25 Wednesday Jul 2007
Posted in food & drink, health & happiness
It’s been over a year since the last ‘popcorn mule’ came to town
(as far as I know, it can only be bought in Canada & the US)
If you can help out, please send me an email . . .
20 Friday Jul 2007
Posted in food & drink, photos, sevilla, tapas
Ah, the things I do for my public . . . 😉
As mentioned in the previous post, Nog and I had quite a lovely day yesterday and we ended up going out for ‘a tapita’ which turned into quite a meal. But we figured since I still didn’t have any photos of Los Coloniales for my ~ sevilla tapas ~ page, we should at least order a bit of a selection. And the bar guys got into it as well, bringing over a plate of one of the house specialities for me to photograph.
So here are the photos of Los Coloniales (photos 81-87).
And for Blues Shark, a few pics of Rayas (photos 88-91) – best darn icecream in town.
Also something for raincoaster – check out the squiddy chandelier in the new Rayas.
08 Sunday Jul 2007
Welcome back Bar Giralda!!!
Back at the end of May I wrote this very sad post when I saw that the very best tapa bar in my street had closed. I later heard from the (ex)owner that it was going to reopen again as a tapa bar (not another Starbucks as feared) and I was very pleased to see that it had indeed opened again under new management last week.
Nog and I were finally able to get over there this evening for a tapa dinner and we were delighted to see most of the old staff working there. I was also happy to see that the new owner had repainted the walls creamy-white again (for some reason they were painted a horrid orangy-red last year that seriously clashed with the gorgeous old tiles).
But I digress. . .
Being Sunday evening, the joint was hopping. We finally got a table outside and it felt wonderful to know that we had our Bar Giralda back again. And the ‘new improved’ menu (basically higher prices for the same stuff … but at least it’s the same stuff!) also came with some extra entertainment value as the new English translations had us in stitches. I mean, ‘thousand leaves with pig’ was bad enough, but a variation called ‘thousand leaves if mushrooms’ almost had me on the floor.
Ah well, maybe you had to be there. . .
23 Wednesday May 2007
Posted in culture, food & drink, home, photos, sevilla
     
     
I’m devastated! The best tapa bar in my street – CervecerÃa Giralda – has closed. It’s such a landmark that it’s going to be hard to imagine Sevilla without it. I saw the owner this evening at his other bar, La Estrella, and asked him why he closed down the best tapa bar in the street and he said he wanted to start slowing down taking things easier. I reckon he was made an offer he couldn’t refuse as it’s in a very prime location. It better not turn out to be another bloody Starbucks!
Meanwhile, we can still go to La Estrella as the tapa menu is pretty much the same there and it’s only about a five-minute walk from home. But it doesn’t have the same charm and ‘ambientation’ and you can’t sit outside under the orange trees and enjoy people watching as well as a lovely view of the cathedral. 
[update: bar giralda reopened in July! ] 🙂
04 Friday May 2007
Posted in food & drink, fun stuff, quizzes
You Are a Club Sandwich |
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You dream big. You think big. And you eat big. Some people consider you high maintenance, but you just know what you want… and when you want it. Your best friend: The Tuna Fish Sandwich Your mortal enemy: The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich |
What Kind of Sandwich Are You?
~ swiped from raincoaster ~
