{"id":16,"date":"2007-05-25T22:04:21","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2007-05-25T22:04:52","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T21:04:52","slug":"dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/25\/dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went back to the little place we went to on the first day or so (Cafe Ronda<\/a>) and had a meal. A very good meal. We skipped starters which was probably a good thing and went straight for the Argentine mixed grill for two. We also had rose sangria which was very nice as it was still quite hot out. Turns out they only take cash or American Express. Joe may still be doing the washing up. Actually there is a cashpoint on the corner and they seemed quite used to people getting the bill then asking for the nearest cashpoint.<\/p>\n

Came back to the room and Joe stopped at the little market and got three beers and three ciders (Canadian cider made from Granny Smith apples, quite interesting). He was going to get some gelato from the little shop near our hotel but the queue was quite long – the shop is toward the middle of the block and the queue usually stretches to the end of the block and beyond. Very popular place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went back to the little place we went to on the first day or so (Cafe Ronda) and had a meal. A very good meal. We skipped starters which was probably a good thing and went straight for the Argentine mixed grill for two. We also had rose sangria which was very nice as it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4T97-dinner","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4289,"url":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/10\/and-home-again-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":16,"position":0},"title":"And Home Again","date":"Wednesday, 10 December 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Got up way too early, packed too early, down to check out too early. 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