Laundromats and Lomos

A couple of days ago I started chatting to the Chinese family that run the laundry next to my apartment and it turns out that their son, Jing, is interested in studying engineering in Australia or the US, so we talked a lot universities in both places.

Last night, they were very kind to invite me for dinner and we went to an excellent Parilla, an Argentino BBQ. I've definitely gotten over my anti-meat stance from the first few days and have been eating beef 2, sometimes 3, time a day. I try to get a salad as well, but sometimes I forget and just eat beef and chips. It's hard to describe the beef over here, I don't know what it is, but they just know how to cook it. The beef is great in Australia, but we just don't know how to cook it compared to the Argentinos. The two main cuts here are Bife de Lomo and Bife de Chorizo, not to be confused with Chorizo (sausages, which are also amazing here). The Bife de Lomo is a better cut, but I find the Bife de Chorizo a little tastier. That could just be my unrefined palette though. Oh, and don't even get me started on the sauces :)

I definitely recommend a visit to Leo at The Gaucho Grill on Parramatta road to try it out. I don't think I'll be eating this much meat for the rest of my trip, so I'm enjoying it while I can... damn, I just got hungry again.

On the topic of food, I've also been spoilt by Dora who has been feeding me chocolate cake for breakfast. I would refuse the cake, but I don't want to hurt her feelings, eat each delicious homemade cake that she offers me.

I haven't only been eating though, Spanish is going well but is exhausting and we're doing tenses at the moment, so I think my sentances will make sense some day soon.