Crizia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

On a recent trip to Buenos Aires we found it to be a city with a lot of excellent dining options. It was not an inexpensive city, and this is not a bargain, but it is a good value for visitors from Europe and the United States. We had the all seafood tasting menu, which is a favorite of mine. The seafood is sourced from all over Argentina's vast coastline, and the raw ingredients were spectacular. Equally impressive was what the chef did with them, dishes that highlighted the qulity of the seafood but also added or boosted it's natural flavor. What I think of as the add ons--the bread and the dessert--were good. The bread was spectacular, one with flavorful wheat and cultured butter and the other with flavorful corn. The desserts were very restrained, to the point where a dessert person might be disappointed, but for me it meant I didn't leave overwhelmingly full. I would 100% recommend this restaurant and would go back on a return trip.