A week ago today was a bank holiday and my fabulous friend Eduardo invited me out to a 20th anniversary lunch at a fabulous restaurant in a small village just outside Sevilla called Coria del Río. And so we spent a lovely afternoon at Restaurante Sevruga (named after a local caviar). When we arrived Edu introduced me to the owners, Pepín and Irene, a lovely couple who’d opened their restaurant and tapas bar eight years ago. After pouring us some wine Pepín asked what we wanted to order and Edu said – “just bring us some stuff”. What followed was a wonderful tasting menu of some of Pepín’s favourite dishes: crispy fried quail thighs in a soy-teryaki emultion, grilled langoustine and monkfish brochette with green apple reduction and paprika potato purée, sole fillet wrapped around white asparagus and then fried in squid ink batter…. you get the picture.  The rolled slow-roasted lamb served on lemon potato purée with garlic confit and aubergine compote wasn’t too shabby either.

Afterwards we waddled up to the top floor bar for some lemon and cava sorbet (and caramel cheesecake for Edu) and, if it had been a pleasanter day, instead of grey and pissy, we might have taken the little ferry back over the river. Instead we went back to Sevilla the usual way and had a late afternoon cocktail at Lab4 before heading home. You can see more of our Sevruga experience on Sevilla Tapas…

It was a great little day trip, in wonderful company.