Disappointing dinner

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Faculty of Engineering.

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This Jacques Bedel piece wasn't on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, but it gives you an idea of what his work is like.

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The famous robotic flower that opens in the morning, and closes at night.

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The standard tourist shot is to make it look like you're holding it in the palm of your hand. It turned out lame, but I didn't care, because I thought the flower was kind of lame anyway.

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MALBA

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Antonio Bernini's "La Gran Tentacion"

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I was brought a basket of warm, delicious bread - at first I thought the buns were made with some type of grains inside, but they turned out to be bits of olive. Surprisingly, I wasn't revolted by them, and actually found them quite tasty - crisp, and soft. The French bread was crisp and chewy, and had a bit of a sourdough taste to it. Very nice with what was either a slightly sour, whipped butter, or perhaps a very light cream cheese - whatever it was, it was excellent. Accompanying the bread was a little shot glass of some damn fine little tomatoes, fresh basil, and olive oil. I was a little put off at first, because I thought they might have been olives. The tomatoes were unique, as I'm used to only having butter served with my bread.

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The main course was the fish of the day, with assorted seafood and veggies - cuttlefish, mussels, shrimp, asparagus, carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, and snow peas. Everything was overcooked, especially bad were the shrimps, and the beurre blanc was oily, chunky, and sticky - bad! And though the selection of veggies was good, the tough cabbage leaves were impossible to cut with the fish knife I was given. But I wondered - was my perception of the meal jaded by the sight of a woman openly breast-feeding her baby, without making even the slightest effort to cover up? I'm not asking anybody to NOT do something just for me, I'm only asking them to cover up a little bit!

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I originally planned on having dessert, but bailed when I saw how bad the entree was, instead settling for only a cortado. The cortado was served with a few lovely little bits of chocolate cake, lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Incredible! Light, with the texture of a soft sponge, not too sweet, and simply delicious. I regretted not getting dessert, as whoever made this cake (and let's not forget the bread) was far more talented than whoever cooked my fish.