Tag Archives: allioli

Restaurant Victoria

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Mad Dog

The weather was good today, so I arranged to have lunch with Jonas at the Victoria. This is an old favourite, the food is good, the Menú del Día is incredibly cheap and we get treated like old friends. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Barcelona Bars and Restaurants, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Batuta, beef short ribs, carajillo, churrasco, guisantes salteados con gambas, Hierbas, menu del dia, pèsols saltats amb gambes, quallada amb mel, restaurant victoria, rosado, vermut de la casa, xurrasco a la graella | 2 Comments

La Flauta

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Mad Dog

On Tuesday evening Alicia returned home, full of praise for La Flauta, where she’d been for lunch with a friend. As the restaurant is nearby, I thought I’d go and check it out. After a beautifully sunny dawn, the heavens … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Barcelona Bars and Restaurants, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Cal Vicentó, calabacin relleno de pescado, carajillo, Crema Catalana, fot-li, La Flauta, menu del dia, paella, paella mixte, rain, rosado, Tempranillo, vermut, vi rosat | 9 Comments

Flor de Maig (2021)

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Mad Dog

I was shopping in the Boqueria for for oxtail this morning and as I walked up through el Raval to Sant Antoni, I had a good look at all the Menú del Día blackboards outside the restaurants (looking for lunchtime … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Barcelona Bars and Restaurants, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Buñuelos de Bacalao, carajillo, chicken curry, Flor de Maig, Hindu, Jamón Serrano, menu del dia, mousse de limón, pakora, Salmorejo Cordobés, vermut de la casa, vino rosado | 2 Comments

Sense Nom Cerveseria Cafeteria

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Mad Dog

On Monday I had lunch with Jonas and Alicia at Sense Nom Cerveseria Cafeteria, which is conveniently just up the road from Sant Antoni. The weather was lovely, warm and sunny but without the recent stifling humidity. Incidentally, sense nom … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Barcelona Bars and Restaurants, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants | Tagged allioli, carajillo, conejo al ajillo, dorada a la plancha, esparrago blanco en dos salsas, fideos a la cazuela, flan de la casa, librito de lomo, menestra de verduras, rabbit with garlic, Rioroso, Sant Antoni, sea bream, Sense Nom Cerveseria-Cafeteria, stewed vegetables, vermut, vino rosado, white asparagas with two sauces | 4 Comments

Arroz Caldoso

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Mad Dog

Arroz Caldoso is a meat or seafood broth (bouillon) containing rice. Arroz is the Spanish word for rice and caldo means stock (broth). Arroz caldoso is almost certainly a precursor to paella, which is a relatively modern dish, invented in … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Arroz Caldoso, bomba, caldosos arroces, El Rubio Infante Albariño, fish stock, mariscos, mussels, paella, pimentón d la Vera, prawns, rice, saffron, sea bass, sofregit, squid, Valencian rice | 3 Comments

Sardinas con Verduras

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Mad Dog

Sardines and pilchards are part of the herring fish family Clupeidae (the UK classifies sardines as being young pilchards). These are an inexpensive and sustainable oily fish often served fresh and fried, or preserved in salt, olive oil, escabeche, etc. … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, basil, Blanc Mariner, Catalan National Dance, courgette, Empúries, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, Horon, Kalamata olives, La Sardana, lemon, onion, orange pepper, potatoes, sardinas, sardines, thyme, tomatoes | 13 Comments

Arroz con Calamares

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Mad Dog

Arroz con Calamares (rice with squid) is a simple paella like dish which is very common in Cataluña, Valencia and other parts of the Spanish Mediterranean coast. This is economical fare, the bulk being made up of rice, flavoured with … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, arroz con calamares, arroz negro con calamares, black rice, Calamar vino blanco Rueda Verdejo, Calamars, clamares, cuttlefish ink, fish stock, garlic, green and red peppers, onion, parsley, peas, rice, saffron, socarrat, sofregit, squid with rice, tomatoes | 20 Comments

Suquet de Peix

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Mad Dog

Suquet de Peix is a Catalan fish soup or stew, popular in Valencia and the Balearic Islands, as well as Cataluña. The word suquet comes from the verb suquejar to release or secrete juices and peix is Catalan for fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Benufet Garnatxa Blanca, brou de peix, fish stew, fish stock, garlic, hake, merluza, onion, parsley, picada, Pimentón de la Vera, potatoes, prawns, saffron, sherry vinegar, sofregit, suquet de peix, tomatoes | 14 Comments

Paella de Marisco

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Mad Dog

Paella is a Valencian rice dish, which originated in the 18th Century. The Moors began cultivating rice in Spain, perhaps as far back as the 8th and 9th Centuries and the marshes and lagoon of L’Albufera, (in the south of … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, arroz a banda, bomba, calasparra, cava, fish stock, garlic, mussels, onion, paella, Paella de Marisco, Pimentón de la Vera, prawns, rice, romano pepper, saffron, squid, squid ink | 21 Comments

Fideuà

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Mad Dog

Fideuà is a Valencian dish, similar to Paella (specifically Arroz a Banda), but made with pasta instead of rice. Pasta is a traditional Spanish food, though most people associate it more with Italy or China. The Chinese were probably the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, calamar, cuttlefish, Familia Torres de Casta Rosado, fideos, Fideuà, fideus, fish stock, mariscos, pasta, Pimentón de la Vera, prawns, saffron, sípia, squid, tomatoes | 17 Comments

Tag Archives: allioli

Restaurant Victoria

La Flauta

Flor de Maig (2021)

Sense Nom Cerveseria Cafeteria

Arroz Caldoso

Sardinas con Verduras

Arroz con Calamares

Suquet de Peix

Paella de Marisco

Fideuà

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