The first ice cream stop of many, at Abuela Goye inside the Galerías Pacífico mall. That's super dulce de leche on the left and chocolate with dulce de leche on the right.

Some samplings from the salad bar at Spettus in Puerto Madero. Sadly we forgot about the camera when the meat offerings came around.

The start of lunch at Cabaña Las Lilas, also in Puerto Madero. That's a meatball in a tasty sauce in the middle.

And then came the meat. We shared a ribeye steak with our boyfriend. There was a tasty salad as well, but it wasn't quite as photogenic as a piece of meat with an adorable little red cow. Jugoso = medium-rare.

Dinner that night was at Restó in Recoleta. It started with complimentary glasses of pink champagne and an amuse bouche of paté, and then came our appetizer: mullet that came with a glass of fresh-pressed apple juice that complemented the dish perfectly.

Main course: quail stuffed with spinach and peanuts, plus a side of sweet potatoes.

And finally, dessert: molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and dulce de leche.

Because everyone needs a little ice cream at 2 a.m. That's a scoop of chocolate plus a scoop of dulce de leche with bon bons.

Nothing goes better with pizza...

...and empanadas...

...than Quilmes.

Because one can never have too much ice cream. That heavenly thing is dulce de leche con brownie.

The main reason for the trip was the wedding of the daughter of some family friends. During cocktail hour, we were given these awesome plates. Seriously, they're genius. We spent much of cocktail hour marveling at these things and wondering why we've never seen them in the U.S.

So we didn't get a chance to photograph the appetizer and entree, but here's the dessert at the wedding.

Everyone had already had dessert, but that doesn't mean that we couldn't have more. These dessert tables (which included about six different flavors of ice cream) were set out just as we were leaving, at 4:45 a.m. We hear the party continued until after 6.

Fruit + popcorn on a stick at the Feria de Mataderos. We didn't try it, but it certainly looked interesting.

What we did try, at a small place with a large outdoor grill: vacío (flank steak) and some of the best chorizo we've ever had. A few short hours later, unfortunately, we hopped on a flight back home.

All photos by Nathan Hale and Carolina Bolado.