And a new tapa experience…
For ages my friend and student iskenderum has been telling me that I MUST go to Taberna del Azafrán (azafrán means saffron) and today was the day. Kind of impromptu as it was around 12 o’clock and I was still in my pj’s so we decided some serious motivation was required to get me dressed and out the door. Being a gorgeous sunny day I suggested we hop on a couple of Sevici rental bikes and finally try out this place. And so that’s what we did, arriving just before 2 and getting the last free table in front of the bar.
So okay, it ended up being a lot more expensive than we’d planned on since at the tables you have to order raciones (you can only get tapas at the bar, which was jam-packed) but we decided what the heck. Especially as we didn’t go to Lisbon. And so we ended up having quite a substantial and delicious lunch. Which would have been really lovely had the waiters been even remotely friendly, which they were not (according to iskenderum this is always the case with the waiters there, but he says the owner is very friendly and pleasant). Anyhow, the food was very nice so maybe we’ll go back sometime and give the tapas a try … and hopefully the bar staff will be friendlier than the waiters.
The best part was the monogrammed plates with a stylized AZ on them. 🙂
Check it out on the Sevilla Tapas blog…
casa azahar 
It’s always interesting to try a new place to eat for the first time. Although it’s outside the centre of town we’d been past it a number of times, but without the recommendation we would probably never have tried it out.
Neither of us had ever tried chanquetes (the fish dish we had been told was particularly good) before either. Possibly it’s an acquired taste, but in retrospect we would have preferred the corvina or pavia. The solomillo was excellent though, and the personalised monogrammed plates were a nice touch.
Then a little shopping and the bike ride home. All in all a nice afternoon.
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