One of the rare occasions of dining out. It was always pintxos since there’s so much variety. Total cost of lunch out was about €30 (there were a couple of croquettes pintxos and a beer for Neil).A meal at home.Nolan really wanted to try the barnacles but the rest of the family were not as adventurous.Every couple of days, we do a grocery run.Each grocery run involves multiple stops at small stores – the bread is usually still warm from the oven!The kids put together this tapas. Lara made the salmorejo, which is a cold Spanish tomato soup of tomatoes, bread, oil and garlic. Total cost of lunch for five was about €6.He couldn’t quite convince me to go for the eel either.Look familiar?
A favourite dish – just top with sofrito (onions and garlic sautéed in olive oil) and fried chorizo. Fresh orange juice coming up!Since we were in a family friendly neighbourhood, I’d often send the kids out with a shopping list and some money. They could easily spend a couple of hours checking out the stores and selecting their purchases before returning home. Sometimes, they got to spend the change on whatever they wanted: they usually bought fruit and chocolates for Neil and me; and once Felix convinced his siblings to pool their change to purchase a GIANT watermelon. A rare collaboration between these two.Colourful and tasty lunch.Snack while balancing on a high stool.Fresh bread and chocolate croissant. We bought warm fresh bread every day (sometimes twice a day) from the bakery beside our apartment building.Scoping out a pintxos stall in the Mercado de la Ribera.Out of all the possibilities, this was the only choice from the kids (croquette). They wanted to share it. Each pintxo is €2-3, so we weren’t complaining about the lack of interest. When these guys are hungry, they can put away an astronomical amount of food. 😲This display generated much more interest from the kids.Each picked his/her flavour,and two for poor Daddy slaving away back in the apartment.The fresh fruits were what they wanted – oranges, flat nectarines, peaches.Pintxos, bite sized “snacks” on a piece of bread speared with a cocktail stick, for dinner! Legit bar hopping at ages 9, 10, 11. Neil had the requisite beer at each stop … the sacrifices he makes for his family 🤣Second, or third, bar of the evening.Foreground was pimiento rojo relleno de bacalao (red pepper stuffed with cod). Background was bomba de queso cubierta de crocanti (cheese bomb covered with bits?).Our version of the Spanish tortilla.The kids love vibrant colours in their food.This doesn’t look like much, but it was so flavourful with dried Spanish pimenton peppers found at one of the stores down the street.Fresh fruit for dessert and snack. We go through a ton of fruit in a day.Sharing!Chocolate pastries.The freshest passionfruit ever! Felix was not impressed.
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I envy your food adventures . Makes me hungry. Certainly more appetizing than our local markets!
I envy your food adventures . Makes me hungry. Certainly more appetizing than our local markets!
Ok, Ok, next year I’ll go to Bilbao just for the food.
I’ll come with you!
Oh yes I will too!
I wish we ate food like this more often!!!!!
So fresh! (the fruits)