Anafe
Restaurant · Colegiales ·
Small plates reinterpreting global cuisines, emphasizing texture, freshness
Small plates reinterpreting global cuisines, emphasizing texture, freshness
"Anafe, located on a cobblestone street in Colegiales, has been quietly excellent for years. Their minimalist decor is all clean lines and neutral tones, while the creative fusion dishes are anything but plain. The menu rotates, but features local ingredients with Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean influences. Think sweetbreads glazed with sweet-and-sour sauce, or oyster mushrooms with a nutty pesto you’ll wish they sold by the bottle. Choose Anafe for a friend-date or a date-date—really anytime you want to impress someone with your subtle but right-on-trend taste. Share a few small plates, ask your server about the small-production Argentine wines on the menu, and bask in your own excellent judgement." - Annie Bacher
"The story of Mica Najmanovich and Nico Arcucci, who were already harbouring culinary dreams as students, is a tale of great conviction, as both pursued their ambition to work as chefs on their travels to Australia and Barcelona respectively. Their travels enabled them to assimilate cosmopolitan techniques and knowledge to their repertoire through influences from around the world. On their return, they started to work with pop-ups and, from this came a desire to open Anafe. In this simple eatery in the Colegiales district, their message is to “eat well, drink good wine and do both in a relaxed ambience”, hence their focus on global recipes with Asian, Australian, Jewish and Mediterranean influences, in which smoke and the open grill are the core elements in dishes designed for sharing, in keeping with Argentinian tradition. Their menu features cured fish, oyster mushrooms with cajú purée, grilled chicken with piri piri, and a superb calamari rice, to name just a few dishes." - Michelin Inspector
"After hosting wildly popular pop-ups, chefs Mica Najmanovich and Nicolas Arcucci opened Anafe, where the vibe is laid-back but the dishes are anything but relaxed. The husband-and-wife duo reinterprets Eastern European, Italian, and Mediterranean cuisines in small plates that emphasize texture, freshness, and flavor. Vegetarians won’t leave hungry, since more than half of the menu is meat-free. Just save room for dessert, the forte of Najmanovich, a pastry chef by training. If you can’t make it for a full meal, check out the duo’s cafe, La Ventana, next door." - Allie Lazar
"For an electrifying meal, I order oyster mushrooms in chestnut cream and demi-glace sweetbreads at Anafe in Colegiales."
"If you’ve read a Buenos Aires guidebook published in the past decade, you’ve probably noticed the “Puertas Cerradas” box recommending the intimate multicourse dinners inside private homes that were once all the rage. Today, times have changed, and fresh young minds are transforming the “closed door” supper-club concept. After organizing pop-ups in kitchens across BA, freshman chefs Mica Najmanovich and Nico Arcucci settled on the eighth floor of a high-rise on the Palermo-Colegiales-Chacarita border, complete with an outdoor terrace overlooking the Dorrego Flea Market. The vibe might be laid back, but the masterful dishes reinterpreting Eastern European, Italian, and Middle Eastern cuisines are anything but relaxed, and each small plate emphasizes texture, freshness, and flavor. Vegetarians won’t leave hungry either, since more than half of the menu is meat-free. The wine list features an excellent selection of boutique wines, like the orange torrontés and chardonnay blend from Pielihueso. Anafe serves dinner Thursdays through Saturdays, offers a fixed-price all-you-can-eat brunch buffet on Sundays, and regularly uses the space for gastronomic events and pop-ups." - Allie Lazar
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