Posts tagged ‘Spain Food’

Delicious Cheap Lunch in Valencia Spain

By , 25 August, 2009,

For only 10 Euros I had one of the most fabulous lunches I can remember, and definitely the best I’ve had in Spain so far. After I happened upon the small, demurely lit Moroccan-meets-flamboyant decorated restaurant La Llantia Dorada (at Hierba, 4 by the Plaza de la Virgen. Air conditioned too!

My drink of choice (beer) was followed by a molded lentil salad sitting on greens which it turned out also had prawns. The grilled trout was sublimely fresh, delightfully topped with candied lemon slices with a ring of olive oil surrounding. A few cherry tomatoes and a pepper accented perfectly as a simple dish flavored by the accompanying fruit and vegetables. An ultra rich dense chocolate cake with a liquor scented ice cream followed.
Considering the crap on which I easily blew 10 Euros on in Barcelona, this entire meal was a refreshing change.

After eating there I learned the restaurant was listed in the Rough Guide!

Creative Candy Ideas from Spain

By , 23 August, 2009,

If there’s one thing I enjoy wherever I travel, to a new city, to a new state or to a new country, it’s discovering interesting sweets. Back in the olde days even you saw a lot more regional candy bars in the US, which I always loved spying with my little eye.

So here in Barcelona, Spain where I’m traveling, it’s been especially fun discovering chocolates, cookies and desserts both to sample and bring back home to share as ideas for aspiring Foodzie producers: When you decide to start a food business it’s often a family recipe or some inspiration from a goodie you’ve tasted that transforms into a business! So start with some inspiration here…

My Absolute Fave Find: Literal Sponge Candy !

Another tray had blue and all kinds of real sponge like colors. No I didn’t taste it :)

sponge candy

At the Xocolata Museum they have tots of great panned chocolates (which are the individually chocolate coated things you eat addictively from a tub or bag). Check out these flavors:

Chocolate covered fig pieces:
choc covered fig

Chocolate covered crisped rice:
chocolate covered crisped rice

Chocolate covered sardines (or is that sardine shaped chocolate?) Either way, pretty cool…

sardine chocolates