Triciclo was fantastic, the vibe, food and service!
D Stage was a huge let down - nearly all the courses were misses, almost all were very unbalanced, and some plain inedible. Service was very aloof too.
Wow, what a let down at DStage (not DSpeak)! But glad you enjoyed Triciclo.
Just snagged a reso at Sacha, but still need my hotel to contact them to inform them that the reservation is for 1 person, not 2 as thereâs no option on their website. Hopefully it wonât be a big deal on a Monday at 21:00
There wonât be a problem Pedro. Youâll be very welcomed as a solo diner. Glad you were able to snag that reservation.
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Iâm here for the photos.
Do we have enough Madrid HOs for a HOdown? Iâm in.
Iâm looking forward to it
Pete, you should do a meetup while youâre there! With @RobinJoy , @Maribel and anyone else!
Iâve met up with HOs in the States and with visiting HOs who have come to Canada. (Pete is a little more elusive than I am)
Iâm only there for 4 days, schedule is V tight and Iâm V elusive.
Peter,
If youâre fond of croissants and want to eschew the Sardinero Hotel breakfast, there is a wonderful, jewel box of a pastry (and chocolate) shop just a 3-minute walk south on Fernando VI. Itâs LA DUQUESITA, in business since 1914 and now in the hands of world famous master pastry chef Oriol Balaguer.
It has a tea salon where one can enjoy these treats in situ, like the croissants and chocolate Palmerâs. One of the best and most legendary pastelerĂas in the cityâan absolute gem and highly photogenic.
Or if youâd prefer a Spanish omelet for breakfast, a tortilla española, on the same square as your hotel, across the street facing the Plaza de Santa Barbara, you have the new, remade GRAN CAFĂ SANTANDER, now owned by the CañadĂo group of Santander, famous for their âcomfort foodâ dishes and especially their tortilla. When walking nearby we go there in the am (opens at 8) for a cafĂ© con leche and a pincho of that yummy tortilla.
Thanks so much, they both look wonderful. I wonât be eating in either hotel(the other is Hotel Cosmo in Valencia) if I can help it, not big on hotel food with the rare exception.
Would you recommend Café Santander over Casa Dani for tortilla Española?
Cheers and thanks again for the recommendations.
Both tortillas are great.
I just thought of the Gran CafĂ© Santander only because itâs across the street from your hotel. But if youâre in the Salamanca neighborhood of the Mercado de la Paz, Casa Daniâs is unbeatable, and one portion is the size of a third of an entire omeletâhuge and delicious. A cafĂ© con leche and a pincho of tortilla plus bread at Casa Dani will only set you back 5 euros! A bargain.
In the vicinity of the Hotel Cosmo in Valencia, I would head straight to the Mercat Central and Ricard Camarenaâs CENTRAL BAR for a mid-morning snack or lunch. The dishes are fabulous, and the market a treat for the senses. Central Bar will be packed with the locals enjoying the traditional âtheir esmorzar de forquillaâ, a mid-morning snack served with knife and fork around 11 am. The. sandwiches are also outstanding. Central Bar opens at 9 am but is closed on Mondays.
I donât mind a bit of a walk to get to Casa Dani, only 10-15 mins or so, and Iâm an early riser anyway. The only question is, onions or no onions?
Central Bar is on my Valencia list for sure, looks great.
Once again, thanks so much for the help and sorry I didnât reply earlier.
Cheers!
Hi Pedro,
For me at Casa Dani, itâs tortilla with onions!
Sold!
One last question and Iâll leave you alone⊠Your favorite place for huevos rotos?(if you have one)
I love broken eggs (huevos rotos, huevos estrellados).
The most âfamousâ place for this dish is Casa Lucio on the Cava Baja or its sibling across the street, Los Huevos de Lucio, but I havenât had them there in years (I just no longer âgrazeâ on the bar-lined Cava Baja).
Not a "Madrid version, but a Cantabrian one, we recently had a great dish of âhuevos rotos con patatas y picadillo de Potesâ at LA MARUCA on Calle VelĂĄzquez, within a short walking distance of Casa Dani (eggs and more eggs!)
LA MARUCA is in addition, a good place for a casual meal for a single diner, as there is plenty of bar seating for lunch.
Itâs part of Paco QuirĂłsâ CañadĂo group (Gran CafĂ© Santander, mentioned upthread is another member). They all serve great classic comfort food that lures diners back again and again.
Hereâs the menu-
The pretty tiled-linedTaberna Carmencita mentioned in Phoenikiaâs link, doesnât serve the classic huevos rotos (theyâre not broken over fried potatoes) but instead fried eggs accompanied on each side by morcilla or chorizo or paletilla and French Fries.
Not the sameâŠ
Fismuler, which would be within walking distance of your hotel, does their own version, but on a base of steak tartar, but I prefer the âreal dealâ if Iâm going to commit to the calories!
Casa Lucio and La Maruca both look excellent, but La Muruca is much closer to the hotel soâŠ
Thanks again.