We were upset upon returning to Sevilla this fall to find one of our favorite places to dine was "closed permanently." We mentioned this to our friends Mike & Janet, who told us the new place that had gone into the space was good. Turns out the restaurant owners have just reworked the concept to something a bit more casual. What I noticed: no napkins, placemats, nor set place settings. No fresh sliced bread, instead hard chilly rolls and no oil. I also noticed that the tapas selection is a bit larger and the choices of meat versus fish maybe slightly increased. We were happy to find our favorite shrimp tacos still on the menu but sad to see the canelon aguacate was gone. It seems that the place has some of the same servers and the same front of the house manager. Overall we found it a good meal but perhaps not quite as nice as Tradevo Centro was. So we will likely return but it is also likely that we won't be going back as frequent as we have in the past. Time marches forward.
Another night - First time this season for Malandro. Was really wanting an entraña for dinner. Had some croquetas of rabo de toro and carpaccio of shrimp to start. We shared the yummy dessert of baked Alaska. An excellent choice for the wine (Catalan Priorat) went well with the steak and went down very easily.
another night - Dinner a return to Petit Comité. I had a favorite salmon carpaccio and so did Phil, Duck and foie gras slices. He had the magret de canard and I had the albondigas. Followed with traditional postres - tocino de Cielo and chocolate coulant. Still a worthy choice.
next up was MING2 - a decent meal with absolutely abysmal service. Won't be back anytime soon. They have two new servers both of whom were incompetent. I wanted soup but next time I'll just order carry out. Truly disappointing.
Tapas for dinner at Phil's very favorite place (Dos de Mayo) puntillas and gambas al ajillo and jamon Iberica bellota, a nice salpicon des mariscos, giant aceitunas gordales, bunelos de bacalao, and whatever else is in the photos. Got full so we missed ordering other favorites.
Then back to YO! fabulous dinner at - to our minds - the best place in town. YO. The menu is included in photos and I feel the need to mention that the service was flawless and the wine pairings were completely spot on! Thank you Eva and Stefano❣️
Then the following night we went to Alimentari thinking we would try it again after some time passing but ultimately other than the carchofi a judia and a decent burrata salad, it was disappointing still...pizza was floppy especially in the middle. The pasta had little actual protein - P said the meatballs "at least came hot" LOL When we left we said we won't be back until we forget how lackluster it really is. The menu has gotten smaller over the last four years but unforuntately not better. Oh well...
I have been in language school around the corner at clic! the past week. My teacher is a very fun woman and my classmates (2 women from Holland, 1 from Canada, a man and womnan from Germany, and a woman from the UK who lives in Spain now - about an hour away) were all very nice and fun to work with. I didn't have time the second week to do the remainder of the short immersion class for 50+ because we are traveling. I did learn some new things and brushed up on what I knew from February of 2023. Phil is going to go there for some classes as well starting in December. It is so close - were it not for the 9AM start time I might do more- maybe in the spring I will go back for some if time permits...
my teacher (professora) Naira. Very lively woman who clearly loves teaching!
Finally - last night we went to Acento and had a very nice meal which was so exciting I forgot to photograph the mains - which were AN EXCELLENT WAGYU filet of beef and a rib portion of two giant beef ribs that had been braised! Shown are the good wine we had and the shared starters of anchoas and tuna tataki.
I will end here- we have a few days before we leave for Frankfurt for Claus's 75th birthday celebration but I think this post has already gone on quite long eenough. Oh, but here's a funny thing there was guy at school that looked like Larry Friedman's twin LOL - he was not in my class but he too was from Holland and was called Andre. (we sat next to each other at coffee on the very first morning.) Even Larry agreed it looked like he coudl be Larry. LOL
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