Category Archives: tapas

the sevilla tapas blog

11 Saturday Aug 2007

Posted by in blogging, culture, food & drink, sevilla, tapas

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Yikes – it’s another blog!!!

As many of you know, about a year or so ago I started a page here called sevilla tapas which included short write-ups on some of my favourite restaurants and tapa bars that also linked to photos on my Fotki page.

This morning I was adding to and reorganising the Fotki tapitas album and I got to thinking that it might be more interesting to have everything together. So what I’ve done is start a new blog that is set up so that each restaurant and tapa bar has its own category. You can click on the drop-down widget on the right and find all posts relating to a particular place there. Each place will have at least two posts to start with – one with general information and the other will be for photos.

I’ve only got one category finished so far (for Modesto Restaurante) if you want to check it out and let me know what you think. I’m planning to write a longer ‘review’ for each place – the one there for Modesto at the moment was just taken from the page here to use as a temporary example.

The link below will take you to the welcome page. On the sidebar widget look under Restaurant and Tapa Bar Categories for Modesto and check out the posts. Each post has a link to the other.

~ sevilla tapas ~

tapitas update

20 Friday Jul 2007

Posted by in food & drink, photos, sevilla, tapas

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Ah, the things I do for my public . . . 😉

As mentioned in the previous post, Nog and I had quite a lovely day yesterday and we ended up going out for ‘a tapita’ which turned into quite a meal. But we figured since I still didn’t have any photos of Los Coloniales for my ~ sevilla tapas ~ page, we should at least order a bit of a selection. And the bar guys got into it as well, bringing over a plate of one of the house specialities for me to photograph.

So here are the photos of Los Coloniales (photos 81-87).

And for Blues Shark, a few pics of Rayas (photos 88-91) – best darn icecream in town.

Also something for raincoaster – check out the squiddy chandelier in the new Rayas.

bienvenido de nuevo!

08 Sunday Jul 2007

Posted by in culture, food & drink, home, photos, sevilla, tapas

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Welcome back Bar Giralda!!!

Back at the end of May I wrote this very sad post when I saw that the very best tapa bar in my street had closed. I later heard from the (ex)owner that it was going to reopen again as a tapa bar (not another Starbucks as feared) and I was very pleased to see that it had indeed opened again under new management last week.

Nog and I were finally able to get over there this evening for a tapa dinner and we were delighted to see most of the old staff working there. I was also happy to see that the new owner had repainted the walls creamy-white again (for some reason they were painted a horrid orangy-red last year that seriously clashed with the gorgeous old tiles).

But I digress. . .

Being Sunday evening, the joint was hopping. We finally got a table outside and it felt wonderful to know that we had our Bar Giralda back again. And the ‘new improved’ menu (basically higher prices for the same stuff … but at least it’s the same stuff!) also came with some extra entertainment value as the new English translations had us in stitches. I mean, ‘thousand leaves with pig’ was bad enough, but a variation called ‘thousand leaves if mushrooms’ almost had me on the floor.

Ah well, maybe you had to be there. . .

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~ Cervecería Giralda ~

andalucía day

28 Wednesday Feb 2007

Posted by in culture, food & drink, holidays, life stuff, photos, sevilla, spain, tapas

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A nice midweek public holiday today.

Well, except that Nog and I are busy working on that big translation job (the one that might end up paying for a lovely holiday somewhere, sometime soon). But then a couple of hours ago we decided it was too gorgeous a day to stay inside – bright & sunny and about 22º – so we went out to Casa Roman for lunch.

Here is where we were, the view from our table, what we had to eat (first 6 pics) …

~ Casa Roman ~

más tapitas

17 Friday Nov 2006

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

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mmmmmm… fritura!

Well, one good thing about not having plans for Friday night is that basically anything can happen. Like Nog coming home after his class and inviting me out to Modesto. 🙂

Had the usual fritura (that photo is for you Teuchter) and then just had to try some of the wild mushrooms they had displayed. There were three kinds and we chose the ones that were grilled and served with bits of jamon serrano and grilled peppers. There was also some wild asparagus on offer but we were too stuffed to have anything more.

Nice thing about Modesto is that they also get seasonal stuff in – a few months ago it was fresh artichokes (heaven!). So it isn’t always just the usual menu, which is quite good in itself. It’s a rather pricey restaurant, especially if you sit out on the terrace, but Nog and I tend to eat standing at the bar next to the open kitchen – and the prices there are considerably cheaper there (for the same food).

Also, we like hanging out with the bar guys and chatting with the chef, Sebastian. So sweet … when the wild mushrooms were weighed and then handed to the kitchen I waved to Sebastian and said ‘those are ours!’ and I heard him say to his helper ‘esto es para familia’. f_blush.gif

Anyhow, it was a lovely evening and afterwards we had a leisurely stroll home through the barrio. And now I am off to bed … shall leave you with a few Modesto photos (5-19).

Buenas noches! f_sleepy.gif