Wow, just wow

Last night we had dinner at Fogon Asado, a Michelin recommended restaurant in Buenos Aires. Not being fancy diners, we weren’t sure what to expect. We had a Chef’s counter experience. There were perhaps 20 people around the counter, 4 chefs continually rotating around, doing the dance of explaining, serving, cooking.

Our first drink was a light alcoholic drink, might have been gin based but I was busy trying not to gawk like a newbie so who knows. Gin+mate+one giant ice cube and a garnish of grapefruit.  A few marinated olives to start.

We were then given a recipe for chimichurri sauce, a wooden box of herbs, and a double spooned measurer. We were to mix the herbs, pour in the vinegar and then set aside to rest for 30 minutes after which a chef would come add the olive oil.

I had selected a wine pairing option. Grubb was treated to as much limonada and Agua con gas as he could drink.

With my first glass of Chardonnay in front of me, I was ready for the feast. The Chardonnay would be used for the first three courses. If I needed a refill, I just placed the empty wine glass on the counter and within a few seconds it was refilled.

Here is the menu. There wasn’t a single dud. I didn’t get photos of all the courses. You know, the wine kept flowing. On the 4th course we switched to a red wine and by dessert, geez, who can remember.

After the second course, things were getting blurred.

There were a couple other meat courses not pictured here but then it was dessert time.

Coffee came as well.

I didn’t think I’d be able to get up, much less put one foot in front of the other after that. This was a three hour meal. Somehow, we made the 30 minute walk back home. I am going to need way more than 30 minutes to walk this one off.