Yes, friends, our eating frenzy across the city of Buenos Aires continues. In actuality, we’ve only been eating one meal out a day. But the food has definitely been one of the high points. We’ve already experienced some great dining experiences here.

One of Ryan’s favorite little snacks has been alfajor relleno con dulce de leche y coco rallado. These tasty little half-dollar sized cookies with a thick layer of caramel (dulce de leche) are then rolled in coconut (coco rallado). They made for a great little mid-morning snack today.

Alfajores

But we couldn’t just stay in and eat dulce de leche treats all day, so we stepped out of our cozy apartment in the Palermo district to do some shopping in this trendy part of town. The greater Palermo district is actually divided into a few mini-neighborhoods and most of the trendy shops are located in Palermo Soho, a few blocks south of us. We expected great shopping deals, especially on leather goods … but prices were about par with prices back home. There was, for the most part, a lot of variety compared to shopping back in the States.

An alleyway in Palermo with some small clothing stores.

Colorful storefronts along some of the main shopping streets

Clint picked was the first to make a purchase ... looking happy to do so, too.

Tree-lined cobblestone streets make Palermo Soho a pleasant shopping area.

We weren't in the market for any purses, but this display of Argentine leather goods caught my eye.

There are familiar names in shopping here, too.

One area had a series of street vendors selling fashion accessories.

And the street vendors sold well into the evening, too.

Our evening wasn’t spent shopping, though. After all, it had been awhile since we had eaten a meal, so it must be time to dine! A couple of our flight attendants on the flight from Dulles to Buenos Aires had recommended La Cabrera to us as the best restaurant in BA. We read some great reviews on the restaurant, too, so we called for reservations. They don’t take reservations except for the first sitting, at 8:30pm and tonight was our night.

Those without reservations line up for hours to wait for a table at La Cabrera.

We shared an excellent bottle of Malbec. Delish! (And only $6!)

We ordered a caprese salad to start that could have easily served four. It was very nice. We struggled with our Spanish a bit when ordering our main course. We had both ordered separate steaks and the server was able to tell us that it was “a lot of food.” Instead, he suggested two half-orders of one dish … medio lomo … filet mignons. What arrived at our table was a platter of not one, not two, not even three … but SIX filets and several accompaniments including a green salad, mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, roasted garlic, pickled onions, creamed squash, tapenade, small jars of barbecoa (bbq) sauce, and so on.

Quite the feast! Leftovers in the fridge will keep us eating for days.

After a meal like that any two sane people would have the good sense to walk away from the table, right? Well, we didn’t. We ordered dessert! The pavlova was calling us. As untraditional as their preparation of pavlova was, it was quite tasty.

Pavlova was put away ... somewhere.

And while shopping prices weren’t the bargain we had hoped for, dining prices certainly are. The total for this meal, at one of BA’s finest, with wine, starter, six (!) delicious filets, and dessert, was just about US$60.

We waddled our way back to our apartment , wondering along the way what tomorrow will bring. We expect it will bring some new dining adventures (we spotted a fondue restaurant on the way home we intend to try sometime, then there’s a Mexican restaurant in an old mansion, then … well, you get the picture).