Lolinda (Argentinian)

Argentinian steak is just about as close to heaven as it gets for me. Phil and I traveled down to Argentina a couple of years back and we still talk about the huge, wonderfully lean hunks of perfect beef that we ate (every single night) there.  We spent most of our days happily suffering the "meat sweats" while drunk on amazing $8 bottles of Malbec. So...Lolinda had alot to live up to for us!  I am happy to say that we were not disappointed. We started with beef empanadas which were flaky on the outside and filled with warm beef, olives, cheese and potatoes on the inside.  Then came our hearts of palm salad with a creamy lime dressing (yum yum yum).  We shared a flank steak which was appropriately served with chimichurri and a side of croquettes, which were simply little nuggets of cheese and potato served with a spicy aioli.  Of course all of this was washed down with a bottle of deliciously spicy Malbec.  Ok, it wasn't $8, but it also was not terribly overpriced...by SF standards.  We will be back to Lolinda again very soon!