For years, I've passed by this little minutas spot here in the neighborhood and thought about going in. It's the kind of place that has the identical menu to every other little minutas spot in the city - a few things off the grill, some sandwiches, some omelettes, and some pastas, usually with the near identical list of sauces available. Essentially the porteño equivalent of a diner. I finally decided, on a chilly and rainy day, to pop in and have a little local "comfort food".
I love a good omelette, or a frittata, or, as here, a tortilla. And, it came down to that, or trying their version of my longtime go-to egg dish in town, the revuelto gramajo. In the end, the heartiness of a tortilla española won out. The allure of roasted potatoes, onions, and spicy sausage called out stronger than french fries and ham. Now, usually, these things are massive, and served for a table of 2-4 people as an appetizer, so I was figuring on eating somewhere around half to three-quarters of it and bringing the rest home. And while no small plate of food, it turns out that Norte's version is, while eminently split-table, particularly as an appetizer, it's actually quite manageable as a main course for one, if you eat nothing else. 230 pesos.
And, manage it, I did. Perfectly cooked, well seasoned, I loved the browned, crusty potatoes, which not everyone does, and even the sausage, which had a decent amount of spice to it, had been well-browned in advance. read more