Multicultural Day

Yesterday was Jake's birthday and our last Sunday in Buenos Aires.  It being Jake's birthday necessitated an American-style breakfast at Bar Poesia with fresh squeezed orange juice, scrambled eggs and really good bacon.  It being the last Sunday necessitated one last stroll through the Sunday market in our neighborhood.  In the afternoon we went to see Dura de Matar (the latest Die Hard movie).  Bruce Willis is just as popular here as in the US.

Some store names wouldn't work so well in the U.S.
such as this one for an independent designer's clothing store.

Finally we dined at another Puerto Cerrado, this one at an apartment in Recoleta.  Casa Salt Shaker is run by Dan, a chef and sommelier, and Henry, a tango dancer and teacher.  The other guests were a couple from Winston Salem, NC doing a short tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, a woman from Scranton, PA on her way to trek in Torres del Paine, a couple from New Haven, CT who spoke impeccable Spanish and had lived in Spain and Portugual, a couple from London - he a professional chef and she in the catering business, and a woman from, gasp, Buenos Aires!  After a cocktail we sat down for a delicious 5 course meal paired with wines.
1. A light, slightly spicy melon gazpacho with cilantro sorbet and sparkling white wine,
2. A wafer of polenta and parmesan topped with feta, melon, almonds, raisins and paprika, served with a chardonnay
3. A firm white fish with a carrot coconut puree and grilled endive served with a rose wine,
4. Loin of rabbit with a sweet potato puree and lightly sauteed arugula served with a really good pinot noir
5. honey cheesecake with a plum compote served with a Moscatel dessert wine.