Martín Fierro!

Martín Fierro's Restaurant in Sao Paulo is a higher end restaurant with a very simple and common feel. The area is not big, with some tables inside, and some more in the veranda out front. Most of the plates feed more then one person, the idea is for you to pick a couple to share between your party. They also have a variety of appetizers and Argentinian empanadas. To start we got a couple of empanadas (pictured left). I choose the heart of palm and meat fillings, and they were both very good. The filling is moist and full of flavor, and the crust crumbles as you bite down, and yet is soft to chew. One could come to this restaurant to only eat the empanadas...

For the main course (pictured right) we got a peice of picanha (tri-tip steak), roasted potatoes and a salad (You can see the corner of the bowl on the top right corner). The salad could be a meal on its own with a variety of leaves, prosciutto slices, small blue-cheese crumbles, big pieces of tomatoes and heart of palm. The potatoes were roasted golden with garlic and rosemary seasoning. In the traditional way, the picanha was lightly seasoned with rock salt, and came medium rare (for some reason the picture came out looking a lot more rare than it actually was). The prime meat was tender and juicy.

This is a great restaurant where you can enjoy high quality specialized food without having to go to a gourmet restaurant. For the outstanding quality of the food it is fairly reasonably priced. I definitely look forward to coming back and enjoying this Argentinian's culinary abilities.