Just next to our building, like 50 feet away, are three highly rated restaurants, one Spanish, one Brazilian, and one Mexican. Wynette is hungry for Mexican food so that is on our list but we went to the Spanish one yesterday because it had a fixed-price “menu” which we like.
The restaurant turned out to be a near gourmet restaurant with excellent food. Here is the menu:
This was the first fixed-price menu we have seen which has extra cost options. Big spenders we got both the scallops and the medallions.
We almost didn’t get to have lunch there. We went in and the waiter said they were completely booked up, normally a good sign but disappointing if you want to have lunch. We were in the entry area separated from the main dining room. We asked if we could make reservations for tomorrow. There was a little, round, high table there with stools, apparently for people to have drinks while waiting. As he was getting the book out, Wynette, ever bold, asked if we could eat there. He looked and thought a bit. We were both sure he would say no but he said okay. They served us there and very very nice about it.
After we were blown away by the first course we said, we are definitely coming back, so today we have reservations for 1:30 and we get to eat at a normal table, sitting on chairs that have backs! And maybe a tablecloth.
I noticed, that unlike in America, the scallops come with their roe attached (which is delicious, by the way).
Yes, we’ve noticed that, too, but didn’t realize what it was till you pointed that out on a post we made a few years ago about another scallop meal. We appreciated learning about that.
I’m curious if the Mexican restaurant is American-Mexican (I’ve seen these all over the world— to whom do they cater?) or a real Mexican restaurant featuring regional cuisine from one part of Mexico, which would mean it is totally unlike what we get in the States.
Hi Henry. We haven’t eaten in this restaurant yet but I imagine it will be run by immigrants from Mexico so “real” Mexican cuisine from who knows what part of Mexico. I’ll send link to restaurant website if I can find one. We did eat in two different Mexican restaurants in Gijon when we stayed there in 2019 and they were great and not “American” in the sense of USA-American. We’ve run into a number of people in Spain over the years who have immigrated from Latin American. Seems like a perfect choice for these people if they have the opportunity.
I couldn’t get their website to load but here is the Google page about them:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/of9EAXdWuBFaJHB27