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© 2010 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
April 2-3, 2010
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Comments from some of our guests:
"Very much enjoyed the dinner yesterday evening. Many thanks to you and Henry for a great evening. Looking forward to seeing you again on Friday, 9 April, and please book one place for me on 16 April as well." - T.S.
"it was a lovely evening... T... had emailed me early am to invite me to teatro San Martin and N... and i will be getting together for coffee . I offered to give tips to promote restaurant when it opens... The group was indeed engaging... Enjoyed the food Dan as always.." - J.A.
"The highlight, as I'm sure all your guests say, was getting to meet some new people. Thank you for making that happen. BTW, R... was wondering if you could email the name of the red wine, I think it was a Syrah. He thought it was great!" - A.C.
"Food and wine was wonderful, especially enjoyed, well, everything really, all the food was delicious, loved the Malbec rose and bought some today. We were supposed to move seats, and that didn't happen, but I was very happy to sit on the table I was at, with some very interesting people, so it was not an issue!" - L.G.
"Great experience all the way around -- thanks for a delicious evening!" - S.&J.R.
"I had a great time getting to know you and enjoying your food. I hope our paths cross again. Hugs/Abrazos," - R.H.
"I'm back in Sweden and now I got this message... I am so terribly sorry about my mistake and incredibly grateful that you could make room for us. Thank you for a very memorable last night in Buenos Aires!" - J.G.
"I was wanting to write to thank you for the evening. It was lovely in all respects. I loved the apartment. I loved the easy manner by which you were somehow able to make a whole lot of very different people feel at home with each other. It was sort of remarkable, actually, that all of these people who, moments before had nothing in common, were all of a sudden sharing with each other their deepest thoughts and doubts. I realized afterward that I had one thought. It’s a perpetual problem with me, and it is certainly nothing to regret or change. I realized that I was concentrating so much on the conversation that I have no recollection at all about what we ate or drank. I usually travel alone, as I’m doing now, and I can therefore focus my attention on what I’m eating. That is usually unfortunate in BA, since so little of what I eat I want to remember. From your meal I remember a great number of wine glasses with different color wines. I remember pea puree of an interesting color. I remember you mentioned that we were eating lamb. And I remember that the lovely young woman across the table was extremely disciplined about not eating the delicious chocolate cake, which made me feel fat, so I didn’t eat mine either. Though I have lots of friends here in town and eat dinner with different ones almost every night, and these are very talented and educated and interesting people, whom I really like, for some reason I’m likely to remember the evening at your place longer than any of the other meals I’ve had here. I felt somehow special to have been included. You did that. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing you again." - R.H.
