Category Archives: spain

new widget

19 Friday Dec 2008

Posted by in food & drink, restaurants, sevilla, spain, tapas, wine

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tapas-widget I’ve been playing around with my Fotki albums the past couple of days and came across this widget, which I thought might work well on my Sevilla Tapas blog (the old front page pic I was using was this one).  So I went through my files and chose 80 or so of my favourite pics and put them together so that visitors could get a sneak preview of what the various tapas look like. You just click on the pic to get a new tapa.

But you’ll have to go over to Sevilla Tapas to check it out (it won’t work on WordPress.com).  And on azahar-sevilla.com I’ve put a different Fotki widget in the sidebar. Let me know what you think.

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lunch in sanlúcar

07 Sunday Dec 2008

Posted by in food & drink, friends, health & happiness, restaurants, spain, trips

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Had lunch in Sanlúcar de Barrameda yesterday.

It was the first time I’d been out of the house in a week (not including the hospital visit last Wednesday) so I was quite looking forward to getting out and going somewhere nice for lunch with Pipocas.  I was also feeling cautious of overdoing it like I did on my first day out after the liver op. And so of course I ended up going on a six-hour trip in order to eat the famous langostinos of Sanlúcar…

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going greek

15 Monday Sep 2008

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

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Yesterday Nog took me out for a real treat – my first proper Greek food since I left Toronto in 1990! It was at a place called Helas that I’d read about on a few different websites and apparently it was also written up in El Mundo as one of the 15 best international restaurants in Spain (not just Sevilla).

My original idea had been to go there for lunch the day before I check into hospital for my operation, but I actually think I’m going to spend that weekend eating light and drinking lots of water to prepare my system a bit … and so we went yesterday instead. And it was fabulous. My favourite olives are kalamatas and although the spanikopita pastry was a bit tough (I suspect they heated it up in a microwave) the meal was a success, especially as Nog hadn’t tried Greek food before.

The photo above shows a starter of metitzanosalata, tzatziki, dolmades, feta cheese and taramousalata, served with freshly baked hot pita bread. To see more have a look below. . .

[looks like this is going to be a week of special lunches as I’ve been invited out almost every day this week – another reason to take things easy this coming weekend]

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they’re here!

01 Monday Sep 2008

Posted by in cancer, food & drink, friends, holidays, sevilla, spain, tapas

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That’s Sara, me and Steve

They arrived late yesterday evening and we did the usual looking around for somewhere to eat that usually ends up with an extensive tour of the Barrio Santa Cruz until we find a place with a free table. We were eventually seated at  Casa Roman and had a very nice meal there. And later on we went for a nightcap on the rooftop terraza of the Hotel Doña Maria.

I’m so happy they’re here … for two whole weeks!