If You Could "import" One Thing, What Would It Be?

[mmoon]

You can get Uruguayan beef at Berkeley Bowl (but probably not in Buenos Aires, I would guess). I usually choose the entraña.

Also Farmer Joe's these days, if you're in Oakland...

What's your favorite Bay Area burrito place? That would be the other food I miss the most in BA.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Also Farmer Joe's these days, if you're in Oakland...

What's your favorite Bay Area burrito place? That would be the other food I miss the most in BA.

I don't eat burritos much any more, but I like Cactus: http://www.cactustaqueria.com

http://bajaonpiedmont.com and http://www.themenupage.com/restaurant/La-Calaca-Loca-Taqueria/105/0 are also very good.

 

[Joe]

The Southern Cone travel books - worth their weight in gold!

 

[ajoknoblauch]

The Southern Cone travel books - worth their weight in gold!

Well, at least in pesos fuertes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_peso#Peso_fuerte.2C_1826.E2.80.931881

 

[mmoon]

I don't eat burritos much any more, but I like Cactus: http://www.cactustaqueria.com

http://bajaonpiedmont.com and http://www.themenupa...-Taqueria/105/0 are also very good.

Agreed! Baja is my favorite. The alfajores at Cactus are the best in the Bay Area!

 

[Somewhereinba]

A debit card. Don't throw me in jail Cristina - I'm sorry !!!

 

[Joe]

A debit card. Don't throw me in jail Cristina - I'm sorry !!!

I got that same form letter and went down to Retiro, saw the line and said F-It. But since I was a really long time Amex credit card customer they agreed to overnight it to me. And then in a couple of days a whoosh sound as the potrero slid it under my apartment door.

 

[joelie]

fruit juice (maybe one day it will cease to confuse me that an exprimido de naranja is considered something luxe here)
baked beans (or are they available somewhere? Even 9 pence Tesco baked beans would make my mornings!)

 

[Somewhereinba]

I got that same form letter and went down to Retiro, saw the line and said F-It. But since I was a really long time Amex credit card customer they agreed to overnight it to me. And then in a couple of days a whoosh sound as the potrero slid it under my apartment door.

I want to know how they think 560 pesos is 50% of a debit cards value...

 

[scotttswan]

fruit juice (maybe one day it will cease to confuse me that an exprimido de naranja is considered something luxe here)
baked beans (or are they available somewhere? Even 9 pence Tesco baked beans would make my mornings!)

You can get tins of beans and shove them into a tomato sauce
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/may/01/how-to-cook-perfect-baked-beans

You can some times get yank heinz ones now and again in china town, but they're not as good as the brit ones though.