El Cuartito
Talcahuano 937
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Apparently, pizza is a local specialty in Buenos Aires. J and I did not know that until we started doing restaurant searches online.
When you enter El Cuartito don't let the interior intimidate you. We were so intimidated that we almost walked out. The restaurant is separated into three sections. The kitchen just happens to be the middle section, where customers walk in, with two rooms of tables on either side. There are no hosts or hostesses. Just grab a seat in either the left or right section and a waiter will be with you. During the lunch rush the waiters here work hard so it may be awhile before they get to you. However, J and I still found them polite and patient.
The first time we ate here we ate a notoriously memorable pizza - the anchovies were so salty that I could only stomach one slice. In the meanwhile, I was admiring the white fluffy pizza that everyone else seemed to be ordering. From a distance it seriously looked like banana cream or lemon meringue pie. On the way out, J asked the waiter what that pizza was. Fugazetta, we were told. We had to come back.
And, so we did go back when J's parents came to town. This was the 3rd and final restaurant we ate at a second time and we got straight to the point. A small fugazetta for 4 people was just enough and it was amazing! It's a white pizza of onions and three types of cheese - provolone, mozzarella and reggiano. This is something that I'll be trying to replicate when I get back to the States.