it by type of food, by barrio, etc.

I think maybe John has taken over my logical side...

Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've written-I'm seriously slacking! 

I tried to write this post quite a long time ago, but our internet has been so terrible (falls about every 30 minutes or so) that I've had trouble loading the pictures. 

There is a nice, very small, but nice Chinese neighborhood here and when it was the Chinese New Year John and I thought it'd be fun to go there and see how they were celebrating.  We have a friend who's working here in Buenos Aires from China and she was going to be dancing in the festival, so we thought it'd be fun to go see her too!

It was a really nice Sunday afternoon and the streets were packed with people celebrating the year of the rabbit.  Below I've posted some pictures.  There was tons of food, drinks, trinkets, you name it. 

I think my favorite part was the dragon.  There were several men who made up the dragon and it visited all of the local stores and businesses to bring them good luck in the New Year.  I also really enjoyed the singing and dancing.  Unfortunately my battery died before I could get video of some of the best acts, but this should give you an idea.