Life, the universe, coffee and travel
We saw this little cafe severing food that was in tune with cafe food we would get at home. I had a very delicious smashed avocado, Emma had these amazing orange, mandarin and passionfruit pancakes. I stuck with the normal coffee which was excellent, probably the best I’ve had in Spain
The cafe is called “Moya Brunch”
Here are some more random pics I haven’t posted yet
Emma and I did a 3 hour cycle tour (a 3 hour tour..) around Seville today that takes in most of the historic sites (no entry to them, just viewing from the street). Had a wonderful sunny morning although it was quite cold (5-10c). I love doing cycle tours you can cram in a lot more sites than just walking and you get closer to them than bus tours.
So they say that the Oranges in Seville are too bitter and not for general consumption. I’m like “I’ll be the judge of that thank you, challenge accepted!” So after finding out that picking one isn’t really illegal (taking a trees worth might be a different story), I picked one. Here is the result….
So what does one do when one is eating their way across Europe ? Why a food tour of Seville of course !!
This will be the 7th food tour I’ve done, I discovered these back in 2017 when in Paris (secretfoodtours.com), and I’ve tried to do one in every city I visit. We have one coming up in Barcelona soon too. My benchmark has always been the very first one I did in Paris and this one would have to rate up there with that.
Here is the French one I did a few years ago. French Food Tour
Our first stop was for Churros, this is done in the Seville fashion which is slightly salty dough, with thinner chocolate sauce. Of course it was totally delicious.
The second stop was a tavern off a side street, that if you didn’t know it was there, you would miss it. Obviously the locals know about it, as it opened at 12:30, we went in first and within 2 minutes it was packed solid. Amazing place with old earthen wine tanks from the 1850s along the walls (not in use – just for effect – but what an amazing effect).
We were loaded up with the good stuff quickly, three drinks. Spanish Vermouth, Manzanilla (very young white sherry) & Orange wine. The Orange wine was my favourite.
We were given three types of food to try – Montadito de Pringá (mixture of meats in a sandwich). These were amazing.
After this we moved over to a sit down restaurant with some amazing Spanish tiles. The standout dish here was the pork cheeks in a sweet sherry sauce. There was also Jamón, and some delicious eggplant fingers with crumbed coverings. All washed down with Tinto de verano & Solera
The last stop was a bar where we were served yet more drinks : Rebujito (a Sherry cocktail), with some delicious pork kebab sticks (Pinchito moruno) and small mushrooms with alioli (Champiñones con alioli)
As always, these food tours give you a real look into the local food culture and you learn things, see things and taste things you would probably miss if doing them yourself.
A big thanks to Camila who was our guide for the day.
It's all about the coffee 