Rojo Tango
Thursday, we had nothing planned during the day. We wandered around the neighborhood near the hotel, bought some flip-flops that we’d forgotten and replaced an iPhone charging cord that failed, but the big event for Thursday was Rojo Tango, the dinner show scheduled for the evening.
We cannot say enough wonderful about the Tango show. It was in a theater setting (red leather, red carpet, red lights – hence the “Rojo” – in a very nice hotel about 15 minutes from us. Transportation was much calmer than the night before, which was welcome.
This was a dinner show, although we noted that a number of people came in, apparently just for the show part. The room seated about 100 people, and there were probably 50 for dinner.
Dinner started out with something that was very tasty, but looked kind of like a chicken McNugget. It was just a nibble to get you started, so wasn’t all that relevant. They poured your choice of wine (red or white) that was surprisingly good and service was much like on a cruise ship when they open the dining room doors – those folks were taking your order and slappin’ those plates out with amazing efficiency.
We were at a table for 2 which was about the size of a Thanksgiving platter, but which was dead center in front of the stage, with the orchestra behind us.
After the McNugget, they brought a phyllo dough with some type of filling. There were choices for your main meal – steak, salmon or a vegetarian risotto – and we both chose the steak, which turned out to be a Fred Flintstone sized slab of beef. We are big boys, but could only get through about half each before we cried “Uncle”. It was an excellent steak, though, and had a truffled leek puree and carrots. Dinner concluded with a rich chocolate mouse (there were other options, but c’mon! Let’s get real here!!) and eventually it was time for the show.
The show was a Broadway quality production that involved a couple that are apparently the Fred and Ginger of Argentina Tango, a chorus line of some 14+ folks and a male and female singer. Despite the fact that we didn’t understand a word they said, the music was phenomenal.
Speaking of which – there was a 5 or 6 piece orchestra right behind us, and two of the principals – who were essential to the flavor of the music – were guys playing these AMAZING Argentinian button accordions called a “bandoneon”. Imagine an instrument with a bellows like an accordion, easily 2 dozen+ buttons on each side and about a foot cube. Unlike a traditional piano accordion, they sit on your lap but don’t have shoulder straps and the sounds they produce are remarkable.
Yes, I was shopping them online this morning. They start at about $5,000, so I will not be trying to figure out how to get one in my luggage for the flight home.
The show was well worth the price of admission (and cost about the same as you would pay for a similar event in NYC) and words simply can’t describe it. They didn’t mind video, though, and hopefully what we post here will provide just a taste of the experience.
We cannot say enough wonderful about the Tango show. It was in a theater setting (red leather, red carpet, red lights – hence the “Rojo” – in a very nice hotel about 15 minutes from us. Transportation was much calmer than the night before, which was welcome.
This was a dinner show, although we noted that a number of people came in, apparently just for the show part. The room seated about 100 people, and there were probably 50 for dinner.
Dinner started out with something that was very tasty, but looked kind of like a chicken McNugget. It was just a nibble to get you started, so wasn’t all that relevant. They poured your choice of wine (red or white) that was surprisingly good and service was much like on a cruise ship when they open the dining room doors – those folks were taking your order and slappin’ those plates out with amazing efficiency.
We were at a table for 2 which was about the size of a Thanksgiving platter, but which was dead center in front of the stage, with the orchestra behind us.
After the McNugget, they brought a phyllo dough with some type of filling. There were choices for your main meal – steak, salmon or a vegetarian risotto – and we both chose the steak, which turned out to be a Fred Flintstone sized slab of beef. We are big boys, but could only get through about half each before we cried “Uncle”. It was an excellent steak, though, and had a truffled leek puree and carrots. Dinner concluded with a rich chocolate mouse (there were other options, but c’mon! Let’s get real here!!) and eventually it was time for the show.
The show was a Broadway quality production that involved a couple that are apparently the Fred and Ginger of Argentina Tango, a chorus line of some 14+ folks and a male and female singer. Despite the fact that we didn’t understand a word they said, the music was phenomenal.
Speaking of which – there was a 5 or 6 piece orchestra right behind us, and two of the principals – who were essential to the flavor of the music – were guys playing these AMAZING Argentinian button accordions called a “bandoneon”. Imagine an instrument with a bellows like an accordion, easily 2 dozen+ buttons on each side and about a foot cube. Unlike a traditional piano accordion, they sit on your lap but don’t have shoulder straps and the sounds they produce are remarkable.
Yes, I was shopping them online this morning. They start at about $5,000, so I will not be trying to figure out how to get one in my luggage for the flight home.
The show was well worth the price of admission (and cost about the same as you would pay for a similar event in NYC) and words simply can’t describe it. They didn’t mind video, though, and hopefully what we post here will provide just a taste of the experience.
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