Category: Spanish

Posted on

Crania

This place serves as a restaurant, and also a venue for deep and playa house music. Would definitely come back for both, it the thing about the reservation system is that if you cancel, you have to pay $15 USD per person.

As a music venue, it has burning mana vibes (and people can actually stay and camp there. We saw David Holme as a DJ there).

In terms of the food, we got the beef tartare, calamari and pork belly. Pork belly was really good (although not sure if it was the cause of my stomach being upset the next day).

For drinks, kept it safe and did red bull vodka (they had rebuke!), and whisky soda. Remember, always ask no ice (phonetically it is seen-yellow in Spanish).

Posted on

Casa Mingo

We went to this place from a recommendation from someone at work that grew up in Madrid.

Although the drink selection was limited (no Cava), the food was great. For drink, I stuck to white wine (although they have a cider that they are known for. It was pretty good, but could only have two sips).

For food, the tortilla potatas was great (it was not just a simple tortilla), and the chicken was basically so juicy (it fell off). We also got jaman and some sort of cheese (almost tasted like guda mozerella). This was a great recommendation, and would definitely go back.

Posted on

Restaurante Casa Benigna

On our second night in Madrid we wanted to eat at a great paella place, and we did!

This place is rated 4.5 on Google, and usually requires a reservation. Fortunately, they did let us in (although the door was locked when we got there).

The place was a bit fancy, but still let us in with shirts and shorts. For drinks, got a white wine that was a tad bit sweet (supposedly pairs great with the paella we ordered).

To start, they gave us some vegetable sticks / fruit sticks, as well as bread with butter that felt and tasted like cheese (soooo good). Also served a cold tomato soup called Gazpacho. Also great!

To start, got the tomato salad. Great way to start a meal by eating healthy.

For the main paella, got the seafood paella and a chicken and pork paella. Both were great, but I liked the seafood one better (others in the group found the other paella better).

For desert, got the apple pie (which almost seemed like an inverted apple pie). Also great! They also gave us complimentary melted chocolate and cookies.

Would come back here again in a heart beat.

Posted on

Restaurante Gloria Bendita Madrid

Stopped by this place for brunch for our second day in Spain.

Again, they didn’t know what a mimosa was (I should literally walk around with orange juice so I can add it to Cava, which literally is champagne), so I ordered an aperol spritz.

For the meal, we ordered a mixed salad, Jaman croquette and garlic shrimp. Gotta say, the garlic shrimp was awesome. Would order everything again, but still calling out the shrimp.

Posted on

Lolinda

Great place for drinks and tapas (not. Heap, but not super expensive).

The plates to nightlight (although everything pictured below was great): the bone marrow, yam fries, ceviche (shrimp and fish), a tar tar dish (name?) a sweet pudding dish (name?), and the assorted meat plate (name?, except for perhaps the blood sausage. The ribs and regular sausage were great).

For drinks, got an old fashioned and one other drink (not sure of the name).

Posted on

La Pepita

We ate dinner at this tapas place.

There were two dishes I really liked. The others I didn’t really care for or like (perhaps I was spoiled in the first restaurant we tried in Barcelona, Vinitas).

The two dishes I really liked were the scallops and shrimp dishes pictured below. The other dishes were artichoke, fros gras and steak, steak tar tar, and steak with mushrooms (first picture). I also got a mojito, which was not bad

Posted on

Paella Bar

We grabbed lunch in this place that is in St Josep Mercat.

Had a couple of appetizers and of course, a paella. For the apps we got the lobster and duck croquet, and an octopus dish. Both were great. For paella, it was the Catalana Paella, which had sausage, chicken, prawn and mussels. It was also really good.

Posted on

Lizarran

We dropped by this place for a quick bite to eat, where they served pinchos for only 2 euros each.

From the ones pictured below, the salmon with cream cheese was great, and the one with cooked pork.

Posted on

Vinitus

A great place to have tapas in Barcelona!

We ordered a bunch of tapas, but the highlights for me were the seafood salad, the clams, the calamari, and the second picture (not sure what it was called). The only thing I probably wouldn’t get again (although everyone else liked it) is the anchovies. But yea, I would get everything else again!

Many people also like the fro grois with beef (I thought it was ok).

Also, the sangria was refreshingly sweet.