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Spain/Madrid/Valencia trip report Sept 16th-27th 2022
I’ll break this down into a few separate posts, I ate a lot of delicious food 
First dinner in Madrid was Sala de Despiece.
Fun funky bar/resto that was all the rage a while back. On the suggestion of the bartender/server I ordered some of their “classic” dishes and some Cava.
Fried artichoke- caviar/avocado/lime
Delicious
Red tuna sirloin- Pedero Jimenez/lemon/baby onion
“Rolex” Cured egg yolk/pancetta/foie/truffle
Chuleton beef carpaccio/tomato/olive oil
Razor clams- olive oil/fried garlic chips/shaved fennel Delicious but full of sand/grit, one so bad I almost spit it out and when I mentioned it to the server all I got was a grimaced face and a “meh, what do you expect from natural products” bad attitude if you ask me, sort of soured my experience tbh.
Dessert was “pepper ice cream” Cotton candy/strawberry/black peppercorns Nice and refreshing and unusual combo.
There was way more to each plate than I can recall, ingredient wise, but you get the gist of it.
It was fun watching the servers put together the dishes right in front of you, the food and cava were really tasty, the room was “funky” and lively, but the razor clam incident was very unprofessional. No “sorry, we’ll let the kitchen know right away” just attitude.
Would not return, but I’m glad I went.
Breakfast the next day was Casa Dani for their Tortilla Espanola.
Arrived early to beat the crowds and sat at the bar. Delicious tortilla, fresh bread and a cafe con leche for only 5 Euros. What a deal! Would def return and maybe try some different things as well as the tortilla.
To be continued…
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the food was really good and homey, nothing pretentious or too fancy, the music was fun ( 40’s 50’s and 60’s pop and jazzy stuff) and the service was very good.
