Oh Francis...

So lets get back to Anthony Bourdain... while he was here he made a stop in Garzon. Garzon is a small town in the middle of nowhere. A while back an amazing Chef from Argentina named Francis Malman decide to buy four of the rundown buildings in the town. He then restored them and turned them into a hotel, restaurant, cute little art shop and a theater. Nothing big just a places to relax and enjoy but we must remember that relaxing comes with a price. There are only 8 room and they run $400 to $600 a night. Needless to say we did not stay here. We drove on dirt roads for about 45 minutes. I think we bitched most of the way because there was not one sign. Thank GOD Jay knows how to use a map. We arrived just at sun started to set. The town is small and very rundown. Almost every other building is for sale. From the outside Malman place doesn't look like much but you can tell which buildings belong to him. They all looked clean, yet simple. We parked next to his place, thinking that we weren't going to be able to go in but maybe peek in the window. As we walked to the front my aunt and I saw a bold head. We both look at each other and we know... it was Francis. Jay gave me this, please do not bother him, look, but my aunt and I walked right up to him and pulled the I'm from the US and I saw you on Anthony Bourdain and we loved the bit he did on Garzon and this place is wonderful, so he let us town the place and take pictures. The place was amazing... not $400 to $600 worth of amazing but amazing. We then walked back out and he was gone...