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tapas bar royalty

02 Monday Jun 2025

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So pleased to see my friend Reyes Morales receive the Medalla de la Ciudad 2025. Upon receiving this recognition for her iconic tavern and her place in the history of Sevilla she said it was also a tribute to those who are no longer with us.

“It moves me to talk about this because my family lived through a civil war, a postwar period, very difficult years… And now it’s my turn to collect this medal, it’s an immense honour. For them. For those up above.”

You can read my article on Casa Morales here…
Casa Morales – Celebrating 175 Years

175 years

30 Thursday Jan 2025

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chef Óscar with Reyes

Today I spent the afternoon with my friend Reyes Morales. Nothing unusual there as some of my most pleasant afternoons are spent with Reyes. But this time was different in that I was there to interview her (!) for an upcoming Substack post on the 175th anniversary of Casa Morales. I mean, I already knew a lot about the bar and its history, and also a fair bit about Reyes, but I discovered there was so much more that I didn’t know. It was fascinating listening to her story as we sat at the bar with me scribbling notes while we enjoyed tapas and wine together. Hoping to get it published over the weekend. Stay tuned…

lunch with reyes

08 Wednesday Jan 2025

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It’s always a great time with Reyes. It’s become a bit of a tradition for us to meet up sometime during Birthday Week so today we met at her iconic bar Casa Morales, founded by her great grandfather in 1850. We started things off with a glass of Codorníu rosé cava and a bit of exquisite jamón Ibérico de Bellota from renowned producers Sierra Mayor before heading out to our lunch destination.

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This was to be La Barra de Inchausti just around the corner. Another family-owned spot, now run by siblings Isidro, Concha and Jorge Inchausti.  MORE fish and seafood and that was totally fine by me. We got there early enough to get “my” table next to the window and it was perfect. Afterwards Reyes suggested we have a penúltima at Morales as that was also on my way home.  So a little more cava rosé, a bit more jamón and I think I got home from lunch about 8.00 pm. One more birthday lunch planned this week. Stay tuned!

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We had…

  • Codorníu Ars Collecta Blanc de Noirs Cava 🥂
  • Tortillita de camarones
  • Bodegas Santa Marta Godello Viñaredo 🥂
  • Albóndigas de choco
  • Alubias with prawns
  • Breaded monkfish liver
  • Garlicky grilled monkfish
  • Torelló Special Edition Costa Brava Corpinnat 🥂

casa morales

05 Monday Sep 2022

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So this is what led me to discover Cuadros Venecia the other day. My friend Reyes Morales had given me this fabulous print of her bar by local artist Alfredo Rodríguez and I needed to find a frame. Alfredo started his Fachadas de Sevilla & Co as something to keep him occupied during lockdown and now he has over 50 in the collection, which are available as hand signed limited releases. The detail here is amazing, as it is in all of his drawings. So this is now my second of the collection (I bought Casa Eme in 2020 after hearing he had shut for good). Below you can see some close ups of Casa Morales and a pic of the first sketch he made (swiped from Alfredo’s Instagram). I really love these.

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look who’s back?

17 Thursday Feb 2022

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Or well, he was back for a few short hours. José Pizarro and entourage showed up in Sevilla on Wednesday afternoon to do some filming for a new project he is working on. I met up with them in barrio Santa Cruz and we headed to Casa Morales. Had a nice visit and met his sous chef and the rest of the gang while José was filmed chatting with Reyes Morales (Casa Morales) and Carmen Aumesquet (Sherry Council)… and just like that they were gone! Heading to the Cádiz coast. Hasta la próxima!

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José, me, Carmen & Reyes