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post prognosis party

11 Saturday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, food & drink, friends, life stuff, restaurants, sevilla

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And long post hangover ramble . . .

When Nog, Pablo and I finally left the hospital on Thursday, after receiving my unhappy updated prognosis, it was well past lunch time. So we decided to look for somewhere to eat and ended up near Pipocas’s house. There were quite a few options but I opted for Manolo León because it looked quite special and I decided – hang the expense! – because I felt like a party. . .

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bacon cups

08 Wednesday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink

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I know I seem a bit food obsessed these days but, let’s face it, the days have been kind of long lately. And now that it’s getting cooler it’s starting to be comfort food weather. I really must be careful not to regain the weight I lost after the first operation in May. But maybe just one salad filled bacon cup won’t do too much harm …

Don’t they look amazing?


~ go to not martha for more pics and instructions ~

an exquisite snack

06 Monday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink, health & happiness, photos, sevilla, tapas

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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one of the things I’ve been able to enjoy again are daily walks, and yesterday was no exception. Nog and I headed out late in the morning and I told him he was the ‘tour guide’, so for the next couple of hours he led me through the old Jewish quarter, down near the Alfalfa, and then up to the Ronda, all via little side streets, some of which we’d never been on before.

We ended up near Becerríta and I told Nog I had to get an outside photo of the place because I forgot to do so when Pipocas took me there a few weeks ago. So I tried getting a good shot but there was a guy hanging out in front who seemed to be waiting for someone and not likely to leave very soon, and so we decided to go inside for a cold drink. Well … after having been walking around for the past couple of hours we were actually getting hungry so Nog offered to treat us to a snack. We tried a couple of the special tapas del día on the menu and they were simply divine.

Above is a revuelto – basically scrambled eggs with potatoes and melt-in-your-mouth stewed bull’s tail. And below is grilled sea bass topped with slivered potatoes and served with marinated red peppers, onions and tomatoes. Along with a cold beer and chilled glass of white wine it was a truly exquisite snack. Kind of fed more than our appetites, if you know what I mean.

Boy, I love living in Sevilla!  🙂

damn my memory!

03 Friday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink, friends, holidays, rants, trips

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This is driving me bonkers!

Yesterday Pipocas took me out for a lovely lunch at a new place (well, new for us) called Viniera San Telmo. It had been recommended by someone from the UK who had written to me back in August, thanking me for my tapas blog because he brings people to Sevilla for tapa tours and apparently my site has been very helpful to him. He also told me about some of his favourite places here, one of which is Viniera San Telmo. And so we tried it out and it really was fabulous. Anyhow, over lunch . . .

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pasta

27 Saturday Sep 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink

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My friend Fanny (aka Effers) wrote about pasta on Ask h2g2 yesterday, linking to this food info website which describes and names the ‘most common’ types of pasta. Common? I’d never heard of most of them! Here at casa az the most common types of pasta used are spaghetti, fusilli and penne. What about at your casa?

Have you ever made pasta? I haven’t, but I’d especially like to make ravioli sometime and attempt to recreate my favourite dish at Porta Rossa – ravioli filled with seta mushrooms and pinenuts in a cream & nutmeg sauce with parmesan. Though I wonder if it’s really worth the time and effort to make your own.

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