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#32417 - 06/16/05 10:58 AM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 05/06/00
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Frommer's online ( here ) has a write-up about La Barraca in Madrid. It states: Cuisine Valencian Hours Daily 1-4pm and 8:30pm-midnight Address Reina 29-31 Location On or near the Gran Vía Transportation Metro: Gran Vía or Sevilla. Bus: 1, 2, or 74 Reservations Reservations recommended Phone 91-532-71-54 Prices Main courses 12€-20€ ($14-$23) Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V Frommer's Review
La Barraca is like a country inn right off the Gran Vía, and it's a longtime local favorite. The food, frankly, used to be better, but perhaps my tastes have changed since my student days. This Valencian-style restaurant is a well-managed establishment recommended for its tasty Levante cooking. There are four different dining rooms, three of which lie one flight above street level; they're colorfully cluttered with ceramics, paintings, photographs, Spanish lanterns, flowers, and local artifacts. The house specialty, paella a la Barraca, is made with pork and chicken. Specialties in the appetizer category include desgarrat (a salad of cod and red peppers), mussels in a white-wine sauce, and shrimp sautéed with garlic. In addition to the recommended paella, you can select at least 16 rice dishes, including black rice and queen paella. Main-dish specialties include brochette of angler and prawns and rabbit with fines herbes. Lemon-and-vodka sorbet brings the meal to a fitting finish.
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#32418 - 06/16/05 01:17 PM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 06/23/01
Posts: 177
Loc: California
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I have eaten at La Barraca three times, although it has been a few years.
I thought it was great.
They have an inexpensive white wine there, Mantel Blanco. It was quite good.
A buen provecho.
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#32419 - 06/22/05 12:45 AM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 04/24/05
Posts: 31
Loc: nyc
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Ate at La Barraca last month. Someone had recommended it to us. We had a hard time finding it but the paella was really enjoyable. However, it didn't compare to the paella in Barcelona in El Rey de las Gambas in Barceloneta.
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#32420 - 06/23/05 12:59 PM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 10/28/01
Posts: 104
Loc: Dublin, CA
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My own personal favorite in terms of paella is also in the Barceloneta area of Barcelona and the name of the restaurant is SET PORTES.
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#32421 - 06/23/05 03:06 PM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 10/04/04
Posts: 657
Loc: New York City
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The Travel Channel? I do not know if this is the same Travel Channel given by Time Warner in New York City. But Travel Channel on Timer Waner is mostly full of Poker game programs. Hopefully the Food Channel will do a few shows about the food from Spain. Bill
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#32422 - 06/24/05 04:31 PM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 02/09/05
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Speaking of Paella, can somebody tell me how seemingly every business serving Paella in Madrid and elsewhere has the same "OK Paella" and "Casa de Paella" signs? Do these businesses make their own or do they buy it pre-made from a vendor?
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#32423 - 06/27/05 08:00 AM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 05/06/05
Posts: 29
Loc: madrid
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guys, if you want to have good paella, you have to go to Valencia!!!
Besides the fact that you need good quality ingredients, It's all about the water, in madrid the water is too soft, so it takes less time to cook and therefore not leaving enough time for the rice to steam nice and slow, to make sure it soaks up all of the ingredients flavors.
In valencia and the coastal regions, the water is much harder, helping to cook the rice better.
As for the question Maestroyaon makes, it all depends. If you don't see a publicity sign that says "yes we serve paella" with a nice pic of a paella dish, then most likely they make their own paella.
The bars with the publicity sign are usually frozen dishes where you just add water and boil it for 20 mins. So, if you want homemade paella, try to avoid those places.
I agree in that La Barraca, has lost a lot of quality. They have really focused their business toward tourist and from what I know, people from Madrid, don't usually go there.
Let it be also said, that if you don't know how a real paella should be like, but you love to eat rice, then the price-quality ratio is really good.
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#32425 - 06/27/05 12:13 PM
Re: MADRID: La Barraca Restaurant
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Registered: 04/03/05
Posts: 11
Loc: Central Texas
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Sparkalina, We just returned from Spain and it was recommended by the hotel Villa Real. We had late lunch and we really enjoyed ourselves. They even have a web site www.interocio.es/labarraca/ which I found after we returned. Jose
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