So this is the class of April 2006.

Left to right,
Sarah, from Santa Barbara, California
Fotini, from Sydney (a Greek Aussie!)
Dan, from London
Heather from London
Me
Paola, our trainer
Liz

After this we all went out for an 'all you can eat 'buffet. But, before you scoff (which, to be truthful, is what we did), wait until you hear about the General Grant restaurant (or Resto as they're called here).

By the door is the parilla (the grill) where a sweaty man cooks really good meat over charcoal laid over a 6 foot by 2 foot barbie. Further in there are four big (really big, 30 items per counter) salad bar style counters where you can help yourself to anything from salad to tempura to sushi. I had been told to try their pancakes so I went over to the pancake cooking area and looked at the examples, which appeared a little anaemic. I asked the guy to make me an apple pancake (that's what had been recommended). He set to work with two pans, small, well used pans with strips of ragged cloth wrapped around the metal handles. He cooked a normal pancake then added sliced apple and added more pancake batter. Then while that was cooking he caramelized some sugar and syrup in another, bigger pan. Once the pancake with the apple was done he tossed it into the caramel and flambeed it in rum (BIG flames, nicely done) and served it. It was sweet and lovely, I had it with a little cream. It was like a toffee apple pancake.

And this was still part of the all you can eat (for AR$15... 1 hour's teaching)  ¶ 11:18 PM