![]() Our third stop on the tour was at El Jardín del Convento, or rather the Convent Garden. The Vermouth was ice cold and just sweet enough, exactly what you want to drink on a warm Spring afternoon in Spain. I was pleasantly surprised however - the salty anchovy, sweet pepper, and quail egg in the first bite joined in perfect flavor harmony, and the same went for the tart pickled pepper and mild olive in the second bite. Hard boiled eggs are one of my least favorite foods, and I only like anchovies when they're mixed into pasta or accompanied by some other ingredient. A little background on the mercado itself - originally built in 1916, the market was renovated reopened in 2009 to great success, and now houses a variety of different vendors selling tapas, baked goods, beer, wine, champagne, among many other things. Our tour guide, Mette (Danish and living in Spain for the past year and a half) greeted us at Plaza Mayor at 10:30 am to begin our four hour tour, where we learned we would be trying the following dishes (as you can see in the below photo, we were quite happy with the selection):Īfter the sweet treats at El Riojano we jumped right into the more savory side of Spanish cuisine with a quail egg, olive, anchovy, and pickled pepper skewer accompanied by a glass of Vermouth at El Mercado de San Miguel. The food tour we signed up for, entitled "Ultimate Spanish Cuisine Tour," thus seemed a perfect way to start off the trip. ![]() ![]() Having fallen prey to tourist trap restaurants in my first trips in Europe as a student - I can't even tell you how much mediocre paella I had in Barcelona, and anyways, paella is actually a dish from Valencia - I am always eager to have a little local culinary guidance when traveling. As with all vacations my sister and I take, food was our number one priority, and good foodies that we are, we decided to start off our trip with a food tour organized by the company Devour Madrid. My sister and I are back from three wonderful days in Madrid, and naturally I'll be using today and tomorrow's post to fill you in on all of the delicious food we ate there.
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