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English speaking staff was always helpful with direc- we found out that the place is known for dishes made
tions and other arrangements. So after settling in, we with llama meat including thinly sliced carpaccio,
headed out for lunch to a restaurant the friendly desk grilled cuts, and even stroganoff. We were grill-meated
clerk recommended. What we didn’t know was that out from our food adventures in Buenos Aires, so we
El Charrua Restaurante Parrilla is world famous for opted for chicken and fish dishes which, while tasty,
their great regional dishes which, of course, feature didn’t seem to measure up to the stacks of meat being
wood-fired meats. We found a table in the two-story served to diners all around us. We enjoyed a bottle of
stylishly casual dining room that was quickly filling crisp locally produced Torrontes white wine with our
with happy diners, many family groups that seemed meal. The restaurant is also famous for its frosty white
to be celebrating special occasions or just enjoying a drink concoction served all diners at the end of the
relaxing Sunday brunch. meal at no charge. It was delicious, but we still don’t
The menu offered an assortment of beef cuts, but know precisely what we gulped down.

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