We all know the story: with the one-on-one, the Argentina of the 90s entered into a delusion of grandeur that did not end well. While it lasted, however, limousines, pizza with champagne and Menem architecture reigned, whose main premise was to cover everything in gold. In those years Puerto Madero was also born, that microworld within the city with its great Miami-inspired towers and its impeccable streets, which soon became the aspiration of every self-respecting nouveau riche.
With all this information in mind, the prolific gastronomic duo of Germán Sitz and Pedro Peña – “owners” of Thames Street, where they have Niño Gordo, La Carnicería, Paquito, Chori, and Juan Pedro Caballero – created a concept for their new entrepreneurship in Puerto Madero, El Dorado. The setting is true to the name: the chairs, the cutlery, the embroidery on the napkins, the trays, and even the sculpture of a half-carcass that decorates the entrance, everything is golden.
The embers also shine, the axis of the gastronomic proposal. Among the main dishes there is ribeye, lamb, smoked rib and whole fish -also a bone-in steak Milanese to fall in love with-; but it is in entrees like roasted endives with gravlax salmon and melon balls that one travels, in one bite, nonstop to the nineties.
Other appetizers where the popular meets luxury are the vitel toné de bondiola with sweet potato pie (wonderful version), the marrow with blonde raisins, caviar and onion; the ossobuco and tail terrine, and the loin tartare (the French touch was fundamental); grilled prawns with avocado puree; among others. Among the desserts, caramel flan and pear in red wine.
The party is also an emblem of the nineties, so a good bar could not be missing (you can also eat at the bar, in comfortable… golden armchairs). The cocktails are neat and up-to-date, but the names of the drinks are great: Sin Un Mango (vodka, mango, passion fruit), 1 a 1 (gin, elderberry, huacatay and sparkling wine), and DGI (whisky, pineapple, lime). Let’s shine, my love!
