Have you completed your shopping done?  Good!  You are now in for a gastronomic treat (vegans beware you may starve), the steak and barbecue (Parrillas) lunches and suppers available in numerous restaurants, for considerably less than in the United States or in Europe, make great eating.  The famous parillas (pronounced pa-ree-sha) are fantastic barbecues of steak, sausage and bits of animals we shall let you taste first and question later, it is true, the steak here is exquisite.  A local butcher on Rodriguez Pena y Santa Fe has filet steak that will send your taste buds to carnivore heaven.  The caveat to great meat is trying to find decent fruit and vegetables (poor veggies).

Bars and restaurants in Buenos Aires are numerous and all the barrios have their share of great international food and first-class cuisine to fit every budget.  Puerto Madero (pricy) gets our vote for a whole day’s excursion, walking around the ecological reserve to build your appetite and then relaxing in one of the many waterside restaurants.  Walking along the diques (docks) after lunch is very pleasant – remember to dress for the other annoying local diners (mosquitoes) or ‘Deet-up.’

At night, and I do mean night, not early evening, you eat at 22h00, relax and then prepare for a night at a boite (pub/nightclub) or for an evening of tango in Buenos Aires, there are lots of great bars and restaurants to venture out and something for every taste and pocket. 

To go for dinner at a civilised hour is uncivilised in Buenos Aires.  You are likely to be on your own in a soulless empty room with over attentive waiters, or worse still, sat with one of your own countrymen whose ‘excitement’ you came to tango in Buenos Aires to escape.  Recoleta has some early bars on Vincente Lopez and around Recoleta Cemetery, these bars tend to be crammed with tourists and get busy around 18h00.  Smokers should call the office for some hot tips on seeking out ones vice.  Do not miss Recoleta Cemetery and you really would benefit from a guided tour, the amazing Recoleta cemetery tells some of history of Buenos Aires and Argentina.  Eva Peron (Evita) rests in Recoleta Cemetery.