We had our first Argentine steaks (Bifes) at a place nearby the Recoleta cemetery called Rodi bar - trip advisor indicated that it's a good place to get a decent quality steak without paying tourist prices. We went very very early, around 7.30pm, way be super obvious tourists :S, Porteños don't usually eat dinner (Cena) until around 10pm, so the place was dead when we rocked up, but it was half full when we left at nearly nine. The menu had a huge list of dishes, a full page for parillas, a selection of salads (ensaladas) and vegetables (verduras) and lots of potato (papa) based dishes, the steak was roughly $7-8 and probably weighed 400g.
We had Papas Fritas Provensal, chips with parsley (perejil) and garlic (ajo) on top, I ordered a bife de chorizo ($70ars) and Heather a 1/2 bife de lomo ($75ars). They were huge, easily the biggest steak I have ever had. The beef was excellent, mine had a chewier texture, but was super juicy. As planned heather couldn't finish her massive migńon so I got to finish it off. The texture was to die for, it was super soft and melted like butter, not a bad first impression! I can't wait to try more.
The bill came to around $250 pesos, which officially exchanges (intercambios) into around $50 USD, but at the time at the unofficial blue rate it would have been closer to $30, pretty gooood!
The bill came to around $250 pesos, which officially exchanges (intercambios) into around $50 USD, but at the time at the unofficial blue rate it would have been closer to $30, pretty gooood!
Oscar
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