Tastebud : Madrid TapasBar

30 November 2024

Belated birthday treat by my boyfriend's mum. She wanted to try tapas and we went together. Altogether, we had 12 small dishes. I had the house white wine for SEK105. It was quite dark in the restaurang and it was not easy to see what we were eating. There was only one table lamp. I find it weird that lighting is bad in most restaurants. I would have preferred to see what I was eating. 

Total food price is SEK1223.

Good thing that the menu on the website has good description of the food in English which I could copy directly and paste them here. 

First came the cold food. 

Left row:

1) Charcutería de la semana - Chark of the week - chorizo SEK98

2) Jamón Serrano com melón - Air-dried serrano ham from white pigs with melon SEK98

Middle plate

3) Carpaccio de solomillo con stiktartar y queso rallado - Raw sliced beef tenderloin with pickled tartar and chili, grated spanish cheese SEK129. This dish just melts in the mouth. So good that we ordered another plate. And mostly because my companions were still hungry and we chose this instead of dessert.

Right row:

4) Manchego D.O.P. - Pasteurized Manchego sheep cheese SEK98

5) Cecina de León - Air-dried , smoked beef with tomato marmalade. SEK98

Then came the warm food. I am missing a photo of gambas - Garlic fried shrimp with aromatic sauce SEK109. 

Round plate on left:

6) Alcachofas con salsa de alcachofas con Queso - Artichoke cube with artichoke sauce and Iberico cheese SEK79. There was a sour taste that reminded me of vinegar. The shredded cheese reminded me of wood chips.

Plate in middle

7) Tortilla española de patatas y cebolla - Spanish omelette with potatoes, onions and chive aioli SEK79

Plate on right

8) Berenjenas reboszadas y fritos con miel - Breaded fried eggplant with honey SEK98

Plate on top

9) Dátiles envueltos en bacon y cremade balsámico - Bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with marcona almonds SEK79

The additional 2 dishes we ordered as we were still hungry.

10) Left: Raw sliced beef tenderloin with pickled tartar and chili, grated spanish cheese SEK129. Again.

11) Right: Chorizo y chistorra a la parrilla con puré de patatas - Grilled chorizo and chizztorra served with mashed potatoes. SEK129