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[mumblemoron]

Gaucho Marks the Spot

That's a witty title, right? Well...fuck you, I'm happy with it...

Anyway! That was a bit of an aggressive start to day's mumbling..and I apologize. So on to the most important of writings which keeps all of you (just Nat reading this?) on the edge of your seats. You cannot complete your day, be happy in yourself or feel fulfilled until the most amazing of writings are complete. And so I shall continue.

Yesterday was day 2 in the glutenous work filled week of restaurants and fine living. To ensure I could gleefully get my fill I skipped breakfast and had a small salad for lunch (Sainsbury's, self-service counter - watch out for any hobo's who may have put their defecated hands into the pasta). After work we jumped on the Tube and headed to Bank. Now, I fucking hate the tube at the best of times - and rush hour is clearly the worst of times. So darn packed, a tin of sardines cannot correctly metaphorically describe the crampedness. People were queuing up the stairs and out away from the platform to get on the train...mental! Off we went to Gaucho's, the Argentinian restaurant. Now, the layout of this place isn't exactly traditional Argentinian - cow hides and patterns on most pieces of furniture. But the dark lighting, the funky music and the cute staff definitely gave it a nice atmosphere. The wines here was amazing - Argentinian reds normally are - and the Gaucho beer was pretty tasty too. For the meat choices they actually come round and show you the raw lumps of beef and the different cuts - with an explanation of each cut, how it's cooked and the best way to have it served (medium, rare etc.). I went for the Churrasco de Chorrizo. Unfortunately the waitress misheard me and took out a different chorirzo cut, which she did take back and got me the correct dish within 5 minutes (I asked for rare to medium so it wasn't a problem!). The food was fantastic, the wine was perfect, and the dessert of ice cream with Jameson topped it off! Afterwards we found a like Be At One bar - I've never been in this chain before, and I really liked the feel of the place. Bar staff were cool, some funky jazz infused music, and Quilmers beer (keep it Argentinian, peoples!).

It's now gone midnight, I have an hour to my last train, and some dolt gives me the wrong walking directions. 10 minutes later I'm back at Be At One bar....google maps was playing up and I got lost around Blackfriars...thankfully managed to flag down a cab and made the train. Home by 2AM...up again at 7 for another day at work. And another restaurant. More on that later ;)  

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