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Abril 5, 2010 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: backpackers in buenos aires, Hostel Colonial, Hostel in Argentina | # Enlace permanente
The perfect company for a gathering with friends in Argentina is the “picada”. It’s a food formed by many different elements that offers a variety of flavors and ingredients. Similar to Spanish tapas, Italian bruschetti or Mexican tacos and quesadillas, the Argentine picada is the best option to accompany a drinking session, usually involving beer or wine.
Among its traditional offer you can find: every kind of cold meats (generally traditional and Parma ham and salamis), cheeses (we prefer the solid varieties as the local “Mar del Plata cheese”), olives (stuffed and pitted), peanuts and all kind of chips. It usually comes with different types of bread and may include any other ingredient that can be presented in a reasonable quantity.
The main idea of the picada is to present food that doesn’t need a knife, a fork or a spoon to be eaten. Things you can grab with one hand (that’s why napkins are also needed!) while you hold your drink with the other. The presentation of a picada is done in many different small containers, some large containers with small divisions and wooden boards.
The picada is a ritual that you share with your friends in pubs, at dusk or at night. It’s also the most common invitation if you visit a friend house and a necessary option before eating the Argentine barbecue, the asado. There are simple versions, almost minimal, with salami and cheese; and more refined ones prepared by caterers in gourmet versions. The thing is that you Porteño experience will not be complete until you have order a good picada.
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Marzo 15, 2010 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: backpackers in buenos aires, Hostel Colonial, Hostel in Buenos Aires | # Enlace permanente
Next Wednesday March 17th, Saint Patrick’s Day, the most important Irish community festivity, will be celebrated around the world. Round the planet, the green color takes over the streets, symbolic clovers blossom and happiness irrigated by good beer walks on the streets and public walks. Buenos Aires is no exception to this.
Every March 17th, in Retiro neighborhood, on Reconquista St and its surroundings, the festivity takes place. The place is not casual, on this streets are located the most traditional Irish pubs of the city, headed by The Kilkenny. The streets are blocked off in the afternoon, when the celebration starts as an after office that last until dawn. To bring green clothing or something allusive to Ireland is a must.
The Irish community in Buenos Aires is not particularly numerous, but from some year now (since 1997 until today) Saint Patrick’s Day has become a popular celebration among porteños, gathering more than 100.000 people in the past years. Goblin costumes, fake red beards, tall green hats and hundreds and thousands glasses of beer in all its colors and presentations are part of the picture.
Hostel Colonial is in the middle of the celebration, just one block away from Reconquista St, five blocks from the traditional Kilkenny (on the corner of Reconquista St and Marcelo T. de Alvear St) and close to lots of other pubs of Retiro, among which we recommend: El Verde (878, Reconquista St), The Pub (924, Reconquista St) and Rigoletto (958, Reconquista St).
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Marzo 12, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
No próximo dia 17 de Março Buenos Aires estará toda verde para festejar o dia do Santo mais importante da Irlanda, o dia de Sao Patrício, em pubs com música celta, rock e eletrônica, e o principal…muita cerveja(Guinnes é a cerveja-mae)!!
Até pouco tempo atrás, o dia de Sao Patrício era uma festa exclusiva da comunidade irlandesa mas com a explosao dos pubs irlandeses, se começou a promover esse divertido e colorido evento.
Nos últimos anos, no dia de Sao Patrício, centenas de pessoas vestidas e pintadas de verde lotaram completamente os bares pedindo muitos chopps de cerveja importada e shows de música celta…Porém, com cada vez mais argentinos devotos do santo, os pubs já sao pequenos demais para tanta gente e as pessoas começaram a celebrar a festa nas ruas!!
Nesse 17 de março, toda a área que envolve as ruas Marcelo T. de Alvear, 25 de Mayo, Reconquista e San Martin e Avenida Córdoba estará fechada para a multidao!
E bem no meio do fervo…no Hostel Colonial já estamos nos preparando para uma comemoraçao verde e divertida!
Estamos localizados a somente uma quadra da rua Reconquista, onde podes encontrar diferentes opçoes de bares irlandeses que temos por aqui! E é claro que estamos planejando nossa própria festa no hostel com todos os nossos hospedes americanos, brasileiros, chilenos, paraguaios, uruguaios, europeus, mexicanos, colombianos…etc.
Enfim, amigos do mundo inteiro que vem para passar a Páscoa conosco!
Marzo 7, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
This next March 17th Buenos Aires will tinted in green to celebrate the day of the saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick´s Day, in pubs with Celtic, rock and electronic music, and the most important of all … a lot of beer (Guinnes is the star beer) !!
While ago, St. Patrick’s Day was an exclusive celebration of the Irish community but with the boom of Irish pubs, they started to promote this fun and colorful feast.
Over the last Saint Patrick’s Day crowds of people dressed and painted in green began to fill completly bars looking for many pints of imported beer and Celtic music shows …
But with increasingly Argentines followers of the saint, the pubs were small and people began to celebrate in the streets of the area.
This March 17, anticipating another great call was cut to passage in the area between Marcelo T. De Alvear St., 25 de Mayo St., Reconquista St., San Martin St. and Cordoba Avenue.
And in the middle of the big party.. in the Hostel Colonial, we are getting ready for a green and fun celebration…
We are located just a block away from the Reconquista Street, where you can find diferents proposals in all the irish bars located there…and of course we are planning our own parties here with all our americans, brazilians, chileans, paraguayans, uruguayans, mexicans, colombians…ect, well actually friends for all over the world that will be spending Easter with us.
The perfect company for a gathering with friends in Argentina is the “picada”. It’s a food formed by many different elements that offers a variety of flavors and ingredients. Similar to Spanish tapas, Italian bruschetti or Mexican tacos and quesadillas, the Argentine picada is the best option to accompany a drinking session, usually involving beer or wine.
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