Last night Venetia and I went to an event which we had misunderstood from the announcement. We thought it was a guided walk to see some of the flora and fauna of Argentina, but it turned out to be a lecture — all in rapid Spanish! We weren’t up for two hours of that, so we left. After a walk around the lovely Parque Lezama, we decided to look for a place to have something light to eat. It was a bit too early for typical Argentine dinner, so we thought some tapas and wine would be in order.
We walked up a lovely street called Caseros in the barrio of San Telmo, and discovered Napoles. We had both walked past the window before and were intrigued but never went in. Tonight we did, and what a discovery it was.
I made a quick video from some photos I took, but if I had photographed all the cool things it would be a feature length movie! It was a huge place, filled with an eclectic collection of artifacts — statues, busts, pictures, vintage clothing, full size cars and more!
We sat at a table near the front and enjoyed some provoleta (a typical Argentine dish made of grilled provolone with herbs and spices) and a glass of mellow Malbec, while glorying in the fantasy all around us!
Check it out.
That was fun – worth going over there and making lemonade out of lemons so to speak! Will definitely return!!
Definitely – count me in to go again. Also to the one across the road.
How was the food? Decor was certainly funky!!
Well it definitely wasn’t the best provoleta either of us has had, but quite tasty. The wine was delicious and it was really all about enjoying the ambience. When we go back we will probably just do the same sort of thing.
There are lots of really nice looking restaurants on that street, so we’ll have to work our way through them!