The trip to Chile - Eating at the Mercado Central

As I normally do when in seaside cities, I wanted to eat some fine seafood., and what better place to ask for directions to a good restaurant than the local fish market.
So off I went to ask a fish vendor at the Mercado Central, and was directed to a place called Marisol, located right inside the market, don´t ask exactly where, but its there.

Its a tiny joint but they serve glorious seafood dishes for very good prices. I had a seafood soup with beer

At the Malbec world day

I had the pleasure of dropping by the Malbec World day held at the Palermo Horse track. As its name says its a place of gathering for all the Argentine Mlabec producers.

In the morning and early afternoon you could visit the various oenology's schools and associations in Argentina which would give you samples of different varieties of Malbec.

And after 7pm you could tour the tables with different makes of the wine variety and sample wines till you drop.Unlike many Canadian wineries that charge you and give you a sip of each wine in a puritan fashion, here you could indulge, with moderation of course.

Ten top Beer Joints in Buenos Aires - On Tap - Palermo Hollywood

On Tap, located at Cosra Rica 5527 in the Palermo Holliwood neighbourhood is Bar dedicated to local craft beer or "cerveza artesanal" as they call it here.

It has a nice selection of ales, bitters and dark beers served in different sizes. Its a small place that generally overflows towrads the sidewalk.
I had the simil Guinnes beer called Gambrinus and was satisfied with its bitternesss. Even though Argie craft beers tend to be overpriced and are´nt as good as their canadian peers, the prices at "On Tap" were quite accesible.

In Passing snapshot - At the Buenos Aires Market night

This shot was taken at the BUenos Aires Market night at the Palermo Racetrack.

Holy week in Cordoba - Cordoba´s Cathedral

Cordoba´s Roman Catholic Cathedral is by far the biggest church in the city, having taken 200 years to build going through several architects and changing style and materials, it is a real colonial jewel.





















You will not miss it when you go downtown Cordoba, since its stands right on the main square.

I took a tour to the belfry organised by the city´s municipality, but obviously being a church it can be entered for free most of the day.

Most of Cordoba's  churches are illuminated at night which makes for great shots.

The trip to Chile: El Mercado central de Santiago

Right around the "Puente de Cal y Canto" subway station you´ll find the Mercado Central de Santiago, which operates as a fish market as well as tourist attraction with souvenir shops and Sea food restaurants.

the structure itself was probangland along with dozens of others found all over cities with Ports.

Inside you can indulge in buying over sized sea food and fish, that abound in the southern pacific, or eat it at the many small restos that are into every space available.

Or just take great shots of the fresh fish displayed for sale.

The trip to Chile - La piojera

Now, when in Santiago you must have good chilean wine, in all its versions. One of them is the drink called "Terremoto " or earthquake which consists of  a mix of white wine called pipeño(normally not the finest) pinepple icream, and pomegranate syrup, all combined in a 400ml cup.

A fine establishment to try it out is "La piojera" or the lice nest, which is located in Santiago across the Mercado Central close to the "Puente Cal y Canto" subway station

its a very popular eatery where you can have typical chilean food or just indulge in a Terremoto drink or its smaller version called "Replica"