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© 2007 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
January 25-27, 2007
I’d barely posted the theme of “Australia Day” for this weekend’s Casa S dinner before the calls started coming in. Okay, two of them, and they were e-mails. But the first was to reserve an entire evening (on Thursday) for a party of folks from Cangurolandia, as it’s called here, and the second was a party of three, at least one of whom had lived there for some time. Now, I’ve at least had the pleasure and fun of spending some of my life in Australia - a month back in 1993, and three weeks in 2002, and I did a whole lot of eating out, chatting with chefs, collecting recipes, etc. - so at least I was a step up on things like my attempts at dinners from places like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. On the other hand, did these folks coming have some idea about the food of Oz that I was going to have to worry about? “No drama mate…” There wasn’t really a whole lot I could do about it, other than start the evening with a clear explanation that the food was inspired by my trips and readings, and wasn’t likely to be anything they’d encountered back home.
Comments from some of our guests:
"Thank you for a lovely evening, the food, the wine, the service - everything was superb!" - K.R.
"L... and I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful evening this past Friday. It was a truly memorable experience -- and one we hope to have again our next time in BsAs" - A.L.
