ARGENTINA - Buenos Aires

[foodguy]

I've been traveling here twice a year for over 5 years and compiled a nice list of must-try restaurants.

Balcony steak house
Av. 9 de Julio 1465 (y Posadas)
Go for the Bife de lomo, cheesecake appetizer and baked camenbert cheese!

La Choza de Cervino
Cervino 3732 (y Ugarteche) - Capitol Federal area
Go for the baby suckling pig, crab stuffed mushrooms and duck terrine!!

Tomo Uno
Fine Dining (reservations advised)
Carlos Pellegrini 521
Above the Hotel Panamericano

Sinclair
Palermo
Sinclair 3096

Iñaki (Very good paella)
Centro
Moreno 1341

La Querencia
Centro
Paraguay 434
Try the Pastel Norteno (Sweet potato shepards pie) and Locro (bean and chorizo stew)

Sottovoce
Recoleta
Del Libertador, Av. 1098
Very good bife de lomo and pasta dishes

Also make sure you stop into the many bakeries and sample various empanadas and find a small parilla serving choripan's (grilled chorizo sandwiches).