When I walk into Hotel Argentina, Dan greets me with a kiss on the cheek, “That’s how we say hello in Argentina,” he says. I love it. After our chat, I am treated to a delicious array of dishes from the new menu, inspired by the food he grew up with in Argentina. He tells the table that what he is bringing out…his mother-in-law Rosa’s pickled eggplant, grilled meats and octopus with house-made chimichurri, baby corndogs, zucchini flowers stuffed with blue swimmer crab, grilled veal tongue with white anchovies…would be par for the course at Sunday lunch in an Argentinian family. He explains that it’s all about lots of the food on the table for everyone to share and that Sunday lunch can last for hours as everyone eats and talks and spends time together. Sitting at the long table upstairs eating delicious food as the sun was setting, it felt lovely to be part of that tradition.