Just saw you replied. Right, the radio show is great and the sushi is delivered. Best not to get those confused…

And exnat – I went back and listened to the radio program, and thanks for the link, it was fascinating – but the only mention of BA is from a caller who lives here and makes a point that while sushi is popular in BA, the quality is iffy, and you have to be careful where you go, plus that outside of salmon, there’s little variety – he never said or even implied that the city offered a great sushi experience, and the hosts of the show seemed surprised that it was even available here. His one point that he found exciting was that you could get sushi delivered.

Popularity here? No question. But popularity doesn’t equal great. Just my opinion of course.

No one threatened me with a knife, and neither am I an expert on sushi or cuisine. However, most of the readers of BuenosTours are probably not experts either, and are merely just looking for a nice place to eat and enjoy good company. If I exaggerated my enthusiasm, it’s merely because I really did have a nice time at Maki and I would want other people to go there to have the same. Sorry for any confusion! And hey, let’s admit it, Chilean salmon is pretty darn good.

Yes, it was great to meet you at the bloggers event yesterday too. It seems almost everybody is beating me to posting about it!

Nathan,

My dear fellow, you appear to have me and my new guest poster Rachel confused. It must have been her that was threatened by a sushi chef with an especially sharp knife.

In fact, if you go here:

http://www.maki-sushi.com.ar/ (official website of the restaurant in question)

and click on ‘Eventos’, I think we will find our culprit

Cheers,

Alan

Thanks for your comments – however, I can’t really make a reasoned response or indeed a judgment on Sushi in Buenos Aires, or elsewhere for that matter, because I am allergic to fish and seafood in general, and have therefore never concerned myself with any knowledge of any kind of cuisine involving fish or seafood in my life up to now.

All I do know on this matter is that many expats have told me how great the sushi is here in Buenos Aires, so I just have to take their opinions, and now yours, into account. Although it sounds like you are right about a lack of decent raw materials for sushi (pardon the pun) here in Buenos Aires.

I’ll let Rachel, my new guest blogger, who made this post, respond to your comment with her thoughts.

Thanks,

Alan

Far be it from me to stick up for non-confrontational Alan but let me just say, having never had sushi in Buenos Aires, I DID actually hear about it on this great radio show about sushi. Yeah, it’s heavy on the old Chilean salmon but that doesn’t make it bad.

On the other hand, Alan’s superlatives might just imply the sushi chef threatened him with an especially sharp knife.