Seems it’s all about food these days with me! Yesterday I went to lunch with Venetia at a great Spanish restaurant called El Burladero. Lina was supposed to join us, but she got stuck in a taxi in the middle of a manifestacion (protest) at the Congreso and never made it. Oh well, we’ll just have to go again, right?

Here are some shots of the lovely food we enjoyed.

My meal started with mushroom croquettes — four of them, and I actually managed to eat three! My main course was pork in a lovely Spanish sauce with tomatoes and onions, and what they call here papas españoles (Spanish potatoes). They brought these spices separately so that we could add them to taste, which we did and it made the food even better! My dessert was what I’d call a Spanish version of pots de creme, topped with fresh blackberry sauce. Mmmmm.

Venetia had a salad with big plump prawns, followed by a white fish which seems to be a cross between cod and sole, with a lovely Spanish style vegetable sauce. I seem to have lost the photo of her dessert, which was apple pie and she said it was lovely.

And here are two happy chicas, full of yummy Spanish food and Argentine wine!

Where shall we eat next??