VINERIA DE GUALTERIO BOLIVAR

The 16 course tasting menu is the only thing offered at La Vineria Del Gualterio Bolivar in San Telmo (Bolivar 865). The intimate restaurant serves one sitting at lunch and one at dinner each day and the meal runs between 2.5-3 hrs. Although all the foam and molecular gastronomy has been done to death, it was nice to be pampered with 16 courses (+ amuse bouche & petit fours). What makes the experience is really the suspense of what's coming next... A fun exploration of flavour. Great price, great service.

PREPARE TO FEAST YOUR EYES!!!

aa - amuse bouche, salmon skin, soy sauce foam, and "pizza skin"

01 - octopus tartare, orange & chicken curry on quinoa, olive and parmesan cheese sorbet

02 - funghi salad with beet root, greens, and olive foam

03 - egg quail filo pastry with truffles and goat cheese (BEST!)

04 - "faux truffle" with nectar

05 - octopus on crispy and mashed potatoes

06 - seaweed, creme de scallops wrapped in pumpkin, with seaweed & fish broth

07 - white salmon with bacon, garlic, and green beans (YUM!)

08 - roasted pork shoulder with glazing and cannellini beans (YUM!)

09 - crispy pork with sweet gelatin and bok choy (YUM!)

10 - young steer, leek, yucca, and foam (YUM!)

11 - pineapple sorbet with campari

12 - mandarin tea, 13 - mandarin sorbet, 14 - apple cake, 15 - grapefruit sorbet (these were individual courses which is a total cop out... but we were too stuffed to care)

16 - chocolate 3 ways with tobacco sorbet! (YUM!)

zz - petit fours, cookie crumbs, cream filled chocolates, dulce de leche shot (deconstructed alfajor?)

WHAT A MEAL! HOPE IT WAS A GOOD BIRTHDAY MEAL, SN!