Montevideo, Montevideo

restaurants

Parrillada El Aleman

Bourdain had: “dripping meats of many kinds” (morcilla, chorizo, rib-eye steak). Dinner date: Nacho.

José Ignacio, Departamento de Maldonado

restaurants

Parador La Huella

Bourdain had: whole fish baked in salt, rib-eye steak, flank steak, suckling pig. Dinner dates: Nacho and friends; restaurateurs Martín Pittaluga and Guzman Artagaveytia, owners of Parador la Huella.

Maldonado, Departamento de Maldonado

restaurants

Cantina del Vigía

Bourdain had: empanadas with corn and shredded, slow-cooked beef; goat cheese and spinach croquettes; fried fish; provoleta (bubbling cheese that “puffs up and inflates on the plate”); whole roasted suckling wild boar; whole roasted fish; beef milanesa covered in tomato sauce, ham, and shredded cheese. Dinner date: Nacho, Diego Robino, film producer and occasional fisherman; Clo Dimet, chef and owner of Hotel Posada Paradiso.

Montevideo, Montevideo

cafe

Escaramuza Libros

Bourdain ate: homemade sausage with roasted turnip and fermented vegetables, beet quiche. Lunch date: journalist Carina Novarese, contributor for the publication El Observador.

Montevideo, Montevideo

bar • restaurants

Bar Arocena

Bourdain had: chivito sandwiches (“unofficially Uruguay’s national sandwich”) and beer. Lunch date: Ignacio “Nacho” Mattos, head chef and owner of Estela, Café Altro Paradiso, and Flora Bar.

Montevideo, Montevideo

bar • cafe

Bar Las Flores

Bourdain had: beer, pizza a caballo (“a bizarro stoner hybrid topped with thin chickpea flatbread”). Munchies dates: “Nacho,” Hablan por la Espalda bandmates.

Montevideo, Montevideo

restaurants

Jacinto

Bourdain ate: homemade gnocchi with mushrooms and pumpkin; prawns with avocado, apple, and wasabi; beef tartare with apple and wasabi Dinner dates: chef and owner Lucía Soria and Nacho.

Punta del Este, Departamento de Maldonado

restaurants

Las Nenas Steak House

Bourdain had: drive-through steak (skirt steak and ribeye), french fries, blood sausages, and beer. Dinner dates: Nacho and Diego Robino.