Parilla Peña

In my first out of order post of this summer's blog, last night marked my second adventure to Parilla Peña, an awesome restaurant in Buenos Aires known for its amazing meat. I went there my first week here with the Dartmouth student Alan and his study abroad group, so it is fitting that I return my last week, this time introducing the restaurant to the Harvard group.

The group that went ended up being pretty large and diverse (okay, depends what you mean by diverse): 6 Harvard SIP students, 2 Harvard thesis students (including me), 2 Harvard study abroad students, 1 Harvard non-SIP internship student, 2 Yale internship students, and 1 Argentine boyfriend!

I was a little nervous about inviting so many people, as the food is kind of expensive by Argentine standards (I spent $82 pesos total, which is less than $20USD, but a lot for Argentina) and I was worried about getting expectations too high. But the food was even better than the first time I went, and the night was a lot of fun overall. I split a "bife de lomo" (beef tenderloin? I think?) with one of the other girls there, and had the unique experience of eating the best bite of meat I've had in my life about 10 times during the course of the night. Great food, great company, great night.

I am not the first to write about Parilla Peña online. Other commentary on the place include: http://www.taxigourmet.com/2007/05/20/parrilla-pena/ and http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g312741-d1067958-Reviews-Parrilla_Pena-Buenos_Aires_Capital_Federal_District.html

Here is a series of pictures that is fairly descriptive of the night for all of us :)