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23 Thursday May 2024
Category Archives: spain
ronqueo 2024
20 Monday May 2024
A ronqueo is the traditional butchering of a tuna, the name being a reference to the sound the knife makes as it scrapes along the spine (roncar = snore). I was invited to a special ronqueo this week to announce the beginning of Almadraba Tuna & Peruvian Flavours week, organised by my friend Eva @Flamencakitchen with La Pandilla de Perú (the Peru Gang! four restaurants run by Peruvian friends here).
The ronqueo started off with the fellow from Barbate hauling a 160 kilo tuna out of a van and commencing to hack it to bits. With extreme precision. Omg I was wincing in sympathy for his lower back but in less than half an hour he had this beautiful beast perfectly cut into the various parts and pieces with no waste whatsoever. Then it was time to eat.
The four chefs from Lima Street Food, Chicha Cocina Peruana, El Abrazsador and La Salá got to work preparing the special tapas each of them were going to offer during the week while we drank pisco sours and cold beer enjoying the show. And then we got to taste the show! Seriously every tapa was fabulous. This was a brilliant concept and a great way to showcase both the annual almadraba tuna catch and the talents of these amazing Peruvian chefs. Thanks Eva!
night time sevilla
14 Tuesday May 2024
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More and more I am opting to do lunchtime tapas tours simply because I AM OLD NOW and staying out until after midnight really takes it out of me. Much prefer going out with people in the afternoon and getting home by 5 pm, having a shower, getting into my day PJs and that’s it.
BUT… then I’d miss out on seeing the streets at night on my way home, all quiet and beautiful
more baby oranges!
03 Friday May 2024
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They’re so cute! Did you know that when the leaf on an orange tree has that little extra segment attaching it to the branch that means it’s a bitter orange tree? Sweet orange tree leaves are just in one piece. 🍊🧡
vinos de españa una pasión 10º aniversario
25 Thursday Apr 2024
The 10th anniversary of Vinos de España Una Pasión took place back where it all began, in Jerez de la Frontera. Each year a different city is chosen for this event and I went to the only one (so far) held in Sevilla back in 2016. But how could I miss this special anniversary, especially being held in Jerez? And especially after I saw the lineup of bodegas! Holy moly. Top wineries from all over Spain in one place for one day only.
And this is the man who makes it all happen… Juan Manuel Hidalgo, who I had the good fortune of meeting many years ago at Eslava. We were just hanging out at the bar and then Eslava owner Sixto introduced us because he knew I loved sherry wines. Anyhow, we’ve known each other since then and it’s always a pleasure to meet up.
The chosen venue chosen is always somewhere spectacular and this time it was in the beautiful Palacio de la Atalaya. What a wonderful time. I got to see bodega owners I’d visited years ago in Galicia, catch up with old friends and meet some new ones.
There were two sessions: morning (11am – 3 pm) and afternoon (5 – 8pm). I prefer going to the early ones as they tend to be less crowded. In this case we didn’t even arrive until 12.30, but a 2.5 hour wine tasting is plenty of time. Above are a few pics I took but I was having such a great time talking to everyone that a couple of special friends are missing. Oh well. They know who they are. Cheers!
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