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General Wargames and Hobby Discussion / Re: Eating out in Spain - travel advice, please
« Last post by FierceKitty on Today at 03:18:08 AM »We were in Spain a bit over a year ago, but sadly didn't make notes of locations or restaurant names. What I can remember:
1) There was a restaurant in Seville (El Cabildo, I think) which served a local dish of mildly spiced chick peas with spinach puree and little soldiers of fried bread; even my wife, who avoids vegetables, agreed it was delicious. Watch out for it.
2) The restaurant in the Prado was possibly the best of our whole holiday. We went to the sit-down, table service bit; can't speak for the cafeteria. Of course, you'll probably want to guzzle fast and get back to the piccies.
3) Fresh cod is ironically much less exciting than the salty, dried one. If you've eaten baccala in Vicenza, you may be tempted by fresh cod dishes in Seville, but are likely to be disappointed.
4) They say if you drink only small beers, you can dine on free tapas without quite getting totally plastered. However it goes, the croquettes in tapas are usually good.
5) You really should include Granada. The Alcazar is one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen in my travels, which by now have taken in a lot of places.
6) I can't speak Spanish, but was assured that if I spoke Italian slowly I'd be understood. Experience generally proved otherwise. If Spain is new to you, brace yourself - they aren't usually as good at English as other Europeans have become. In fact, in Madrid I even ran into a local who couldn't speak Spanish ("Me, Galicia, other language").
7) The standard breakfast is a kind of fried dough stick with a rich chocolate sauce, also loved by Mexicans. Overwhelming but good.
Hope there's something useful in the above!
1) There was a restaurant in Seville (El Cabildo, I think) which served a local dish of mildly spiced chick peas with spinach puree and little soldiers of fried bread; even my wife, who avoids vegetables, agreed it was delicious. Watch out for it.
2) The restaurant in the Prado was possibly the best of our whole holiday. We went to the sit-down, table service bit; can't speak for the cafeteria. Of course, you'll probably want to guzzle fast and get back to the piccies.
3) Fresh cod is ironically much less exciting than the salty, dried one. If you've eaten baccala in Vicenza, you may be tempted by fresh cod dishes in Seville, but are likely to be disappointed.
4) They say if you drink only small beers, you can dine on free tapas without quite getting totally plastered. However it goes, the croquettes in tapas are usually good.
5) You really should include Granada. The Alcazar is one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen in my travels, which by now have taken in a lot of places.
6) I can't speak Spanish, but was assured that if I spoke Italian slowly I'd be understood. Experience generally proved otherwise. If Spain is new to you, brace yourself - they aren't usually as good at English as other Europeans have become. In fact, in Madrid I even ran into a local who couldn't speak Spanish ("Me, Galicia, other language").
7) The standard breakfast is a kind of fried dough stick with a rich chocolate sauce, also loved by Mexicans. Overwhelming but good.
Hope there's something useful in the above!
