Monday, August 1, 2011

I have finally overcome my difficulties with this blog, as well as the irony of being the member of the group who has to make a post about our second tapas excursion. So here it is, the best of the second tapas trip in A Foodie's Guide to Spain.

The favorite tapa of both Katherine and Sarah was the huevos fritos con farinato (far right in the picture below). I have heard that one should not ask or research what exactly is in farinato, much like one should not ask what is in American hot dogs. But, regardless of what may be nauseating ingredients, both taste delicious. Our group of six annihilated two orders after having already eaten at two other bars. Carla's choice of tapa, morcilla or blood sausage, is also pictured. It is the bottom dish on the top plate. Carla was generous enough to share her helping, and everyone agreed that it was quite tasty, despite the ominous name.

Linda's favorite tapa was the pimientos rellenos, or stuffed peppers (which I believe, but cannot tell for sure, are the center dish in the picture below). My second favorite dish, los tigres or mussels, are pictured as well, the two dishes on the right.




My favorite tapa is the dish on the center in the photo below, champinones or mushrooms. My home town is what some people call the mushroom capital of the world, so I have been craving mushrooms for this whole trip. And I finally got to have them, and they were delicious, cooked with a bit of bacon and onions.






Finally, the unanimous choice for the best tapas bar on the trip was Cafe Devinos, our last stop. It should be noted that if we picked this place after pigging out in two others beforehand, that the food must have been good enough to entice us to pack more into our already full stomachs.



1 comment:

  1. Aaron - great post! Farinato and morcilla were rightfully a big hit that night! It's tough to find a better tasting tapa than those two. Yeah, the ingredients are kinda gross when you think about it but we eat the same stuff (or worse) tailgaiting.

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