Taco Box
Colored Wall of Taco Box, originally uploaded by blmurch.
After a rather craptastic and highly frustrating and yet very productive day on Thursday, I met up with Kragen in the evening and we took the 151 bus from our apartment in Once to Palermo. From Córdoba and Fitz Roy, we walked to Galeria Venatica at Bonpland 1622 @ Gorriti where a friend from Couchsurfing was having his art opening of his show "Poemas sin firmar" (unsigned poems). Joan Louis is a painter from Peru and he has beautiful work. For those of you not in Buenos Aires, you can check out his blog. He is successfully making a living selling his artwork online via a gallery in Germany. Next week he is having another art exhibit "Mundo de Viringos" at Galeria Espacio 10 at Guatemala 4757 @ Gurruchaga. The show opens up on Tuesday May 12th at 19:30 and they both run through May 25th.
I was planning on going to another event on Thursday night in San Telmo, but I was too tired and too hungry, so I opted to go out to dinner with friends from Joan Louis' show instead. We all wanted to try out a new Tex-Mex restaurant that has opened up in Palermo called "Taco Box". We opted to eat outside as it was a nice evening and the restaurant next door had heaters that reached the tables. The inside of the restaurant was beautiful. The walls are lined with shelves filled with liquor bottles that are lit from behind. It's very pretty. The ceiling tiles are also interesting and don't really go with the rest of the decor, but Kragen noticed them and commented on how cool they are. We were served small mixed margaritas in shot glasses, which were interesting. The major issue was that the shot glass rims were coated in sugar, not salt. Urmmm. We read the menus and decided to share an appetizer of nachos among the five of us, which was really good. It included sour cream or crema acida. I haven't had sour cream in a very long time. It is not something you can buy in the stores. I asked about where they got their sour cream and the waitress said that they make it there. She went back inside and came back with the very recipe. Score! It seems like we were all craving burritios, so four of us got that and Kragen got a quesadilla. They were very yummy, but not very Mexican and pretty small, but that was just fine. :D The burritos were cut in half, covered in a bit of sour cream and guacamole and was presented beautifully with bell peppers and chips arranged on either side. They were filled mostly with carne with a bit of cheese. The girls had tragos (cocktails) while the guys drank a pepsi each. Cate had a margarita, which again came with sugar, but was a little stronger than the shot glasses, especially towards the bottom of the glass. Amy and I both had Mojitos which were nice and minty and fresh. We were tempted by the desserts, but passed this time. We might go back for another meal. The meal was fairly expensive but not too outrageous. We ended up paying 55 pesos each (including tip) which is about U$15. As we have been eating mainly at home for the previous three months or so, it was a bit of a shock to spend this much money, but as a once in a while treat, it should be alright.
Joan Louis
http://www.joanlouis.com
http://www.artjoan.blogspot.com/
"Poemas sin firmar"
Jueves 7th de mayo, Galeria Venatica ,19.30hs
Bonpland 1622 palermo hollywood
http://www.venatica.com.ar
"Mundo de Viringos"
Martes 12th de mayo , Galeria Espacio 10 ,19:30hs
Guatemala 4757 ,Palermo
http://www.espacio10.com.ar
Taco Box Soler 5581
http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/detail.php?ID=3832
Recipe for Crema Acida
* queso blanco
* cilantro
* ciboullette
* limón
* sal
* pimenta