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Casa SaltShaker
Closed Door Restaurant / Salon for Food and Conversation

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia

(cambia a castellano/change to  spanish)

Welcome to Casa SaltShaker. We offer a unique dining experience in Barrio Norte. In essence, you are being invited to a dinner party in our home, where you will be seated at one of our two communal tables, with other guests. The setting is casual, the food eclectic, the conversation lively - and generally in a mix of languages.

• We seat a maximum of twelve (12) guests.

• The only dates that we have scheduled dinners (yes I'm sure, you don't need to call me and ask), and our menu themes are listed below, usually for the next month. The menu is subject to change based on what's available and/or my whims. We do keep a waiting list, so if a dinner that you'd like to attend appears full, do contact us - people do change their plans.

• We ask people to come between 8:45 and 9:00 p.m. so that we can start by about 9:15 with everyone present - we, and your fellow guests, would appreciate it if you're on time.

• We offer paired wines with the five courses for an additonal AR$35, or, if you'd like to simply have a bottle of wine, or to bring your own wine, contact me in advance.

• The price of our five course tasting menu is AR$90 unless otherwise noted for a particular date, and includes the meal, bottled water, and coffee or tea afterwards. Normally we don't have beer or sodas, though if you let us know you'd prefer to drink one of those in advance we will have them available.

• Cash only, pesos preferred, and as close as you can to exact would be appreciated. An additional tip for whomever is helping out is optional but of course appreciated.

• We have an outdoor garden where you or your guests can smoke, indoors is non-smoking.

• We're happy to arrange private dinners here on other evenings subject to our availability.

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DATES	MENU
Saturday & Sunday, August 30-31 - It would be actor Fred MacMurray's 100th birthday and we simply must celebrate with a reinterpretation of the famed Alice Adams dinner... Saturday - 1 space available Sunday - 7 spaces available	"Caviar Sandwich" Panade (Slow-Cooked Onion-Bread Soup) Sweetbreads a la Mont Vert Sirloin of Lamb Butterscotch Pot au Creme
Friday and Saturday, September 5-6 - With numerous requests, it's time for a  bold flavored vegetarian feast... Friday - 8 spaces available Saturday - 5 spaces available	Quinoa with Roasted Fennel, Beets & Shallots Spicy Eggplant-Peanut Soup Green Pea, Lemon & Grappa Pappardelle Mushroom-Black Olive Pot Pie Poached Pears in Two Chocolate Sauces
Friday and Saturday, September 12-13 - It is that time again, the Epulum Iovis, or Banquet of Jupiter, and we're just seeing red... red... red... Friday - 12 spaces available Saturday - 5 spaces available	Red Wine Poached Red Mullet with Beet Gelée Roasted Red Pepper & Prosciutto Soup Spicy Shrimp over Pumpernickel Risotto Braised Oxtail, Grilled Radicchio & Pickled Red Grapes Cherry-Walnut Clafouti
Sunday & Monday, September 21-22 - With the feast of Pannychis upon us, we delve into the cuisine of the Grecian Isles... Sunday - 11 spaces available Monday - 12 spaces available	▪
Friday and Saturday, September 26-27 - The days of Cheval and Balsamine (horses and impatiens) on the French Republican calendar, and that's enough to inspire us... no horses will be harmed in the preparation of dinner... we promise... Friday - 8 spaces available Saturday - 12 spaces available	▪
We will be closed the first two weeks of October for vacation...