The 16 peso steak and chips / Obama's "Asunción" / Feria de Mataderos

These steaks cost 16 Pesos in a Sports Club in Palermo (the rich area of town). That's just over 3 pounds. Beautiful. And a great excuse to use the 'plate of food' setting on the Lumix:




Later that day Obama was crowned:





Feria de Mataderos is a festival held in the South East of Buenos Aires. There are stalls selling everything from Kiwi fruit jam to leather belts and maté paraphenalia, and for smaller people even a ride on a tiny horse. There is music and dancing till late and plenty of excellent food and drink - the fresh piccante empanadas are excellent.



A good man-on-horse statue, for a change not of the European military type. Not as overblown as the classic one of San Martin.









Jess was loving the llama. It looked less impressed.





Those empanadas:






A Shetland?!