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lizzie, helen & chris

23 Monday Oct 2023

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I have known Lizzie (@hollow_legs) for years, both virtually and in person, and last saw her in London in 2016. So I was thrilled to find out she was going to be visiting Sevilla this month with two other London foodie friends Helen @foodstories and Chris @chrispople and so of course we had to get together and do SOMETHING. That something was to take them out for an afternoon to taste Triana.

It was so lovely catching up with Lizzie, and also meeting Helen and Chris in person for the first time. Whenever people dis social media I always think of all the wonderful people I’ve met, and continue to meet, there. It’s like any useful tool… you have to know how to use it.

I don’t know if I’ll ever make it back to London again (I’d love to!) but I know that if I do I won’t lack for lovely friends to meet up with.

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at the market

09 Monday Oct 2023

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The other day I posted this photo on my Instagram/Twitter/FB and omg… the response has been wild. At the time of posting I didn’t even know what kind of fish this was, just saw it at the market and thought “wow! now that’s a FISH!” I have since found out that it’s known as a rubia in Spanish (gurnard in English, perlón, golondro, alingorri in other parts of Spain) but nobody, including experienced seafood chefs, had ever seen one this big. Apparently it’s especially good in stews or fried, with a white sweet meat from feeding mostly on prawns.

Of course there were plenty of other comments wondering if this was a dragon, a dinosaur, the Loch Ness monster or even Jar Jar Binks. You just never know what’s going to catch the public’s interest.

super serranito

29 Friday Sep 2023

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For those who don’t know a serranito is the most sevillano of all sevillano montaditos. It’s a crusty bread roll filled with grilled pork, jamón and grilled green peppers.  Mesones del Serranito has been keeping this local montadito going for 40 years now and today celebrated their anniversary by making the WORLD’S LONGEST SERRANITO spanning the length of the Triana Bridge (approx 150 metres).

Slices were then sold with proceeds going to social works carried out by the hermandades in the barrio Arenal. I didn’t stick around for that as I’m no fan of LARGE FOOD, and even less so when said food has been hanging around in the hot sun for a couple of hours. But apparently a good time was had by all, with an outdoor concert and cold beer accompanying the super serranito.

katie & paul

08 Friday Sep 2023

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So this was lovely! The other day a mutual Twitter/Instagram pal hooked Katie @bowlandandbay and me up as she and her partner Paul were in town for a few days. We met today – their last day – for a quick sherry at Manolo Cateca, which ended up segueing into a fun sherry filled afternoon, finishing up at Palo Cortao for lunch. Another great social media connection (I still love Twitter for this!) and new foodie friends.

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Katie runs food adventures in Lancashire UK so if you’re in the area look her up.

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