tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post5175512522726566000..comments2024-03-15T20:22:06.967+01:00Comments on A View of Madrid: Grub for Guiris: A beginner's guide to not starving in MadridA View Of Madridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276030592377295471noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-40009543182049543842010-11-27T13:21:16.171+01:002010-11-27T13:21:16.171+01:00Restaurants specializing in paella tend to be very...Restaurants specializing in paella tend to be very expensive in Madrid but some 'menu del día' places have days when they just do paellas. If you are in the Gran Via area you can try the Abrassador, they do a paella on Tuesdays, and for 9.50 euros you get the paella plus a first course, a drink (can be wine) and either coffee or pudding. They do the famous Cocido Madrileño on Thursdays, same set up. It is in Calle Salud 8, two mins from Gran Via metro (Yves Rocher takes up the corner). If you just want a drink, a caña (small beer) is 1.30, red wine 2.20 and white wine 1.90. A few other places in the back streets but I particularly like the handsome Jose!! Jane Nov 2010<br />P.S. for a useful translation of menu of the day terms put... softguide eating out madrid...in google and print it outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-87819850622509932022009-06-24T17:45:06.716+02:002009-06-24T17:45:06.716+02:00La Cerveceria de 100 Montadillos have one of the m...La Cerveceria de 100 Montadillos have one of the most amusing websites around. Check it out at:http://www.cerveceria100montaditos.com/Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-7583005110552411162009-06-24T16:03:50.727+02:002009-06-24T16:03:50.727+02:00I have to agree with Em. I have eaten at three or...I have to agree with Em. I have eaten at three or four of the Cerveceria de 100 Montadillos and found the food and beer tastes good and is reasonably priced for tourists. <br /><br />On the Menu del dia for lunch, I have found a big difference in price between outdoors and indoors - if cost is the concern, I eat inside and save. If I want to enjoy a three hour lunch outside, I pay the extra.<br /><br />I wish I had your post before I came the first couple of times, when I clearly was playing tourist and paid tourist prices for everything. Each time I go now, I feel more comfortable and am able to make my Euros go farther.Sherpa Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872916562511309808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-36212213609640340842009-06-23T22:55:39.700+02:002009-06-23T22:55:39.700+02:00Isabel, It could be!!!!Isabel, It could be!!!!Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-69962595682244980312009-06-23T11:05:58.682+02:002009-06-23T11:05:58.682+02:00The "Cafeteria Ricote" at the Plaza Can...The "Cafeteria Ricote" at the Plaza Canalejas does coffee with chocolate con churros for around 7EUR.<br /><br />I found the chocolate at Café & Té to be very thin, almost like drinking chocolate, so that it just ran off the churros when I was there. The Ricote chocolate was a lot thicker.Graham Tappendenhttp://www.allthingsgerman.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-81139387417860257742009-06-22T23:52:20.997+02:002009-06-22T23:52:20.997+02:00I hope you know that a tortillera is not somebody...I hope you know that a tortillera is not somebody who makes tortillas...pippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03563738127032800575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-44778477355117611452009-06-22T12:27:43.502+02:002009-06-22T12:27:43.502+02:00You are probably right, I have a policy with Menu ...You are probably right, I have a policy with Menu del Dia and/or tapas to look down the menu and if I find myself wondering what something is I order it on the premis that if the Spanish restaurants can sell it then it cant be entirely unpallatable.<br />The hard opart as a guiri is getting your head round eating some parts of animals that are no longer considered for human consumption in the UK. It was in this way that I encountered Galta - may be a catalan word - which I took to be the roasted shoulder blade of a small lamb when it arrived. In the end it turned out to be the jawbone of a sizeable pig, but delicious nevertheless. Canailles turned out to be black, slimey moluscs - probably winkles. I would have drawn the line at that but I was dining with an Austrian guy from the language school and didnt want to let the side down so ate the lot, washed down with liberal quantities of cerveza!!garyhttp://www.gtchild.co.uk/contentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-78282733642473200742009-06-20T19:20:08.615+02:002009-06-20T19:20:08.615+02:00Gary, I agree that el Museo de jamon is wonderful ...Gary, I agree that el Museo de jamon is wonderful value. I ate there just last week. Great menu del dia, I think for €10.50. But the very sight of the sheer "Spanishness" of the place would have put me off in my early days. I didn't even know what tapas were then, so I would not have been confident about what I was ordering.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-60997456401446402712009-06-20T16:50:36.259+02:002009-06-20T16:50:36.259+02:00Whilst youre thinking about where to dine you cou...Whilst youre thinking about where to dine you could have a beer and a sandwich for €2 at Museo de Jamon - there are no tables and chairs and theres a counter selling cold meat to the public but its the cheapest put you on snack within half a mile of Plaza Mayor - if you dont have the sandwich its €1 and they give you a sizeable tapa of cold meat, empanada or whatever is on that day...Garyhttp://www.gtchild.co.uk/contentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874137447740219052.post-66937080283565633232009-06-19T19:12:03.882+02:002009-06-19T19:12:03.882+02:00Also recommended - Cerveceria de 100 Montadillos. ...Also recommended - Cerveceria de 100 Montadillos. Chain of bar/restaurants serving, unsurprisingly, tasty little sandwiches with a choice of 100 fillings. Also do fries with 4 dips, salads and beer. Even better, every Wednesday is credit crunch day - everything on the menu is 1 Euro. Woo hoo.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327376265492188965noreply@blogger.com