02 Tuesday Aug 2022
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I should never bring these home, let alone TWO of them, but the second one was 70% off dammit. Crisps and popcorn are the only food items l can’t seem to resist if they are in the house (though l can go months without them – honest!). What are yours?
20 Wednesday Jul 2022
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Luis, owner Luis Barceló, Jonathan & Carmen
When you stop off somewhere you’ve never been before for a quick beer (because the other bar you were going to was closed) and end up chatting with the bar owner, then stay for lunch, and then make friends, not only with the owner and staff, but also with two couples sitting at other tables, then all of us finishing with orujo chupitos together… so much fun. Delicious too. This is El Rincón del Tito, about a ten minute walk from my house. Founded in 1982. l couldn’t believe I’d never been here before. Present owner Luis Barceló has been running it for the past 15 years. He also couldn’t believe I’d never been here before (what?? you’ve been to Eme’s and not here??). Anyhow, review going up soon on Sevilla Tapas, and yes, I will be back here soon. Love this place! Also loved the serendipity.
27 Monday Jun 2022
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Watermelon steeped in vermouth, then served over crushed ice with cinnamon, grated orange peel and fresh mint. Had this at Barra Baja the other day and wow, so fresh and summery.
24 Friday Jun 2022
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Omg do not allow these into your home. They seem innocent enough at first, a simple potato crisp/chip, lightly salted, no snazzy flavours, just simply what they are. EXCEPT that they are extra thick cut and are still crazy crispy and crunchy. TOTALLY IRRESISTIBLE. First tried them at a little bar here (served on the side of various tapas) and I loved them so much I had to ask where they came from. Turns out Almería, so I reckoned I was safe. But then they showed up in the Corte Inglés supermarket and now I am doomed.
05 Tuesday Apr 2022
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Twitter strikes again. Though this time is was more of an indirect hit as Heather and Eric are old friends of my neighbour Robert Warnock @warnock.robert and they got in touch through him about a tapas tour. I was booked already for the week, or as booked as I can be right now, but we decided to just meet up for a quick beer and a tapa… which then morphed into a lovely lunch. And with Robert joining us! I’ve known Robert via social media for at least a couple of years, recently finding out that we live about 10 minutes away from each other, and he is even one of my Patreons (helping to keep my Sevilla Tapas website going)… and yet we had still never met until now. So what a great time, and so nice to have finally met Robert in person.
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