Porteña

Portena – Argentinian Street Food

Porteño (feminine: Porteña) in Spanish is used to refer to a person who is from or lives in a port city, but it can also be used as an adjective for anything related to those port cities.

The largest city to which the term is commonly applied is Buenos Aires, Argentina, and since the end of the 19th century Porteños has come to be the name of the people from that city.

[1] As a result of great immigration waves from Europe peaking in the 1880s, the Río de la Plata area, and in particular Buenos Aires was mostly populated with people of European descent, mainly Spanish and Italian.

http://portena.co.uk

Porteña / Borough Market

Chimichurris

He will offer a great variety of dishes including fish and fresh pasta with a focus on charcoal grilled Argentine meats!

followed by a casual service, a cosy atmosphere and great drinks to wash it all.

Ex-Brindisa Head Chef Will Open a New Argentinean Grill in ...

Chimis, a “traditional Argentinean parrilla (grill) restaurant” — one that will focus on charcoal grilled meat and fish, but also pastas — will open on Southwark Bridge Road, close to Borough station, on Monday 29 January.

It is the first restaurant from Nicolas (Nico) Modad, who worked as the head chef of Brindisa Tapas’ flagship Borough Market site, and Federico Fugazza, the founder of the Argentinean street food stall Porteña.

The owner of that restaurant recently retired, and so Chimis was conceived.

Mijal Lasus, Federico Fugazza, and Nicolas (Nico) Modad of Chimis Official Dishes will include pulpo asado (grilled octopus with stuffed polenta, served with smoked paprika and salsa criolla), grilled lamb cutlets and Argentinean rib eye and sirloin steaks.

The 44-cover restaurant will open fully on Monday 29 January.

Chimis Argentinean parilla restaurant is grilling up a storm on ...

Summing it all up: The former head chef of Brindisa and the founder of Portena in Borough Market have joined forces to open an Argentinean parilla restaurant with all manner of grilled meat on the menu.

From one South American country to another, a restaurant on Southwark Bridge Road is sticking to its roots as it moves from Chilean to Argentinean.

Chimis is the brainchild of Head Chef Nicolas Modad (previously Head Chef at Brindisa) and Federico Fugazza who founded Argentinean street food stall Porteña at Borough Market.

The 44 seat space, which opened up before Christmas, is a traditional Argentinean Parrilla restaurant so yes, you can expect a whole lot of charcoal grilled meat and fish.

It's actually been open since November, but it will be on soft launch (50% off food) for dinner from 22-26 January and for lunch and dinner on Saturday 27 January and Sunday 28 January for brunch only.

Chimis

The restaurant comes from Nicolas Modad, former head chef at Brindisa, and Federico Fugazza of Porteña, an Argentinian street food stall in Borough Market.

This is very traditional and we’re excited by the potential for a great Argentinian restaurant in London.

Signature starters include grilled provolone cheese with chimichurri, peppers and mushrooms, and mollejas – sweetbreads with lemon sauce.

Desserts, we’re pleased to see, feature a whole lot of dulce de leche.

Snacks and starters are around £3–7; main courses are £13–23 and desserts around £4.

London attack: Borough Market workers saw three people stabbed in

Photo: AP Patrick, who works at Porteña, an Argentinian street food restaurant in Borough Market, said he saw three people get stabbed, before a gunfight broke out between police and the offenders.

Another worker at Borough Market, Alex Martinez, told Fairfax Media he was working behind the bar when a man holding a knife entered the restaurant and started screaming.

London resident Neal Tate told Fairfax Media that he saw at least two men being arrested on Borough High Street, not far from Borough Market.

Husband and wife Ben and Natalie told BBC Radio 5 Live they were outside Borough Market, coming up the entrance of the underground, when they saw a man stabbing a person with a large knife.

Latika Bourke is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age based in London.

Porteña, Empanadas - Borough Market, London

One of my favourite places to stop off for a quick bite in Borough Market is Porteña.

Porteña was originally setup by three friends who were looking to bring traditional Argentinian food to the UK using the finest quality ingredients and what better place to begin than Borough Market?

So, if you find yourself in or around London Bridge it’s well worth sampling a couple of Porteña’s empanadas along with a cold bottle of Quilmes, the most popular beer in Buenos Aires.

It’s one of a small but increasing number of food stalls that are actually open in the evening at Borough Market (it’s open until 11pm Tues – Sat).

Have you been to Porteña before or do you have your own personal favourite place at Borough Market?