Monthly Archives: June 2013

Espadrilles!

While wandering around Madrid, I stumbled upon Casa Hernandez, an alpargateria… Which is apparently what you call an espadrille maker.

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They have tons and tons of materials (for custom orders) and shoe style samples in the window.

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Once you’re in (after the crazy line), you order (all in Spanish) and try things on. In my case, by showing the clerk pictures of the styles I want and babbling in broken Spanish with lots of hand gestures.

Purchased:
1 pair of denim espadrilles, €5.75
1 pair of black crochet espadrilles, €19.50
1 pair of beige heeled wedges, €25

…crazy.

Tapas at Luzia

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It was 11pm and I needed dinner… Luzia was nearby, so I thought I’d give it a shot. They have a huge menu — from burgers and pasta to “tapas” and pizza. The pizza we tried wasn’t bad, though the crust was more of a crisp tortilla than what I expected from pizza dough.

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Other than what’s pictured below, we also ordered the potato omelete (meh) and the fried artichokes (not bad, but on the oily side).

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Tuna sashimi over corn “pancakes” (I think they mean chips) with avocado & some other stuff — pretty tasty!

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Pizza with cheese, arugula, bresola — not bad, but not quite a pizza.

Conveniently located, but once again, nothing spectacular.

Dried Meats

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Jamon iberico.

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Dried tuna? (I didn’t know this was a thing. But apparently it is!)

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Some razor clams, in butter. Just because. Lunch, or the meal that loosely filled the role of lunch yesterday was at a Ciudad Comal. Razor clams, fried fish, veal and some desserts. Not bad, but nothing spectacular or particularly interesting.

Barcelona: Market

After doing no updates for weeks due to too much homework, I’m on vacation!

I’m currently in Barcelona adjusting to jet lag and eating way, way too much… Including,

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Caviar out of the jar with a wooden stirrer, because I’m classy like that. (And too lazy to find a spoon)

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Our haul from a trip to the market. Figs are super cheap, 3 euros for a kilo, so we got half a kilo.

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AND JAMON. EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH OF IT.

so tasty.