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pritesh & tareena & skye

27 Monday May 2019

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I first met Pritesh @luvfoodluvdrink and Tareena @TareenaMakeUp back in 2015 when they came to Sevilla. So I was excited when Pritesh got in touch last week to say they would be coming back, this time with their daughter Skye. They were also travelling with Tareena’s sister, her husband and baby daughter, so it was a real family affair.

After setting them up with a few “family friendly” places to eat over the weekend we finally got a chance to meet up for a quick drink during their last lunch in town before catching their flight home. Good times.  🙂

optical illusion

11 Saturday May 2019

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Last week when I was invited to the press conference at the Alcázar to announce this year’s Michelin Gala in Sevilla, I decided to spend a bit of time wandering around after the event finished. I mean, we were already inside! Thing is, although I have free entrance to this amazing place anytime, since I am a resident of Sevilla, it’s almost impossible to get in.

And so, I checked out a few of my favourite spots, including the peacefully beautiful baños de Doña Padilla. Of course what you can’t see in this photo is the bus-load of teenaged French students behind me, and various groups of other tourists, all clamouring for this very same “peaceful” shot. I beat them to it.

Poor Sevilla. I fear she is going to turn into Venice.

percebes!

10 Friday May 2019

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It’s been awhile since I had percebes (aka gooseneck barnacles). These creatures are caught off the coast of Galicia, often in dangerous conditions, and they are not cheap. In fact, you seldom see them in restaurants here, let alone tapas bars. So when I saw some on display at Cafetería Donald, and when I found out that Ania @writtenfromseville had never tried them… well, it was a date.

Percebes are simply boiled in salt water (sea water for preference) and you eat them by holding them by the “claw” end and then give the longer end a twist and pull, exposing the meat. At this point you might be squirted with escaping sea water, but no problem. They taste of the sea and have a tender-chewy texture. Really good.