Confession # 1: I have to say, I'm not the biggest fan of Gordon Ramsay.
Don't get me wrong, he's a good looking man, got that bad-boy appeal down pat and is a really talented chef but...he's just a bit mean.
However, being the Food-TV addict that I am, my prejudice against Gordo didn't stop me from watching The F Word the other week. And I'm glad I did.
That episode in particular was a race to see who was to get into the semi final. A battle between Lasan, a modern Indian restaurant in Birmingham and the Argentinean restaurant Santa Maria del Sur.
Lasan served flashy, innovative, haute Indian cuisine albeit from a rather dysfunctional team headed by a slightly abrasive chef.
Santa Maria del Sur was all warm fuzzies - a close knit kitchen team serving hearty, delicious authentic Argentinean barbeque.
Confession #2: I would be a horrendous vegetarian. I just love meat too much. Steaks and chops and roasts...oh my! I like my steaks pretty much bloody and mooing. Beef tataki styles. Puts hairs on your chest I'm told.
So when I watched the Santa Maria chef lug hunks of beautiful marinated Argentinean steaks on to a flame grill - I knew I had to find and try that recipe pronto.
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