POKE Restaurant – Weekly Pop-Up in Palermo

I’m writing today’s post in hopes that you will go and feast to your heart’s content tonight because I sadly won’t be in attendance! POKE Restaurant is headed up by Mychael Henry and provides Pacific Rim / Latin American / Asian fusion flavors to the hungry panzas of Buenos Aires. Their mission is simple: provide delicious food, cooked with passion and fresh ingredients to the people of Buenos Aires. Now POKE enjoys a weekly pop-up spot at Magdalena’s Party in Palermo Soho (Thames 1795, esq. Costa Rica) – it’s been a big success and I have to admit I’ve been dying to go for what feels like ages!

Tonight’s menu will feature: spicy pork bulgogi on gordita de cilantro sushi rice with pickled daikon and carrots, ceviche with mango, red onion, cucumber, cancha, red jalpeños and tiger’s milk, & sesame noodles wtih peanut sesame dressing, red onions, carrots and scallions. DLSJDLFJS)#(%)@#*#%#%LJ <— Foodgasm. First come, first served. 8:30 – 10:30 PM.

Unfortunately I have to attend a movie premiere tonight (tut tut, I am fabulous, naaaaht) and can’t make it. Please, chow down for me. Once I’m back from Thanksgiving in the US you can rest assured that I will be first in line at the next POKE pop-up, ready to eat myself into a food coma.

Check out POKE on Facebook, Twitter and their website.

Here’s another photo post from the talented Amelia McGoldrick for more eye candy.

Photo Credit: POKE, Adrien de Bontin via Facebook

You Saucy Minx – Getting Your Spicy On

A common lament of extranjeros living in Buenos Aires is the lack of kick in the local palate. At most restaurants you’ll see salt on every table but pepper is always an afterthought. Pica!!! our Porteño friends will squeal when you ask why they don’t put freshly ground pepper on things like scrambled eggs, vegetables and sandwiches.

Many markets and grocery stores – most regularly in Barrio Chino and similar locales – sell at the very least some jalapeños to help satisfy our cravings. (You can often find rocoto and other amazeballs-hot peppers too, but you might have to head out of the way to get them.) Strangely enough, at Disco, they always seem to come in huge packs of 15. (I have a serious spice addiction, but what on Earth am I supposed to do with 15 jalapeños before they start to wrinkle?) But let’s be honest, there’s nothing like having access to a delicious, fiery hot sauce that we can douse on everything from empanadas to mashed potatoes (don’t judge).

Luckily, expats here are an entrepreneurial bunch. Here are 3 places for you to burn your taste buds, satisfaction guaranteed: