Date: Wednesday, February 13
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace
RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com
The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!
The January 2013 Buenos Aires International Newcomers Luncheon will be on Thursday the 31st, the last day of the month.
The cost of the meal including water or lemonade, red or white wine, dessert or coffee and the tip is only 75 pesos.
As always correct change will be appreciated.
The very first Mongolian Barbecue restaurant (Gengis Khan Mongolian BBQ) was opened in 1976, and was located in downtown Taipei, Taiwan. Typically, diners choose various ingredients from a buffet of thinly sliced raw meats (beef, pork, chicken) and vegetables.These ingredients are given to the griddle operator who adds the diner’s choice of sauce and transfers them to one section of the hot griddle. Oil and sometimes water may be added to ease cooking, and the ingredients are stirred occasionally.
The ample size of the Mongolian barbecue griddle allows for several diners’ food to be cooked simultaneously on different parts of the griddle, the operator walking around the outside of the grill once or twice moving the food while walking. When cooking is complete, the finished dish is scooped into a bowl and handed to the diner.
Gengis’s House opened in Buenos Aires almost a year ago so we are visiting the restaurant for a second time. You will start off by choosing a meat – chicken, beef, or pork. Tofu is also available for the soy lovers. Then you can go to town piling what seems like an infinite variety of ingredients on top – green onion, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, sprouts, pineapple and more, they also have cilantro! – finally you give your bowl to the grillmaster who decides what sauces to put on and adds either the large or small noodles – rice is also an option if you do not want the noodles. Now is the time to be more assertive if you do or don’t want a certain sauce – lemon ginger, garlic, BBQ, soy & super spicy sauces are all available. After cooking, the dish will be brought to your table.
Gengis’s House
Riobamba 1179 – Recoleta / Barrio Norte
4815-2333
For the BAIN January Luncheon at Gengis’s House on the 31st at 1pm please RSVP to:
or call Michael at 4815-4660
At the Three Frontiers area, where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay come together in the dense rain forest, smuggling is rife. Drug lord Ramón Subizar is planning a major drug push on Christmas Eve at the borders. But the Gendarmería Nacional of Argentina intend to crash Subizar’s party. Add to the brew a volatile horse called Don Diego, a Buell motorcycle, a gypsy aeroplane pilot, and the drug lord with his new product of opium, and there is guaranteed to be an explosion.
From Dog Ear Publishing, To Hold a Rainbow follows The Kámen and The Long Way Home in the World Design Ltd. series.
Quote from an Amazon reviewer of The Long Way Home: “…one could tell while reading it that the author was familiar with the characters and locations from personal travel.”
Quote from an Amazon reviewer of The Kámen: “Could hardly wait for the next books to come out to see what was going to happen and where in the world the characters would go next.”
All three books are available from Amazon and from Barnes & Noble, in perfect bound or in eBook formats. Direct links:
For more information, please go to the author’s website at www.bonnieridleykraft.com
The new year is a time to explore the world around you, whether you’ve been in the same place for a few days or multiple years. BAIN wants to help you learn more about the city we call home!
Miguel with Art Connoisseurs has invited BAIN to join in this week’s tour of two San Telmo museums, a historic location-turned-cafe coffee stop and a description of the San Telmo neighborhood. Interested? Read on!
Date: Saturday, January 19th
Time: 3:30pm
Place: Meet at the entrance of the Museum of Modern Art, Avenida San Juan 350
The tour will last approximately 3 hours includes the visit to Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Museum of Contemporary Art and a coffee break at L´Atelier de Céline.
The tour has a cost of AR$ 200, BAIN members are offered a price of AR$180 (all costs included).
If you would like to join, please RSVP to Dawn Gill: dawn.e.gill@gmail.com
Happy New Year! From all of us here at BAIN Downtown, we hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year!
As everyone settles into 2013, we want to invite everyone to join us as BAIN holds its annual New Year’s celebration with an afternoon cocktail party at Club Español.
On Friday afternoon, January 25, at 5:00 p.m we will meet in the Sala Autonomia (on the fourth floor, you can use the elevator or the stairs) to enjoy catered snacks from the Club Español restaurant, beverages and a champagne toast! With this being a catered event, please be kind and RSVP. Bring a friend! (let us know about them too!). RSVP to bain.downtown@gmail.com by Friday, January 18th.
The beautiful Club Español, a 100 year-old landmark located just south of Avenida de Mayo, across from the Avenida 9 de Julio (on Bernardo de Irigoyen 172 between Hipolito Yrigoyen and Adolfo Alsina).
Here is a link for directions: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=club+espa%C3%B1ol+buenos+aires&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.609687,-58.380446&spn=0.019321,0.036135&fb=1&hq=club+espa%C3%B1ol&hnear=Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&t=m&z=15
This meeting is FREE for BAIN Members, $150 pesos for guests. The guest fee is waived for anyone who joins BAIN Downtown at the meeting. This is a great opportunity for those that still need to renew their membership
We look forward to seeing you there!
The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!
Date: Tuesday, January 22
Time: 10:30am-12:00
Where: Puerto Madero
Come spend a morning making new friends and catching up with old ones. This is a casual, fun way to mingle and meet new people and it’s open to all BAIN Downtown members.
Never been to a coffee event before? New to BAIN or Buenos Aires? We’d love to have you join us. Let us know in your RSVP if you have any questions!
Please RSVP to Marcia Williamson at marcia@transpack.com.ar.
*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!
ew concept to the same company, El Burladero, and we went to try it out 2 days later.Once we were at a table, we were offered the same great selection of bread they have at Sottovoce and Fervor, and they have an appetizer list filled with tapas and seafood.
Each main course dish is large enough to share, though we decided to go against the waiter’s suggestion and order three dishes for our group of 4 people. As a result, we had enough food for 8 people, and the waiter gave us an “I told you so” look that was virtually caught on film. This was him dishing out our paella, the smaller portion which was more than sufficient for 4 people. There are a few different types of paella to choose from, we chose the seafood option, though there are at least 3 other varieties.
Many of the dishes can be ordered a la carte, you can choose the protein (fish, chicken, beef, seafood…) the side and the way you want it to be prepared. We chose the fish of the day, served with grilled vegetables “Spanish style”and a chicken dish served with rice and a saffron sauce.
All of the entrees were tasty, fresh and quite different from anywhere else we’ve eaten in the city. The chicken dish was a little low on meat, but considering the amount of extra food we had, I’m not complaining. This is a great addition to our eating out repertoire, we are happy campers!
BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting. We will enjoy food, drinks and great company at Tucson, a café located in the Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center. Our start time is 4 p.m., and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available.
Location: Tucson, Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center, local 15/16, Terrace Level www.tucsonrestaurante.com.ar
Date and Time: Friday, November 30 at 4 p.m.
Program: Conversation! Meet someone new! Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN! We will provide light appetizers and finger food while our guests enjoy the happy hour specials of 2 for 1 on selected beverages. We will also be raffling off the last unclaimed prize from the End of Year Party, 2 tickets to the opening night of Shen Yun, a 30-day supply of bagels from Sugar & Spice and hot sauces from El Tejano!
Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – AR$50*
*If you join BAIN at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for a year’s membership is AR$250
Renewals: If you have received an email from BAIN Downtown reminding you that your membership renewal is due by January 1, 2013, then this is a great opportunity for you to renew. As a reminder, the fee to renew is AR$250 for yet another great year of friends and fun!
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This month’s BAIN dinner will be held on Monday, November 19 at “La Gauchita.”
RSVP by Sunday night, November 18 to Jim Isaacs at jisaacs61@hotmail.com
Tentative Menu:
First course: all you can heap on one plate salad bar (typically including appetizers, greens, various vegetables, beans, and other goodies).
Being worked out (event organizer Jim Isaacs arrived from the US yesterday). But there will be beef, chicken or fish and vegetarian options, with the option to switch to various items that used to be part of a cow or pig.
Dessert:
That is being worked out, too!
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