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© 2008 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
August 22-23, 2008
It was time to celebrate the “weird kid of Europe’s” birthday - or at least “Liberation Day”. Romania, or rather the independent states of Moldavia and Wallachia, secured their independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1856, unified in 1859, shortly thereafter changed their joint name to Romania, and were recognized internationally as an independent country in 1878, 130 years ago this past weekend. While Transylvania became a part of Romania until WWI, the two are often linked, though, I didn’t once think of Dracula during the planning of this meal. It just never occurred to me. I was too busy trying to figure out… well… how to make Romanian food interesting… to be quite honest.
Comments from some of our guests:
"La comida el sabado estuvo excelente! Nunca habia comido platos tan elaborados y tan ricos, sobre todo esa sopa, que fue lo que mas me gusto! Me parecio muy entretenido que haya habido gente de otros paises, porque hubo una mezcla de culturas bastante interesante! Les agradezco por todo, sobre todo por la atencion de haberle llevado una velita a mi novio por su cumpleaños, (eso no me lo esperaba!) Vamos a volver de todas maneras, y espero que con mas gente. Es muy ingenioso lo q hacen. Les deseo toda la suerte..." - J.M.
"I enjoyed the dinner very much. I thought the food was excellent and the theme quite interesting. Also the dinner company was very enjoyable. The only thing I would change is that it would have been more fun if you particpated in the dinner ar at least had some time to sit with the guests either before or after the dinner. I would have loved to find out about your experiences in Buenos Aires and how you came to live there." - H.G.
