EL GAUCHO

El Gaucho
Argentinian Steak House
22 Rivlin Street, Jerusalem
Tel. 02-6242227
Kashrut: Rabbanut Jerusalem

This restaurant is a meat lovers delight. The menu is carnivore heaven. As in “Momma put the coins on my eyes for I done died and went to heaven!”

Three of us went: Blonde goddess Natalie and her studly and handsome husband, Shlomi, and yours truly.

The table is set with three small tasting salads: tomato onion, olive tapenade and pickled lemon. Bread served with chimichurri came minutes later.

We had the mixed grill for three: entrecote, asado and filet mignon. Remember, here in Israel they produce kosher rear quarter meat.

The filet was to die for. Totally to die for! We have never had such an amazing piece of meat: soft, juicy, tender and flavorful. Similarly the entrecote was also amazingly soft and tender. Both meats were cooked to medium perfection. The asado sort of looked like a beef version of a lamb chop. It, too, was excellent, but a tad tough and with a lot of gristle. The mixed grill comes with two split open grilled potatoes.

Face it- the meat there takes center stage and deservedly so. Who needs a lot of veggies in the face of all that meat. Three of us could not finish it all.

We give El Gaucho our highest praise. The decor is sort of hokey Argentinean, the noise level is high, but who cares? At El Gaucho it is all about the meat, the meat, the meat!

For three of us, the price came to just under $100! Amazing!