After a bit of a lazy day that involved a lot of journaling and Facebook, all in my PJs, I finally got properly dressed and went out with Nikki and Sarah to dinner. (On Saturdays our homestay parents don’t feed us and we must fend for ourselves.) Nikki had mentioned that there were a lot of cute little restaurants with outdoor seating around the Recoleta Cemetery, a pretty big tourist attraction just a few blocks away from us, so we all met at the huge church at the top of the hill and decided where to eat from there. Downtown Matias, a so-called Irish Pub, was the cheapest option (and it wasn’t really that inexpensive, since it’s a pretty tourist-y area).
Nikki and I toasting to our first dinner out. (That was the best Malbec I've had so far.)
Bread basket!!! This was SO exciting. The bread was still WARM. The little bowl closest to the camera had delicious cheese (ALL cheese is wonderful here... except the really, really rich, strong kind that I just don't like). The substance in the other bowl is not butter. Rather it's just another type of ridiculously creamy cheese. (Argentines really like their cheese.)
Probably the best best spaghetti with red sauce that I've had. The sauce was entirely fresh made with massive chunks of tomato, garlic, olive oil, the works... mmmmm...
Nikki making her happy food face over her plate of very yummy gnocchi. (Sorry, Nikki. Could not resist including this one.) :)
Our waiter wasn't very good with a camera, but he left us alone all night and never took our plates or bugged us for a check or anything. That's apparently completely normal here, and it definitely worked for us. We got there shortly after nine and didn't leave until around midnight.
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