Rick Powell
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12:09:26 am on February 3, 2010 |
Finally made it to MASH, a restaurant in San Telmo which bills itself as a British curry house. Expected to be disappointed, and although I was in the lack of nan or any other kind of recognizable Indian bread, the curries themselves were authentically hot and tasty with well-cooked long-grain, if not basmati, rice.
Imagine. Spicy food, properly cooked rice. In Buenos Aires.
What I can’t imagine is any porteño being able to handle the heat of the curry. Nope, when they say British, they mean it.
No British beers, though, which was too bad.
It’s a bit pricier than your low-rent parrilla, but I was sated after the meal, considering the price included, um, several, uh, tortillas, I guess… with 3 tasty chutneys and a mint and yogurt sauce for dipping and scraping.
Unexpected, satisfying and worth it, although it was strange to see a tikka masala on the same menu as a Thai green curry, which wasn’t really green.
Mash is located at Mexico 524 in San Telmo. It’s good. Try it once.
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