Inflation here? gas/grocery prices just continue to climb

I spent a week in BA and I totally know what you are talking about.
it got to the point where the women in the company only ordered salads and deserts (and 'salad' is just a bowl of whatever vegetable you mention - a carrot salad is a bowl of shaved carrots, so you would just 'build your own' salad with your waiter)

"ensalada de pasa, por favor"
- probably not buzd