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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tapas Tapas Tapas

With every bar and restaurant serving beautiful tapas, we hopped from one bar to another,  eating only a few pieces at each. The Spanish are really good at this. With one fell swoop of their tapas, they had me.  Euros 1.80/RM7 each. Ouch.

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In Barcelona restaurants, only jamon Iberico is served, nothing less. Of course, there are different grades of Iberico ham.

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You just take the tapas of your choice and they charge according to the toothpicks left on your plate. I wonder if anyone has tried swallowing the toothpicks.

The above tapas were served at Sargardi. I didn't get the name of the next one:

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Hi, he waved at me. Spanish waitors, like their Italian counterparts, love to wink. It makes an old lady's heart skip a beat.

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At 2 euros each and since Cheryl doesn't eat them, I bravely ordered only two of these babies while sitting at a classy long bar with a group of Spanish ladies nearby. Lucky I was thick-skinned because these were disappointing. Although the guy shucked them in front of me, these oysters only tasted briny with no depth in flavor and worse, they left a tingling iodine taste on the tongue. This is where they charged me for 3 pieces instead of 2. And  with skin thicker than cowhide, I corrected them. I think most people would've walked out without a whimper. Hey, with 2 euros I can get a glass of wine.

Writing this post made me wish I was in Barcelona. Btw, my friends have signed up to go outlet shopping with me next year. First come first basis.

8 comments:

  1. I've just finished dinner and those photos made me hungry all over again. I suppose that why your blog URL is "hungerhunger"

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  2. Hai Terri,

    So have you gone for your Sang Nyuk Meen? Interesting post. Did you cover Switzerland? Heard many good reviews about The Swiss.

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  3. :-) hmm...great idea for CG supper! Thanks for the inspiration! Glad to have you back, too!

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  4. I love tapas...theyre like play food. and I like play food.:))

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  5. terri: :DD

    dao: yes i did, so yummy. i did go to switzerland but was disappointed. the country's beautiful but mt titlis is not, or rahter the faciulities are rather delipidated.

    jane: yes, why tt's a good idea:)

    zurin: bet u can make them just as pretty n tasty. tell me when u making bc i'll come over

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  6. The tapas really look good and as only having strawberries for breakfast now, so drooling over your pictures!

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  7. OMG! I was at Sagardi last yr when we visited Barcelona. Love the Tapas there and how everything is honor system!

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  8. i m here in Barca now and all i have to say is who needs Stick Reves when i have HungerHunger? i'll let you know how it goes.

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