El Chaltén · 49° S
Eating at Eco Domes.
Breakfast, trail lunch and dinner in the Dining Dome, and Patagonian lamb on the asador.
At Eco Domes there are two ways to eat. Under the Dining Dome, with Fitz Roy in the window. And when the weather allows it, outside, around the fire, a Patagonian lamb is roasted the way it always has been in this country.
Seventy-eight square meters facing Fitz Roy.
Wood, glass and plenty of light. Breakfast is served here in the morning and dinner at night, with the mountain in the window.
A glass of red,
looking at the mountain.
Breakfast
Freshly made coffee, refreshing natural juice, a delectable toasted bread, and the first rays of sunlight illuminating the majestic mountain. This early start ensures that you arrive at the trail with ample time to explore and enjoy the breathtaking scenery.
The trail lunch
A paper bag with everything you need for lunch by the lake. We pack it in the morning; all you have to do is carry it.
Four courses
A dinner that changes with the season, an Argentine red, and the long, lingering table talk of people who have walked all day. The kitchen is open only for guests and until nine.
Lamb on the asador.
The lamb is opened out on an iron cross, set upright by the embers and left for several hours while the asador moves the firewood around. We do it the way it has always been done here. Which is why it is an occasion: we light the fire when a group arrives, or when a guest asks us a few days ahead.
The firewood
It all begins early, with dry firewood and a fire that takes its time to become embers.
The cross
The whole lamb is opened out on the iron cross and tilted toward the heat. First the ribs, then the skin. No hurry.
It cooks slowly, for hours.
We serve it with roasted vegetables and chimichurri.
The asador
Watching the color, touching the meat, knowing when to turn it.
Just right
When the skin crackles and the meat falls from the bone on its own, it is ready.
To the table
It arrives with roasted vegetables, a little chimichurri and a red wine worthy of it.
