Cordoba Slideshow

Alcorta carnes & vinos: a semi formal restaurant with a formal wait staff. Had the best wine I’ve had in Argentina so far here. Of course, I paid a little more for it as well. Started with an empanada and bell pepper in olive oil. The empanada was tasty; there are better in this city though. The pepper needed some salt fairly bland even after the addition. Had the cream spinach and a ribeye both were well prepared to order. The steak was tender, juicy and flavorful. Tasty just not quite as tasty as the one I had at Chinchibira in Rosario the night before. Service was impeccable as was the bread and warm eggplant and carrots they brought out to start. Total damage came to about $2100AP though. That’s two appetizers, a ribeye and a side with a pretty nice bottle of wine. 

La Cocina: stopped in here just passing by and got 2 empanadas (1 beef and 1 spicy beef) for $60AP. I waited while they warmed them in the pizza oven. Excellent flavor and perfect empanada dough. Highly recommend stopping in to try even more than I did. 

Pugliese: rooftop in Guemes; just a glass of wine here. $60AP. Nice rooftop and interior overlooking the street vendors that really is more like an old garage sale. Guemes is definitely a place to check out. 

La Mamma: an absolute pleasure. So happy I decided to hit up this place. Wow. Elegant atmosphere with windows looking out on the boulevard with the stream running through town. White tablecloths and nice wine glasses. Very formal yet personal staff. I arrived at 9:15pm and no one was in the restaurant. I wondered if I had made a mistake or if the reviews were wrong. Bread and a light appetizer of bread and diced tomatoes were brought out. I took my time browsing the menu. No one rushed me all the waiters were so patient; that’s when I knew to get comfortable and buckle up it’s gonna be a great meal. I ordered a bottle of nice Malbec and a light appetizer.

I kept the menu and decided to order after the appetizer. People started to flood in and by 10:30 the restaurant was buzzing. I really like the idea and the practice of eating late; just when traveling alone there isn’t much to do besides drink until late while waiting for the restaurant to open. The waiter recommended a mushroom gravy steak. I enquirer about the lasagna and he lit up and quickly pointed out that the chicken and spinach lasagna was. Amazing. I had another glass of wine to contemplate what I would choose. Ultimately I told Luis to choose. He brought out the lasagna with a huge bowl of fresh Parmesan and a cream sauce. Wow! Really excellent. The whole experience from the wait staff to the wine to the atmosphere to the food was excellent. A class act of a restaurant. Halfway through the main course I knew I would order dessert. I let Luis choose again, he brought out La paneke la mamma de manzana (empanada bread on a plate with caramelized sugar and apples with a huge scoop of ice cream and berries with a cup of expresso. I’m not a huge coffee drinker however it all went together like peas and carrots. Still had 1/3 of bottle of wine that I had to finish that I took time while drinking to write this review. Definitely worth a stop if you’re in Cordoba.