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Go Where the Taxista Takes You

http://www.foodquests.blogspot.com

I'm a freelance food and travel writer based in Buenos Aires. Every week, I hop in a taxi, ask the driver to take me to his favorite place to eat, and chronicle my adventures (culinary and otherwise).

Added on: Mar 28th, 2008
Country: Argentina
Language: English

Author: Layne
Listed in: Restaurants Travel
Tags: travel Culture Buenos Aires food restaurants taxi

Recent Posts

To Little Egypt with the Hungry Cabbie: Part 1

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 08:42 in astoria, famous fat dave, the hungry cabbie, new york food tour

While I've devoted the last three years to asking taxi drivers to deliver me to their favorite places to eat, Dave Freedenberg (alias Famous Fat Dave) has spent the past seven doing restaurant reconnaissance from the front seat of a New York cab."Eve...
Into the Driver\'s Seat: From Mind-numbing Map Reading to Mind-blowing Baklava

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 in astoria, baklava, into the driver's seat, yellow cab license, yaya's bakery

No, I'm not going to subject you to the details of all that I learned on the first day of taxi school.There were some fun moments, though. I especially liked the tremendously corny video "I AM New York: Becoming a Professional Taxi Driver," in which ...
Into the Driver\'s Seat: Taxi School & Street Meat

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 18:08 in into the driver's seat, yellow cab license, lamb and chicken over rice, famous halal guys, 53rd 6th

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.- Arthur Schopenhauer (quoted on the N train to Queens)First, the good news: the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) accepted my yellow cab application toda...
Kebob and Sour Cherries at Ravagh Persian Grill

Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 21:18 in manhattan, persian, murray hill, kebab, jujeh kebab

Ravagh Persian Grill in Murray Hill - one of two Persian restaurants that Eli Parviz recommended after we got lost during our quest for his favorite Colombian food - is more elegant than most of the places where I wind up on the taxi adventures.When ...
A Colombian Illusion and Two Persian Leads

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 16:37 in manhattan, san francisco, persian, murray hill, north beach

If there's anything I've learned over the course of these food quests, it's that in the moment I climb into a taxi, I have no clue what the back story of the person in the front seat might be.The idea that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover isn't...
Into the Driver\'s Seat: What a Difference an "E" Makes

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 04:41 in into the driver's seat, yellow cab license

Warning: The following is a rant, but the profanity is only implied.Five years ago, a teenage Gypsy caught me with my guard down and lifted my wallet - and every identifying document I owned - in the Madrid subway. Eventually, I replaced all that was...