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reggie posted the thread Dumb question but what is the best way to eat this salami/chorizo/sausage? in ExPat Life.

This might be a totally stupid question but what is the best way to eat this? I saw these in the supermarket at Carrefour and bought...
Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to Betsy Ross's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

Agree. That is one of my favorite spots. It has been around as long as I have been coming to Buenos Aires. Very good food. Gotten more...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to Piranha's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

Excellent restaurant! I have visited both for lunch and dinner and it is always crowded. Seems like an affluent crowd that has been...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to import export's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

Definitely Sottovoce should be added to a must eat list. Been around for decades!

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to earlyretirement's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

Totally agree. I dine out non-stop in Buenos Aires. My dining out budget in fact is what I spend the most money on when I'm in town...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to Betsy Ross's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

Very good! Is Grok good? I mostly use Gemini because it's included free with my Google plan. I'll do the same prompt there. Hey...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to FuturoBA's post in the thread Expatsba's Top 50 restaurants (according to grok) with Like.

I prompted Grok to curate the top 50 restaurants geared towards what the members here had to say. It came up with the following...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie replied to the thread Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants?.

That actually doesn't seem bad at all. A 16 oz ribeye steak and a lobster tail for only $110?? That isn't bad at all. But 22% tip is...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to earlyretirement's post in the thread Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants? with Wow.

10% for BA is enough. My Argentinean friends are the same way Betsy. They always say I am tipping too much. If service is over the top...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to Johnny's post in the thread Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants? with Wow.

And the worst thing is they expect that almost everywhere you go here! Even at self serve frozen yogurt it cracks me up when they turn...

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie reacted to Cheap Bastard's post in the thread Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants? with Like.

I thought they always calculated tip before sales tax. Always a new way to rip the consumer off. No way I'm tipping 22% at a restaurant!

Mar 2, 2026
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reggie replied to the thread Does it still make sense to retire in Buenos Aires on fixed income?.

The dollar still goes further in Argentina instead of most places in the United States. But it depends where in the US you are retiring...

Jan 18, 2026
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reggie reacted to Surfer's post in the thread Does it still make sense to retire in Buenos Aires on fixed income? with Like.

First of all, great forum so thank you everyone for sharing information. I went to Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Iguazu and Mendoza many...

Jan 18, 2026

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