La Cupertina: Best Empanadas I Ever Had

This award goes to a small restaurant in Buenos Aires by the name of, "La Cupertina".  The atmosphere feels like being in an old kitchen.  Initially we were not sure if we were in the right place since the door was locked and there did not appear to be any customers in the restaurant.  Turns out you have to be "buzzed" in and we barely beat the lunchtime rush as customers came pouring in shortly after we arrived.

Now I have had empanadas before, but La Cupertina's are the best I have ever had.  The standard beef empanada is offered and tastes great, however the two types embedded in my eternal empanada loving soul are the corn and the ham & cheese.  The corn one is my favorite and just had this warm sweet corn taste to it, have never tasted anything like it.  The ham & cheese was also very good and had the added twist of having a little bit of sugar sprinkled on top.  Man, I am making myself hungry!

All I have to look forward to now are Julia's Empanadas in DC, which are larger and pretty good but not on the same level.

Word/Phrases of the day (Disclaimer: I do not claim that these are grammatically correct, but at least they were understood):
- Delicioso!

The Estancia

Saturday we had a day trip to an Argentine Country House (estancia).  Activities were set to include some country barbecue, a castle visit, a dancing demo, and horseback riding.  Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and it rained fairly heavily, so the horseback riding which I was looking forward to the most did not happen.  However, here are some photos of the food as it was being cooked and some of the country dancing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Word/Phrases of the day (Disclaimer: I do not claim that these are grammatically correct, but at least they were understood):
Gaucho/Gaucha
Llueve
Caballo

Tuesday -> Steak and Touring

Let's pretend I did not go X days without posting something.  It's been busy.  Tuesday night was an incredible dinner at La Cabrera in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires .  I had an amazing Argentine steak (Quirrosqutio?) and some of my classmates ordered the Lomito con pimienta, a great looking sirloin steak flavored with pepper (pictures pending).  After having a taste I may have to go back for more before we leave.

The day also included touring the city and included a visit to Eva Peron's grave site.

We tried to go to Plaza de Mayo, a famous square in Buenos Aires known to host frequent protests...

Unfortunately they were protesting while we were there, so we were not allowed off the bus.  Okay, I am about 5 posts behind so I will try to get caught up throughout the day.

Things to come...  More grammatically sketchy Espanol, the tango show, interesting cuisine, pictures!