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what a night!

19 Wednesday Nov 2025

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A while back I had the idea of writing a post on Bitesize Sevilla about Los Chicos de Petit… all the boys who started off working at Petit Comité and then moved on to open some of the most dynamic and delicious restaurants in the city. Brothers Emilio and Álvaro are still with Petit and so we all met up there for an evening of food, wine and memories. I think it’s going to be a great story. Watch this space!

✨ steak tartare with quail egg yolk
✨ red tuna tartare with payoyo cream
✨ portobello soup with jamón
✨ grilled corvina with pumpkin purée
✨ delicias de pato
✨ grilled beef tenderloin with shitakes
✨ tocina de cielo & custard puff pastry

Nick & Jim

05 Wednesday Nov 2025

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Jim & Nick at Manolo Cateca

Mexico-based food writer Nick (Nicolas Gilman) and I first met ten years ago in London during a mad whirlwind gastronomic weekend hosted by Jeffrey Merrihue (formerly Foodie Hub now Xtreme Foodies) though we barely remember as there were so many people and so many places. Anyhow, we reconnected this year on Substack and this week he and his partner Jim are in town so we got together for a little sherry and a snack at Manolo Cateca. It was lovely meeting them both and I hope we can get together again before they leave.

405 subscribers! bitesize sevilla

20 Monday Oct 2025

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Oh wow, look what happened over the weekend while I wasn’t looking… I’ve gone up to over 400 subscribers on Bitesize Sevilla! All organic, none imported, and some are even paid ones (!!!). That is so great. Thanks everyone. I don’t usually pay much attention to “the numbers” but I do love birthdays and anniversaries so as my first anniversary is coming up on January 1st… might be fun to hit 500 by then? 🙂