30 Saturday Oct 2010
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Today’s Photohunt theme is “dark”.
Squid ink always makes food quite dark…
On the left is very garlicky squid ink spaghetti with a perfectly grilled scallop on top. Upper right are croquettes made of minced squid (and ink) and bechamel. And below that is some crispy seafood rice. The ink not only adds colour but also a delicate and delicious squiddy flavour. Here I buy it frozen in little sachets.
26 Tuesday Oct 2010
Posted in food & drink, friends, tapas, travel, trips
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Sitting up at the Huerta de Juan Rana yesterday afternoon, enjoying the view and a cold beer (after the long walk up some cold refreshment was very welcome). Today we will be over at the big orange thing in the background, then a quick lunch and home again.
And speaking of lunch, dragonqueen took me out to a most fabulous place that had been recommended by Agustín – and it really was wonderful. Later in the evening we met up with a couple of Twitter friends John & Gail and they took us to a typical cheap & cheerful seafood bar. Photos below, with the usual warning – don’t look if you’re hungry!
25 Monday Oct 2010
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Yesterday’s fabby lunch at home… Karin (dragonqueen) had asked about where to find a good paella here, and the answer was pretty much nowhere. So then I thought I’d make one here, throw in a tortilla, and call it lunch.
Turned out great and it was the last lunch with all of us together as Jean-Marie (ToyBox) had to leave at 3pm to catch his plane.
And today Karin and I are catching a 7am (aaack!) train to Granada…
Though we’ll be staying here (Karin’s treat) which I know will be lovely as that’s where Nog and I stayed when we went to Granada back in 2005 – pre-digital camera – and so that should help take the edge off having to get up so early.
Stay tuned for Granada pics!
24 Sunday Oct 2010
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Don’t you wish you were here?
above: evening tapas tour / below: restaurant lunch
We’ll be having a last mini meet lunch today – at casa az …
and tomorrow dragonqueen & I leave for Granada!
19 Tuesday Oct 2010
Posted in food & drink, home
Remember last week when I found out about the existence of that fabby green peppercorn dijon? Well, I guess it was bound to happen but while at the supermarket last weekend I had a look for some Maille Dijon Originale – and there was still none to be found – so I ended up getting the other two varieties that were missing from having a complete set: white wine grainy dijon and 3-herb dijon (chives, parsley & basil). Then yesterday while picking up bread at a different supermarket there it was – the good old ol’ original.
Obsessive? Moi? Oh, I dunno. I have yet to try the two new ones, but I’m sure they’ll also be fabby. And besides, they fit so perfectly on that one fridge door shelf, don’t they? Almost as if it was meant to be…
And here is a little something I call Loki con las mostazas.
