The weekends in Buenos Aires get poppin' on Thursday nights (for some even on Wednesday or Tuesday nights...). We started our night with Chinese food. We were craving something other than beef and cheese and searched for a Chinese restaurant in town. From a select few options, we landed up at Garden. The food didn't exactly satisfy our craving, but it was a nice change of pace.
Afterwards we headed to Shamrock, a random faux Irish pub. Again, not exactly what you would expect for a pub. Then we headout out around 1:30 am (this again is a bit early for folks here) to the Aroaz club. On Thursdays, they call the place Lost. It is all hip hop music and before 2:30 am, break dancers take over the dance floor. It was awesome to watch and see a subculture of BA. Most boliches (clubs) play techno/house music. More "eurotrash" than anything else.
At Lost, I felt like I was in New York or Chicago. The style of clothing, people (most wearing a New York Yankees hat) and dance was completely hip hop. A lot of United States ex-pats and travelers come here. It is one of the few, if not only, hip hop dance parties here. They played a lot of old skool songs like Gangsters Paradise. They even played a Bhangra/Jay Z mash up!
The coolest part of the night was when a break dance circle organically formed in the middle of all the dancing and we were right in the inside of the circle watching it. It was awesome! The night was interesting because we experienced three distinct cultures that have all been fused to Argentinean culture into a unique blend.
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