Has anyone heard much recently about the following Madrid restaurants?
Zalacain - which I gather has been around for a while.
Terrassa del Casino (spelling?) - boasts some relationship with Adria.
I am strongly tempted to re-visit La Broche, but wonder whether these (or others) merit serious consideration.
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Started by Wilfrid1, May 20 2004 09:26 PM
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 09:26 PM
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 09:58 PM
Can't help you on the restos, but I can tell you there are 3 excellent art museums in Madrid, FWIW. The Prado being the best.
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 10:07 PM
I keep meaning to 'recommend' Horcher in Madrid.
Set up by Herr Horcher, Hitler's personal chef, who was tipped off that Berlin was about to fall and managed to find a friendly welcome in Franco's capital. The restaurant is still in the same family's hands and still serves German 'haute cuisine', Spanish game, and French wine to Spain's dwindling but rich fascists.
Fascinating, unique, expensive, and, actually, quite excellent cooking.
Set up by Herr Horcher, Hitler's personal chef, who was tipped off that Berlin was about to fall and managed to find a friendly welcome in Franco's capital. The restaurant is still in the same family's hands and still serves German 'haute cuisine', Spanish game, and French wine to Spain's dwindling but rich fascists.
Fascinating, unique, expensive, and, actually, quite excellent cooking.
A dress is neither a tragedy nor a painting it is a charming and ephemeral creation, not an everlasting work of art. Fashion should die and die quickly in order that commerce may survive.
Food or frock?
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 03:14 PM
Glad to hear the fascists are dwindling - that's certainly a place I hadn't heard of (unlike the Prado :P ).
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 06:48 PM
As I dimly recall, there's lots of Bosch at the Prado along with the usual Spanish suspects.Glad to hear the fascists are dwindling - that's certainly a place I hadn't heard of (unlike the Prado :P ).
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 07:08 PM
The other 2 museums being MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA and CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA (or is it Sofia Reina?), where Guernica hangs.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 08:14 PM
Correct. :blink:
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 08:25 PM
What about the Museum of Ham?
"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions." -John Ruskin
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 08:41 PM
Oh good! Do I win the Jamon Serrano?Correct. :blink:
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Posted 27 May 2004 - 04:18 PM
I re-read my notes on my last dinner at La Broche, and I'm going there again. It was amazingly good, and I won't get a chance to go every year.
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If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 12:13 PM
Had to cancel La Broche last night and re-book it for next week, thanks to Madrid airport losing my luggage. Bastards. They claim to have found it again, so I may have a change of clothes this evening. I daresay I might have swaggered into La Broche wearing the same gear Iīd slept in on the plane, but I guarantee I would not have enjoyed it.
I am logged on from Lavapies (or Washfeet in English), the backstreets of Madrid, and feeling slightly better for two small beers and a creamy slice of tortilla.
Bad news: Starbucks everywhere.
I am logged on from Lavapies (or Washfeet in English), the backstreets of Madrid, and feeling slightly better for two small beers and a creamy slice of tortilla.
Bad news: Starbucks everywhere.
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If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 02:59 PM
What means this?a creamy slice of tortilla.
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 03:04 PM
It is better to have beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 03:26 PM
Sounds like a good way to drink beers.
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Posted 02 June 2004 - 04:19 PM
And extraordinary numbers of young Latina hookers, bizarrely congregated just off the Gran Via where all the cops park their cars and mill around. The cops seem not the slightest bit interested in the somewhat vigorous propositioning which goes on. Almost as rough as Pigalle.
I donīt see much point repeating tips about Madrid which have appeared in the past, although Iīm happy to field questions. One new recommendation to pass on is Bodegas Taberna Ricla, right opposite Botin. I called in here a few times on my last visit, but failed to note the name. I really like the place. It has the look of a rather grubby, cramped hole-in-the-wall, but in fact itīs run with some care and attention for locals and the odd tourist. An interesting selection of regional wines chalked on the wall (I liked the Pata Negra Gran Reserva 1996, at about a dollar glass), as well as very inexpensive wine from the barrel, sherry, vermouth, cider and the rest. Space is limited, and the bar itself is about four inches wide. I have found a small tiled surface by the door, large enough to hold my book, my drink and my snack, and a good vantage point for observing the cummings and gowings at the restaurant opposite.
As well as the free tapas (a sardine here, a slice of chorizo there), thereīs a good list of canapes (tapas on bread) and raciones. One thirst-provoking specialty is the cabrales blended with cider, which I think I mentioned before. They also offer a very civilised tapa of callos (tripe stewed with chorizo) rather than the stomach-stuffing bowl usually offered. Speaking of stomach-stuffing, the Madrilenos do seem very fond of bread. I ordered some morcilla in a bar called El Buscon, and it came sandwiched between great wedges of hot toasted bread, sandwich bars are everywhere, and montaditos (little rolls) are all the rage. Nice, but itīs just rather filling.
I also drank rather a lot of sherry in La Venencia, but that oasis has been mentioned often before.
I donīt see much point repeating tips about Madrid which have appeared in the past, although Iīm happy to field questions. One new recommendation to pass on is Bodegas Taberna Ricla, right opposite Botin. I called in here a few times on my last visit, but failed to note the name. I really like the place. It has the look of a rather grubby, cramped hole-in-the-wall, but in fact itīs run with some care and attention for locals and the odd tourist. An interesting selection of regional wines chalked on the wall (I liked the Pata Negra Gran Reserva 1996, at about a dollar glass), as well as very inexpensive wine from the barrel, sherry, vermouth, cider and the rest. Space is limited, and the bar itself is about four inches wide. I have found a small tiled surface by the door, large enough to hold my book, my drink and my snack, and a good vantage point for observing the cummings and gowings at the restaurant opposite.
As well as the free tapas (a sardine here, a slice of chorizo there), thereīs a good list of canapes (tapas on bread) and raciones. One thirst-provoking specialty is the cabrales blended with cider, which I think I mentioned before. They also offer a very civilised tapa of callos (tripe stewed with chorizo) rather than the stomach-stuffing bowl usually offered. Speaking of stomach-stuffing, the Madrilenos do seem very fond of bread. I ordered some morcilla in a bar called El Buscon, and it came sandwiched between great wedges of hot toasted bread, sandwich bars are everywhere, and montaditos (little rolls) are all the rage. Nice, but itīs just rather filling.
I also drank rather a lot of sherry in La Venencia, but that oasis has been mentioned often before.
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***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
