Empanadas Express News
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Gastronomia Con Sabor
At Sabor we are passionate about South American food and culture, and we like to promote and to share our work with as many people as possible. We have joined forces with Express News, a Spanish-language newspaper for the Latin American community, who are celebrating...
Ferran Adria
Last Monday I went to the Restaurant Show with Rafi and Daz, Sabor head chef and one of his team. Without a doubt the highlight for us was to listen to Ferran Adria, head chef of "El Bulli", which is widely considered the best restaurant in the world (voted as such by...
Mercedes Sosa Tribute
Many of us at Sabor were sorry to hear, earlier this week, that Mercedes Sosa, the Argentine folk singer who became a powerful voice of resistance to authoritarian Latin American regimes, died on 4th October in Buenos Aires. A leading light of the "nueva canción" (new...
Empanadas Paisas
Empanadas are one of the most traditional Latin-American dishes, with their origin in the north of Spain, introduced by the moors during their occupation of the Iberian peninsula. Today you can find empanadas in almost any high street in Latin America as one of our...
Recipe for Aji
AjíAjí is a spicy tomato and coriander salsa, that is usually is served in any Colombian Restaurant, we enjoy scooping it up to crusty meat filled empanadas, yucas fritas, also spooned over grilled meats or fish. Ají is as important to Colombians as chimichurri is to...
Totó La Momposina
Our owner/manager and many of the staff and customers of Sabor are long-term fans of Totó La Momposina, and are thrilled that she's coming to London to perform at Cargo in Shoreditch on Wednesday 16th September. Totó La Momposina is a Colombian Singer who has...
The Colombian Exchange and Food Fusion
This is the second part of our occasional posts about the history of Latin American food. Check out the introductory article here. At Sabor Restaurant we're interested in all the possibilities of cooking inspired by Latin American ingredients and techniques.When...
Elegant South American Wines
It is a generally held belief that all New World wines are powerful, full of fruit, and perhaps a little brash. Whilst there are certainly many examples which support this notion, it is far from being a universal truth. In South America, there are many vineyards...
Discovering Latin America – Charities 2009
Every year the good folks at Discovering Latin America choose two good causes in Latin America to be the beneficiaries of the cultural events organised by DLA for the forthcoming year. This year’s choices were made in July, and Kiya Peru have been selected as the...
Bocca di Lupo
It's taken a while for us to get into Bocca di Lupo - which achieved the #1 slot in Time Out's list of the fifty best restaurants in London in January 2009, just two months after it opened - mainly because we've never tried to book, but have just turned up 'on the off...
Alex Wilson’s Salsa Con Soul Orchestra, Ronnie Scotts, 3rd – 4th September
Our friends at London Salsa Scene tell us that one of our favourite musicians Alex Wilson has more shows coming up at Ronnie Scotts - here's what they have to say:"Somewhere between London and Havana, volcanic activity has triggered the emergence of a new tropical...
Latin American Food History Part One
One of our aspirations at Sabor Restaurant is to promote and to share the variety of Latin American food, and first of all we must celebrate the contribution made by the original inhabitants of the New World, the American Indians, or whatever you wish to call them, to...
Verano con Sabor
It's been a while since we've sent out an update but meanwhile things haven't been standing still at Sabor. As always we've been working on new recipes in the kitchen, so that our menus can continually evolve. Our empanadas have always been popular, but now we offer a...