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andalucía sabor

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by azahar in food & drink, friends, sevilla, spain, tapas, wine

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andalucía sabor, food show, janet mendel

andalucia sabor
Monday and Tuesday this week were happily spent at Andalucía Sabor, a fine food exhibition featuring Andalusian products and chefs along with cooking demonstrations and food and wine tastings. It was great fun but the best part was finally meeting cookbook author Janet Mendel in person, who came up from the south coast for the event.  More on Andalucía Sabor (and Janet) later on azahar’s Sevilla blog, but for now here are few pics.

más research

14 Saturday Sep 2013

Posted by azahar in food & drink, sevilla, spain, tapas

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desserts, manu jara, postres, sevilla, spain

mas que postres
A typical Saturday used to be going out late morning to do the weekly grocery store and market shopping, then maybe stopping in for a quick pringá and a beer on the way home for lunch… it’s been ages since I’ve done that. Another thing I used to like doing on Saturdays was RESEARCH. And so, as I knew I’d be seeing a demo by pastry chef Manu Jara at next week’s Andalucía Sabor, I thought I’d finally head over to Triana to check out the new cake and pastry shop he opened there in the spring. I came across it quite by accident one night just after Semana Santa and have been meaning to get back to it ever since.

Well, one thing led to another and I also ended up in Triana market, marvelling at how it had gone all gourmet in the past – what? – three months? So many changes. And so instead of catching up on my massive backlog of reviews and updates for Sevilla Tapas I ended up creating more work for myself by coming home with a huge whack of photos and three new reviews to write. But it was a lovely Saturday morning and afternoon out. And I now have a new “Bakery and Pastry Shop” section for Sevilla Tapas. You can read the review (and see more yummy pics) here: Más Que Postres on Sevilla Tapas

What’s your favourite way to spend Saturday?

last night in málaga

02 Monday Sep 2013

Posted by azahar in holidays, home, Malaga, sevilla

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holidays, Malaga, spain, summer, tapas

last night malaga
Yesterday I realised I still hadn’t made it down to the beach (!!!) so last night I took a walk over to Pedregalejo, the old fisherman’s village, for a final meal by the sea. And it was a gorgeous evening. It was a delightful 45-minute seaside walk from the centre, during which the sun rather spendidly went down. I also saw tons of frolicking kittehs on a rocky stretch of the walk, passed the new controversial chiringuitos (beach bars) recently put up by the city council, and even saw a bride and groom photo shoot that had them both frolicking in the waves… weird.

I couldn’t decide whether to go to my favourite family-run fish restaurant Andrés Maricuchi or go back to the newly opened Pez Tomillo (actually owned by Sevillano chef Ernesto Malasaña) so in the end I went to both. Had some fabulously crispy lemon boquerones at Maricuchi with a couple of glasses of Botani, then had a small tapa of stewed oxtail with potato purée at Pez Tomillo. And more wine. After which I stumbled to a taxi stand and was happily tucked up in bed with Morcilla by midnight. Nice ending to another wonderful holiday in Málaga.

Now back home catching up on emails and other work, plus sorting through photos. I think it’ll take me at least a week to do all my updates. Oh, and there are tapas tours booked. Lots and lots of them!

friday foto finder – rooftop

30 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by azahar in friday foto finder, photos, sevilla

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friday foto finder, rooftop

salvador moonThis week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “rooftop”…

I never learn. This photo taken on last week’s night time crypt and rooftop tour at Sevilla’s second biggest church (after the Cathedral), the Iglesia del Salvador. NOT the best activity for an agoraphobic like me. Panic ensued, but I still got a few good shots.

You can read more about the rooftop visit here: Salvador Church Night Tours

Check out what other Friday Foto Finders are posting over here!

mark & jo

13 Saturday Jul 2013

Posted by azahar in birthdays, friends, sevilla, tapas, twitter, twitter friends

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birthday, friends, sevilla, tapas

mark and jo

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