Hey everyone,
After reading a few posts talking about food I've got comida espanola on my mind. I was thinking an interesting thread would be the best meal you've had in Spain or favorite foods. I'll go first....

Best meal in Spain- (Madrid)-roasted lamb with pimientos and garlic

Favorite food-cordero al chilandron-pulpo al ajillo(roasted lamb in potato and octupus in vinegar and olive oil)

Fav Wine: Tinto Pasquera and Marques de Murrieta Tinto

Anybody else???

[This message has been edited by Jaime (edited 12-01-2000).]

I've had too many best meals to choose from, so I'll list my favorite foods:

sepia a la plancha
gambas al ajillo
champinones al ajillo
fabada
niscalos (al ajillo con perejil!)
pimientos de padron
pimientos asados with anything
pollo asado with herbs
any kind of pescado fresco
mazapan
tarta de Santiago
Spanish oranges, plums,and pears
chirimoyas

and about 200 other things I feel guilty about not listing, that I love only slightly less!
Wow, I'm getting hungry!

What??? No paella?

Paella has some sort of mystical draw for me. I don't know if it's the incredible effort that goes into harvesting saffron, and it's expense, or the ability to fuse shellfish and pescado with veggies and rice...I absolutely love paella!!!!

I haven't had a bad paella anywhere I've gone in Spain. Kind of like tortilla española, everyone seems to know how to do it right...which is ab fab with me!!!

ah, so many meals.... how's this. Ostras o Grove with an albarinyo wine followed by lubrigante (like lobster) a la plancha (with ajo of course) and some tarta de santiago to finish it off....yum!

what is tarta de santiago?

"lubrigante" ????. I guess you meant "bogavante". Or, you meant "lubricante" (lubricant). Uhm, I think lubricant is robot's favourite meal .

You know what I have been missing lately, that I thought were really gross at first? The little empanadas filled with tuna, tomato-y sauce and olives (I think). DO they only eat those in Castilla y Leon? I was shocked at how different Chilean and Argentine empanadas were...

[This message has been edited by Nicole (edited 11-28-2000).]

[This message has been edited by Nicole (edited 11-28-2000).]

La tarta de Santiago is a typical Galician almond cake topped with sugar (forming the Santiago's cross). It's quite "dense" and delicious!!

Las empanadas are originally from Galicia but they're also eaten in the rest of Spain.
The most common one in made of tuna and tomato however you can taste cod, clam, chorizo or beef empanadas also.

[This message has been edited by Castiza (edited 11-28-2000).]

Yum!

This thread looks oddly similar to the " I LOVE Spanish Food!!! " thread. ?? Oh well, you can't have too many SPAIN FOOD - related postings.

Saludos, MadridMan