Merry Xmas

So what does a family christmas table look like? This is my family's dinner table, last night while waiting for Santa. Festive, colourful, lots of food. Everything needed for a long and furious dinner. I love how in Argentina we wait till midnight to toast and cheers for christmas, as if it was a new year. That second, when the 24th becomes the 25th makes all the waiting worthwhile. 

Now, a lazy 25th of long siestas and leftovers extravaganza. Merry Xmas from my family!

La pasta, la familia

Il Ballo del Mattone
5936/5950 Gorriti st.
opened for lunch everyday
and tue/sun for dinner
4776 4247

Where to go for good italian food in this city? There are many places to go for pasta, but few are proper italian. That's why I love going to Il ballo, they bake their own bread and make their own pasta everyday. Besides it's not your average restaurant. For example, they don't have a menu, they usually have three main dishes to choose from, a salad or two (who needs more?) and a couple of deserts (that i need more of!). All these option are written on a blackboard that's promptly brought to you when the menu is needed.
Pictures hanging on the colorful walls, good music and lots of people around make the place very lively and fun. Don't go for dinner without making a reservation, otherwise you are gonna have to wait outside forever watching people eating the best pasta in town....