Restaurants in Madrid in general

I have been travelling again now, after Grams died leaving me a small legacy. It isn't enough money to make a huge impact on my life as far as buying a nice ride or house (with these Boston real Estate prices) but it does allow me to treat myself to great holidays and take along a couple of these sarcophant leeches I call friends if they agree to always wear tuxedos when the are with me and act like my bodyguards. We went to Madrid last week. We heard they have the running of the bulls there in September but I guess we were wrong an I even had a cute lttle suit made up to play Hemmingway and the cows. So basically we had nothing to do for 5 days. We did ...

Parrilla El Gaucho. Calle Tetuán 34, Madrid. It was doubting upon if to discover my secret or not. Because is difficult to find a place there before publishing an opinion about it and to attract still more people(if you all travel and go there...). But I am going to risk myself and I am going to share one of my favorite restaurants. I discovered it by luck. It was New Year's Eve and we were walking around the center of Madrid trying to find a place where to have an early supper and to avoid the typical menus of that day. It was difficult, really. We entered a little by chance, to take something and attracted by the good environment. By fortune ...

If you go to spain you will have to try their popular paella rice. It's like fried rice with loads of variety of meat and seafood. When I was in Madrid, I had the most fabulous time indulging in food. Not that I can afford any restaurants, so I opted for the cheper alternative, coffee shops. The ones that are away from the tourist main streets are normally the best ones. Look out for white board outside the coffee shop which offers set meals, they are normally cheap and very filling. The set menu I had was so much that I think two persons can share one. And eating in this kind of places, you may find some communication breakdown, people don't normally ...