things we eat and drink, at home and out and about
Welp, this is a really late “this week” post, but I didn’t have access to a computer on Sunday and I was also really busy holidaying and eating out, as you’ll see in a second đ
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We have queued at Russafaâs market, got some cool produce, asked for WHOâS LAST? and then had an excellent flat white and cinnamon roll at Blackbird.
They have a big glass wall and you can see how theyâre busy preparing more pastries on the kitchen.
It didnât seem too promising but the toast with plenty of olive oil, and the freshly squeezed SWEET orange juice redeemed it!
The coffee was quite average, which is why it doesnât even get to be in the picture đ
I had the chance to visit La Manera, which I eyed on a former trip to Valencia but didnât have time to stop at, and it just didnât disappoint! First I got the cutest flat white Iâve ever been served, then a really yummy granola (I really liked the mint leaves-it was a surprisingly good flavour pairing) đ
I will say the tablespoon they brought was way too big to eat without spilling everything out though, so I ended up using the coffee spoon.
Later we visited La Pilareta. We had been there almost a year ago, but mussels werenât available as it wasnât the right season. This time we were lucky and we could FINALLY have our Valencian mussels! (Plus other delicacies)
Mussels are called clotxines in Valencian, and thatâs why the bar is called La casa de les clotxines, ie âthe house of musselsâ.
The batter in these calamari was nicely thin, yum!
After my slightly-delayed-in-every-sense-but-not-enough-to-claim-compensation flight finally landed, things became a bit of a whirlwind and so my hopes for live blogging went away… so here we are!
We had a burger at Black Turtle, the âcaloret burgerâ. The name of this burger is such an excellent example of Valencian sense of humour đ
A former mayor once delivered a really confusing and bewildering speech when inaugurating the Fallas. âCaloretâ was one of the most prominent words in this public performance, and it didnât take long for people to start making fun of it (and also using it as inspiration to create all sorts of memes… and eventually a burger, of course! đ).
Here for you to watch:
We also had a horchata. I had a âmixtaâ, which is 50% iced, 50% liquid horchata. The best!
We tried a place called Palao for dinner. The food was really yummy and the ingredients felt fresh and tasty! Good find (although there were lots of serious contestants in the same street, and we were agonising as to which one to choose).
These were so comforting and delicious đ
There was a touch of warm spice here, but not so much that you canât cope with it if youâre Spanish AND not used to spices. Very tasty and serving it lukewarm was a great idea as it was the right temperature: too cold and you canât taste the flavour; too hot and it becomes overpowering.
These tomatoes tasted wonderfully sweet and tomatoey! Not sour and dusty. Best tomatoes Iâve eaten in a long time…!
Sorry if I made you hungry đ