I loved this article. You are a great food writer because you remain objective throughout your observations which are delightfully detailed. Something that is a challenge for me, here in Argentina, is to accept the ambivalence most restauranteurs have towards customer service and consistency. In the USA consistency is mandate #1!! It’s the only reason MacDonalds still survives. You demonstrated 2 perfect examples with the rice pudding stand and the hot dog stand. Thanks for understanding both hemispheres so well. But thank you even more for upholding the basic requirements of a good meal.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I think a lot of it is just nearly 20 years of being here, having gotten used to the Argentine approach to service. It's not actually ambivalence on their part, it's just a different approach. The American... everything needs to be done now, and to my satisfaction, or I'm going to complain, just doesn't fly here (nor in most of the world). Everything gets done here, it just takes longer and is more relaxed. I've come to enjoy that, though there are still days when I'm like... I need to be somewhere, could we move this along a bit faster....
Thank you. Very thoughtful reply. I lived in the Caribbean for a while and you are right it’s just a different approach. Buenos Aires is such a large, fast paced city that I sometimes forget that it still retains a Latin love of savoring each moment. I will remind myself of that the next time.
It's funny, you're not the first to characterize BA that way, but having moved here from NYC, I've always found BA to be a rather small city, and slow paced. It's all relative!
I loved this article. You are a great food writer because you remain objective throughout your observations which are delightfully detailed. Something that is a challenge for me, here in Argentina, is to accept the ambivalence most restauranteurs have towards customer service and consistency. In the USA consistency is mandate #1!! It’s the only reason MacDonalds still survives. You demonstrated 2 perfect examples with the rice pudding stand and the hot dog stand. Thanks for understanding both hemispheres so well. But thank you even more for upholding the basic requirements of a good meal.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I think a lot of it is just nearly 20 years of being here, having gotten used to the Argentine approach to service. It's not actually ambivalence on their part, it's just a different approach. The American... everything needs to be done now, and to my satisfaction, or I'm going to complain, just doesn't fly here (nor in most of the world). Everything gets done here, it just takes longer and is more relaxed. I've come to enjoy that, though there are still days when I'm like... I need to be somewhere, could we move this along a bit faster....
Thank you. Very thoughtful reply. I lived in the Caribbean for a while and you are right it’s just a different approach. Buenos Aires is such a large, fast paced city that I sometimes forget that it still retains a Latin love of savoring each moment. I will remind myself of that the next time.
It's funny, you're not the first to characterize BA that way, but having moved here from NYC, I've always found BA to be a rather small city, and slow paced. It's all relative!