Gaucho Grill (Gracechurch) Overview
The Gaucho is a South American cowboy, a wanderer who lives on horseback and calls the vast open spaces of the pampas home. Gauchos are fiercly protective of their culture, they are poetic and proud, and as tough as they are romantic. The ultimate gaucho was a man by the name of Martin Fierro - a cowboy poet, he lived on a staple diet of finest beef cooked on a makeshift grill calledd an asado. His traditions, culinary and otherwise, are still being carried on by the gauchos who ride out on the pampas today.
Gaucho grill steaks come only from young steers that have feasted on the lush, rich grass of the Argentine pampas. Their meat is so tender it has been likened to something between veal and beef. The journey from pampas to table allows the meat to age for between four to six weeks, a process that makes it more tender still. In the restaurant the meat is cut to order, salt and chimichurri oil are added. It is flash grilled on hot grills and turned only once.
Gaucho has the largest exclusively Argentinean wine list in Europe. Their wine buyers regularly travel to Argentina visiting the largest vineyards along with small independent wine makers, choosing only the highest quality wines for their list. (Updated 14/08/2005)
Additional Info: Food, Non-Smoking Area
Nearby Venues:
- George & Vulture (The), [Other/Unclassified] (0.07km)
- Nababbo, Italian (0.10km)
- La Grande Marque - Middle Temple Lane, Eclectic (0.10km)
- Lamb Tavern, Eclectic (0.11km)
- Chamberlains, [Other/Unclassified] (0.11km)
- Hamilton's, [Other/Unclassified] (0.11km)
- Leadenhall Wine & Tapas Bar, [Other/Unclassified] (0.11km)
- Luc's Brasserie, French (0.11km)
- Prohibition Bishopsgate, [Other/Unclassified] (0.14km)
- Mangiare (Lime St), [Other/Unclassified] (0.15km)
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