MM, what is pan rallado?

Oh, only 2 more days and I will be on a plane!!!!!!!!!

Pan Rallado is finely ground bread. See photo below. It's the same stuff they use to "roll" the dough in croquetas.

Mmmmmmm, croquetas, my favorite snack....I'll be in Madrid for 2 weeks the end of August, first of September, maybe we can meet up for lunch...

I can't wait for my first bite of jamon on Thursday. Or my first cafe cortado, to see what the first free tapa we get is (bonus happiness if it is not olives or potato chips). Oh - and vermut al grifo - of which there is no equivelent in the US that I can find.

Sigh. So near but yet so far. I hope all of you that live in Spain realize HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

When I go home tonight I am going to stick my nose in a bottle of olive oil and breathe deeply.

My lunch? a cup of coffee and a Zone bar.

Ha! For my last U.S. breakfast (at a diner) I had a fried egg, link sausage, French toast, and hash browns. Mmmm... No more of that after returning to Spain.

I'm looking forward to my first Spanish meal tomorrow; LUNCH! Maybe a simple bocadillo de calamares before a long nap. Can't wait.

Surely our food-lover steve robinson can happily recount his foodie exploits of late.

Saludos, MadridMan

Did you go to Cracker Barrell????? LOL

Actually i´ve not been eating out that much . My Peruvian friend loves to cook so
i´ve been treated to Huevos Rotos , Revuelto de Gambas , Ensalada con Jalapeños , Steamed chicken .. mmmm
We recently had an Argentinian girl staying with us ( She lives in Zurich ) ... She had a blast here in Madrid ! One day we went Japanese ( I love Japanese food ) .. but we went to the terraza in Calle Ibiza where my Romanian friend works and had a ración of chopitos ( Maybe the best i´ve had in Madrid ) .. The patatas bravas are excellent too ! And my friend brought us some tapas ( free ) of little sweet bread rolls ( brioche ) filled with a garlic cream cheese .
For drinks we´ve had wonderful Granizado de Limón ( so refeshing ! ) , Tinto de Verano , and Cerveza .
And we took our Argentinian friend to the Estanque .. the lake in Retiro Park .. We hired a rowing boat .. On a mighty hot day it was nice to splash water over your head and face . My room mate was rowing .. first time .. we had a few collisions , but we got too close to the fountains and got soaked ... Hilarious !
I´m really enjoying the Madrid summer .

Steve

Yeah let´s meet up for lunch . I have a "Corte Ingles" department store near me and they have an area for "platos preparados" .. Croquetas de Jamón , bacalao and pollo .. . I often buy 15 ( 5 of each ) and eat them ( with a bravas sauce ) watching a film at home ..

well I am going for my vacation to Florida USA next week so will be able to savored some good American food ::) and big breakfasts....