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at the market

09 Monday Oct 2023

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rubio

The other day I posted this photo on my Instagram/Twitter/FB and omg… the response has been wild. At the time of posting I didn’t even know what kind of fish this was, just saw it at the market and thought “wow! now that’s a FISH!” I have since found out that it’s known as a rubia in Spanish (gurnard in English, perlón, golondro, alingorri in other parts of Spain) but nobody, including experienced seafood chefs, had ever seen one this big. Apparently it’s especially good in stews or fried, with a white sweet meat from feeding mostly on prawns.

Of course there were plenty of other comments wondering if this was a dragon, a dinosaur, the Loch Ness monster or even Jar Jar Binks. You just never know what’s going to catch the public’s interest.

super serranito

29 Friday Sep 2023

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serranito

For those who don’t know a serranito is the most sevillano of all sevillano montaditos. It’s a crusty bread roll filled with grilled pork, jamón and grilled green peppers.  Mesones del Serranito has been keeping this local montadito going for 40 years now and today celebrated their anniversary by making the WORLD’S LONGEST SERRANITO spanning the length of the Triana Bridge (approx 150 metres).

Slices were then sold with proceeds going to social works carried out by the hermandades in the barrio Arenal. I didn’t stick around for that as I’m no fan of LARGE FOOD, and even less so when said food has been hanging around in the hot sun for a couple of hours. But apparently a good time was had by all, with an outdoor concert and cold beer accompanying the super serranito.

doppelgänger

14 Thursday Sep 2023

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dennis rick

The other day I took out a lovely couple, Jacquie and Dennis, on an evening tapas tour. Like many people they found me in Rick Steves guide book, so I mentioned that Rick had been here in May and that I had taken him out, then I showed them this photo (don’t peek yet) and Dennis said “He looks just like me with that beard!” (apparently Rick is usually clean shaven). And when Dennis found out he was sitting in the very same chair Rick had sat in at Salmedina he said “let’s recreate this photo!”. So we did. Can you tell which is the real Rick Steves?