So since I've been here, I've been meaning to get into the Madrileña eating schedule - breakfast, 2nd breakfast, tapas, lunch and so on. And that means late dinner. So far, I have had 2 really great, late dinners! For the first, my TEFL friend Brittany and I walked around the streets of Sol and picked a restaurante con terraza (an outside terrace) area at random. We enjoyed a glass of Rioja (the typical, Spanish house wine) and an appetizer of marinated olives while we waited for our food. I ordered to Cerdo Solmillo, which was pork tenderloin in a glaze sauce and Brittany went with some simple fajitas. And with all the walking we've been doing, we went ahead and splurged on the Brownie Especial - brownie with raspberry flavoring.
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| Pork tenderloins |
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| marinated aceitunas (olives) |
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| brownie especial |
The second dinner was at a restaurant call Los Marcianos. Yes, the Martians. Complete with alien-theme decor. But luckily, we didn't let the eccentric outlook throw us off; the food was delicious! We split a tapas platter, which was actually a series of tapas served as separate courses. First, was the tomato/cheese salad, similar to ensalada caprese.
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| Chicken cordon bleu with squash |
That was followed by boiled potatoes served with little bowls of mustard, a spicy tomato sauce, sour cream, and goat cheese. The tomato sauce is the same used for Patatas Bravas, and it has a really big kick. Third was a kind of like a breakfast dish - crumbled sausage (possibly chorizo) and fried potato strings were served with an over-easy egg on top. Very yummy!
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| sausage, fried potatoes, and eggs over-easy |
The final dish had small chicken cordon bleu (filled with the ever-present
jamón) on a bed of squash.
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| JAMÓN. |
And for dessert, we were brought a small
torta (we think it was a rum-based cake) with a huge dollop of
helado on top!
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| torta con helado - we think it was rum cake. |
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