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Argentina: Day 6: Final Dinner in Buenos Aires, Rodizio

March 5, 2008 by Feisty Foodie 7 Comments

Still seeking our all-you-can-eat restaurant, upon our return to Buenos Aires (and the same hotel), our concierge directed us to Rodizio, of which I looked up the meaning once back in the States and discovered that Rodizio is the style of cuisine (where the Brazilian restaurants keep bringing you more and more meat), not churrascaria.  Oops!

This is going to be a picture-intensive post, so bear with me.  Also, keep in mind while looking at these pictures, this entire meal cost us $27 USD.

Bread with tangy butter spread on the table

As soon as we sat down, they served us this, which we thought was an empanada but might have been a salgadinho, Brazilian snack that is like an empanada…

The meaty insides.  Pretty good.

Now, for pictures of the accompanying buffet, which are many and wow, speak for themselves.  Excuse the blurriness, I had to take them quickly since the waiters were looking at me uncertainly, possibly wanting to stop me, and people were starting to crowd the place.

Bread section – no pao de quiejo though, unfortunately.

Meat/cheese section; charcuterie- that’s a whole turkey with slices taken off, and a whole leg of jamon serrano standing over there (with slices taken off as well).

The pickled/antipasto section, with marinated veggies, olives, … yum.  I am getting so hungry right now!

I guess I foreshadowed when I said, “I’m worried; places like this, if the buffet is really good or has a lot of awesome stuff, sometimes it’s because the meat isn’t that great… or it could be everything is really good,” I offered lamely when everyone turned to look at me.  Haha, oops.

When we’d sat down, they’d presented us with the bread, the empanadas/salgadinhos and lemon drop shots for some reason…

The salad I started off with – yummy, lots of greens to choose from.

HB’s first plate- look at the size of those shrimp/prawns!  As big as my hand and tender, sweet.  We all agreed the hearts of palm were too soft, however.

MD/PB’s first plate

StB‘s first plate

My first plate : I was pleasantly surprised by the little cup with a shrimp on top; I’d thought “Oh, shrimp with tuna salad underneath” but it was lobster salad and quite tasty!  The salmon with roe was only so-so, but the little cone was filled with octopus and quite tasty as well.  The sushi pieces were weird: the rice not quite done properly, smashed down and not the right taste to it; and the fillings were just odd.  The stuffed mushroom cap was good, though.

And then the meat began.

Perfectly cooked!  The slicer wanted to take a picture with me.  I obliged, happily waiting for the succulent meat to enter my mouth and astound my tastebuds.

Big, happy smile!

Three different cuts of meat; oh, the meat.  Terribly disappointing because despite the glorious way it looks, despite all that, it was completely flavorless.  We’d read that the national “spice/seasoning of choice” here was salt; salt hadn’t seen these pieces of meat at all!  I doused my meat in the chimichurri from the salad bar, which of course was delicious, but the meat would have been so much better had it seen some salt before being cooked.

We were pretty full at this point, but of course had to partake in dessert!

HB’s something or other – she thought it was alright.

MD/PB’s something or other, that she liked very much (flan? with dulce de leche and crema on the side).

StB’s choice of three flavors of ice cream

And last but not least, my something or other.  I’m sorry!  It’s been almost two weeks since this meal happened!  And I tried to get through these reviews as quickly as possible.  I’m looking at this picture right now, and I’m amazed by how good it looks.  The fruit gently spilling over the top, the walnuts on one side… but the dessert was good, not mindblowing, and I was too stuffed to finish it all.

Yvo says: At the total price of, with a generous tip, $27 USD per person, I can’t deny that this is a great value.  The buffet alone is worth that price, but if you do go, go knowing that the meat will need generous salt and that it is not the main attraction here.  The buffet is definitely worth a go, and go hungry!
middle of the road, more recommended than not

Filed Under: Argentina, Argentinian, Brazilian, Buenos Aires, Cuisine, Restaurants, Steakhouse, Travels, Travels Tagged With: Steak

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Comments

  1. Tim Kau says

    March 5, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    i love all of the photos you took. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

    yummy!

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  2. MissGinsu says

    March 9, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    I agree with Tim. Yummy photos. Thanks so much for the vicarious tour! (Of course, I’d prefer an actual tour of Argentinian food spots, but your posts make a nice substitute.

    Cheers!
    Miss G.

    Reply
  3. Linda says

    March 10, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Oy-vay! Just looking at the photos made my stomach full. So many things to choose from.
    You know, I have never tried a Brazilian steakhouse but I’m not sure if I want to; the cutting, re-heating, re-cutting the meat I would think would leave to a dry piece of meat right? And you mentioned the lack of flavor? Meat 101 always says to let a cooked piece of meat rest before cutting too.

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  4. Julie says

    March 11, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    The food is gorgeous, I cannot believe you got to have all those foods for only $27.00, I need to go there to eat.

    Reply
  5. jinius says

    March 11, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    omg all the pictures look amazing. i need to go to argentina! now!

    Reply
  6. andrew says

    October 26, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    I really liked your blog!

    Reply
  7. Carroll S. Leedel says

    August 10, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    I am a real restaurant addict and I made a site about the restaurants I have visited in Buenos Aires during my travels. So if you want to read some reviews about some buenos-aires-restaurants then visit my blog. I hope you will enjoy your stay and hope to here from you real soon!

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