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Recently we read that Spanish Avant Garden / Innovative cuisine was dead. This theory was support by the closing of El Bulli in 2011 and the current economic crisis in Spain. I can not disagree more with this theory. By the … Continue reading
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Valencia is one of those cities in Spain that has experienced a number of enormous changes in the last few years. Most of these changes are a result the city hosting some top tier sporting events like Formula 1, American’s … Continue reading
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2012 was indeed the year of travel! I did my fair share, with trips to Copenhagen, Paris and Spain. The real globe trotter here is Jose. He has covered tremendous amount of ground this year with multiple visits to Belgium, … Continue reading
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As you know The Spanishhipster blog is a joint venture. Elise typically writes and fabulously designs the posts and modifies my pictures. I on the other hand take the pictures and eat. She has been very good at writing about … Continue reading
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Looking at the list of the top new restaurants in New York 2011, I can not do anything but laugh about the new places opened last year. Don’t get me wrong there are interesting places like the new Spanish tapas place: Tertulia, … Continue reading
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This is the time of the year when all the bloggers, magazines, TV shows… talk about the BEST of 2011. The best tracks, the best photographs, the best sport moments, the best new restaurants ( Sifton recommended The Dutch as the … Continue reading
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I love Christmas, it is the time of the year that I can go back home to Spain to see my family. It is great to arrive to Spain and listen to the people in the airplane clapping after the … Continue reading
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If you ask any Spaniard about what they miss the most about Spain, the answer will be 99% of the time the food: jamon, chorizo, Manchego, paella, tortilla, bravas, sepia…. and even better their home cooked mom food! yum! So … Continue reading
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During Thanksgiving, the 2012 Micheline guide for Spain and Portugal was released to public. As mentioned in this post it was a big disappointment, it was hard to believe that Mugaritz, Atrio, Calima or Quique Dacosta did not get their 3rd … Continue reading
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Adria used to say that “the ideal customer doesn’t come to El Bulli to eat but to have an experience.” The restaurant experience is an aggregation of multiple factors. Some of them are controlled by the chef. Andria’s stated that his … Continue reading
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I’ve been reading through the last 10 post entries and came up to the conclusion that the blog was not Spanish, neither hipster. In addition to choose this name because of its ridiculousness, one the initial ideas of the blog … Continue reading
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Huevos estrellados is the signature dish of ”Casa Lucio” one of the oldest and most famous traditional restaurants in Madrid. Huevos estrellados means sunny side up eggs, scrambled over french fries.To this mix you can add either add peppers, sopressata ( … Continue reading
