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© 2007 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
October 19, 2007
You’d think, given the constant harping about lack of spiced food that goes on amongst us folk in the expat community here, that the offer of a weekend of cajun and creole cooking would have filled up faster than Justin Wilson could have said “I gar-on-tee!” And Friday eve packed with reservations almost immediately, though there was a bit of give and take after that as folks changed around schedules. Not a one for Saturday, and only a trio for Sunday, whom, unfortunately, we decided to cancel on without any additional folk coming. I know it was Mothers’ Day here on Sunday, but not every expat in town was out feting dear old Mom. And it’s not even a cuisine I was just experimenting with - during a part of my past I was sous chef at The Sazerac House in New York, which while not turning out the most authentic Louisiana cuisine out there, I think we did a decent job, and it gave me a good exposure to the flavors involved. Such is life - the same thing seems to be happening with an Indian dinner coming up this weekend, while meanwhile, the following week, with a promise of cooking from the region around Paris, filled up weeks ago - go figure - maybe I’ll do spicy Parisian food and trick them all…
Thoughts from some of our guests:
"We really enjoyed our dinner at Casa SaltShaker: the food was really good and the experience as a whole was really really nice, so we think we’ll repeat it soon! Maybe you could think of offering a cocktail at the beginning, to help “warming up”. Also a choice of liquors after the dinner could be nice. It’s just some suggestions, everything was really perfect!" - M.Z."I thought it was great, I'm only upset I didn't grab a copy of the menu. It was fun to see local wine paired expertly with familiar foods made of local products." - Y.C.
