Tag Archives: hake

Arroz con Gambas y Merluza

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Mad Dog

Arroz con Gambas y Merluza is a paella like dish of rice cooked with hake and prawns. I made this up, but you will find many recipes for Arroz Caldoso con Gambas y Merluza online – this is a soupy rice … Continue reading →

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Merluza a la Gallega

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Mad Dog

Merluza a la Gallega is a typical hake dish from Galicia. Merluza a la Gallega is a fairly simple dish of potatoes, onion and hake made special with a garlic and pimentón Ajada sauce. Galicia is a large autonomous region … Continue reading →

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Bar Restaurante Xose

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Mad Dog

This week I had lunch at Bar Xose, a few streets away from Sant Antoni Market. I’ve been here a few times before and it’s always good! The name Xose is Galician for José (Joseph) and serves Galician food – … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Can Miguel

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Mad Dog

I went to Calella twice this week with Oli and Nookie. We had been warned that restaurants in Maresme and the Costa Brava could be for tourists only – all pizza and bad tapas (tapas do not come from Cataluña), … Continue reading →

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Merluza con Garbanzos y Chorizo

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Mad Dog

Hake with Chickpeas and Chorizo I really enjoyed a bacalao with chickpeas and chorizo dish recently in Barcelona and thought I’d cook something similar at home. Hake is quite a good substitute for bacalao, since it’s from the same fish … Continue reading →

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El Racó del Mariner

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Mad Dog

November 26th, 2015 Even though I’d previously lived in Barcelona for several years, I had no idea that El Racó del Mariner existed until a couple of weeks ago. El Racó del Mariner (The Fisherman’s Dock) is a bar/restaurant that … Continue reading →

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Fifteen Raval

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Mad Dog

October 4th, 2013 I went to Manning Lobby Bar for lunch today, but when I got there it seemed to have undergone a name change… Well the menu looked good (click the image above to view) and the location is … Continue reading →

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La Mar Salada (expo lunch)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Mad Dog

April 23rd, 2012 To celebrate the success of Saturday’s Expo and to spend time with a group of friends who’d come over from London for the show, we went to La Mar Salada for lunch en mass. Anyone who’s a regular … Continue reading →

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Romesco

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Mad Dog

October 13th, 2011 Susan Ferguson took me to Romesco, the day after I arrived in Barcelona, June 1991. It’s an economical restaurant with lots of character and I’m delighted that the entire staff seem to be exactly the same as … Continue reading →

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