Category Archives: tapas

hollowlegs

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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hollowlegs
Just spent a lovely afternoon with Lizzie @hollowlegs and James @pizzapilgrims who arrived in Sevilla from London this morning and were clearly in need of some tapas. Specifically some jamón Ibérico and manzanilla sherry… for starters. I’ve been “twitter pals” with Lizzie for awhile, so I was very happy to finally meet her in person and give her and James an introduction to Sevilla and tapas. And hey – I had a great time too! Love meeting new people, especially those who are interested in the whole food and culture thing, knowing that one doesn’t exist without the other.

I wasn’t sure how the afternoon would go, but starting off with excellent jamón is always a good move. In the end we went to four tapas bars – three traditional and one modern – and I lurched home around 5 o’clock after leaving Lizzie and James at the Mushrooms to enjoy the views from above, and possibly another drink. Man, I love twitter.

pilar y pilar

28 Saturday Sep 2013

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pilarsHere are Pilar and Pilar, mother (75) and daughter (46)…

Some of you may remember Pilar (daughter) as one-third of my amazing Nuclear Medicine team and the friend who once very generously gave me a month while I was recovering from chemo. These days Pilar isn’t doing so well as her lupus has returned big time and she has had to take another leave from work, but she was finally feeling well enough to meet for lunch today. And mama Pilar is presently enjoying being in remission after cancer treatment this past year. So when we raised our glasses and said “salud” it suddenly struck us all that this had extra meaning for us and gave the day an extra special feeling.

andalucía sabor

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

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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

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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?