La Tape restaurant

Today I want to talk about the restaurant "The Tape", located in San Bernardo 88 street, in Madrid.

This is a restaurant that combines modern cuisine with craft beers brought from all over the world. They offer best advice for pairing beer with whatever you like to eat an extensive menu.

The place has two floors, on the ground floor has the bar with the craft beers, an area with high tables for tapas or taste them along with dishes, as well as coffees and homemade cakes, and Tape Away area where you can buy the dishes you want and take them home. It also has a small terrace to enjoy your beer and your tapas.

On the first floor are the living room and a comfortable reserved to sample the beers.

We sat in one of the high tables downstairs, the truth is that they are very comfortable, and we were great. They offered us the menu of dishes and beers, we chose several dishes to share and they recommended the house beer "Sex Tape," which they explained us it was Saison type and that performed in collaboration with a brewery, was scrumptious! We also tried Madrid 360 with an appetizer, it was in the menu, check it out, you have a lot to choose!

We ordered two dishes on the menu and two who recommended Victor, the chef, who was very friendly and kind to us, they were all really good, very original for its combination of ingredients. You can not miss the timbale of foie gras with caramelized apple and vanilla oil, who serve along with some toast, just spectacular!

Timbale of foie gras with caramelized apple and vanilla oil

Maki with black pudding and leeks

We also recommend the maki with black pudding and leeks, we love the mix with the sauce! For the second we ordered a pork tenderloin with cream of the cheese "torta del casar" and paprika from La Vera and a millefeuille cod brandade with manchego ratatouille and tomato popcorn. We liked the steak, the sauce was very good, and millefeuille cod brandade with ratatouille surprised us because they taste so rich as the two traditional dishes but with a modern and original presentation with tomato popcorn.

Pork tenderloin with cream of the cheese "torta del casar" and paprika

Millefeuille cod brandade with manchego ratatouille and tomato popcorn

Finally, we asked two craft dessert tarts that have exposed in the Tape Away: red velvet cake and cheesecake. Both were so good, the carrot cake also looked very nice, so we will return to try it!

Cheesecake

Red velvet cake

In short, we recommend you go to this restaurant, both for its modern cuisine, sure to surprise you like us, for the great variety of craft beers that they have, ideal for people who is starting in the world of beer as for experts looking for some surprise.

If you fancy going, a great opportunity will be during the 2015 Beerfest organized between September 22 and October 4, where they will make presentations of new beers, pairings with them, beer caps ... We will not miss it, so come with us!

Bon appétit!

Su&Si Restaurant

Today I want to talk about Su & Si, a sushi restaurant we've met recently, we love it!

It is located in Madrid, near the Reina Sofia Museum, but also have home delivery from 18 € in many areas of the centre of Madrid, you can see if your area is included in their web.

They have a wide variety of maki, rolls, niguiris, sashimi... and several tatars, salads, sakes, Japanese beers and desserts. You can also find daily menus and varied trays maki, sashimi, niguiris, rolls...


If you like to see the menu and their prices, you can see it here:

We made a home online order, it is very easy to do, just register, enter your address and choose your purchase (you can see a detailed description of each product and its ingredients).


They brought out purchase in time and with very good presentation. They included several boats of soy sauce, wasabi and chopsticks to eat sushi.

Gunkan of salmon and avocado and Sake Temaki of salmon and avocado

We recommend the most that we liked: the gunkan salmon and avocado, we ordered two units and we had eaten a few more, they are delicious!

Norimakis of crab and cucumber and veggies

Rolls chicken teriyaki and of ham

These rolls of teriyaki chicken and ham are very original, we had never tried before and we liked them both. The first have cheddar cheese around and is stuffed of chicken. The second is rolled with ham and filled with cheddar cheese and vegetables.Delicious!

Niguiris of salmon and tuna

Rolls of foie, chicken cesar and ebi roll

It was also the first time we tasted these rolls, and found them delicious, especially the foie one, you have to try it!

Note that is fresh sushi prepared with love at the time before serving (or send), the taste is great. In addition, they are very original and different flavors of the typical that you can find in other restaurants, there is something for everyone!

We recommend you to go one day to this restaurant or whatever you order at home, as I mentioned, it worths for the freshness of the sushi and variety, sure you will love it! We are already planning to repeat very soon.


Bon appetit!

Taberna Tape Oh!

Today I want to talk about Taberna Tape Oh!, a tapas restaurant located in the industrial area of the Mercedes of Madrid, near the Plenilunio Mall.

It belongs to the Clover group, known by its Irish bars, which has reinvent itself with this modern and cozy tavern. In the photos you can see inside, but also has a terrace, with good weather is great!

They have an extensive menu of tapas and homemade rations, all at very affordable prices, and some special offers including drink with beer bottles. Ideally, if you are two people, as was our case, order tapas, as their size is smaller so you can try more.

We asked what was the specialty of the house and they recommended several tapas, the truth is that everything we ate was delicious, note that food is homemade and freshly prepared with great care and affection.

Tiger mussels

Ham croquettes

We started by testing the tiger mussels and some homemade iberian ham croquettes, it was one of the tapas we liked its texture and flavor, bechamel melted in the mouth, certainly you can not go away without testing them, are simply spectacular!

Zucchini Spaghetti with cheese sauce

Salmorejo

Eggplant millefeuille with goat cheese

Minihamburger of beef with brie

Another tapa that surprised us by their originality were Zucchini Spaghetti with cheese sauce, a very soft but rich mixture.

The eggplant millefeuille with goat cheese were delicious, like the hamburger, we liked the mix of brie cheese and beef.

Warm toast with honey and sobrasada

Potatoes with spicy sauce

We also recommend potatoes with spicy sauce because they are homemade potatoes (not frozen, as in many places) and the sauce is really brave, is the point of spicy that makes you can not stop eating.

Cheesecake

Chocolate soufflé

Finally, we asked for dessert a rich homemade cheesecake like New York style and chocolate souffle, whose cake is filled with hot chocolate, only suitable for the chocolate lovers! ;-)

The treatment of the waitress, Fabiana, was exceptional, she was caring all time that we had everything, she made the best recommendations and made us happy with her sympathy.

In short, I strongly recommend this tavern for their tapas and homemade rations, they are delicious, for its more than reasonable prices and the good treatment received from the staff.

We will definitely be back soon.

Bon appétit!

La Bola Restaurant

Today we inaugurate a new section on the blog where we talk about different restaurants that we have gone, usually in Madrid and where we will tell our experience.

We started with the famous "Taberna La Bola" of Madrid, a family restaurant that was opened in 1870 and now is in the fourth generation of the same family of owners.

Upon entering you can admire a classic decoration in keeping with the spirit and essence of his letter: dishes of all life that we all love.

Their three specialties are the "cocido Madrileño", roast lamb and tripes. Mara, the owner, explained us how they cooked in individual earthenware jars where the cocido is cooked for several hours to have that flavor so rich and home, I recommend it 100%!

We could see several paintings on its walls with the awards that have been granted the best cocido, the best broth, etc. over recent years, along with lots of framed photos with celebrities who have visited them.

When we sat down to eat, we ordered two of the specialties: cocido Madrileño and lamb. Both portions are quite generous, especially the cocido. It has a very homemade taste, reminding me how cook the grandmothers, who were patiently for so many hours and so lovingly.

Thay serve first the soup broth pouring earthenware jar, then the contents of the jar with chickpeas, potatoes, ham, meat, sausage and bacon, accompanied by homemade tomato sauce, onion, piparras and a bowl of cabbage.

The lamb was also spectacular, note that is roasted very slowly, it was very crispy outside and inside very sweet, yummy! He is accompanied by homemade chips and Guernica peppers.

Finally, we ordered a dessert to share, apple fritters with ice cream, it has on top the batter donut and below the softness of the apple, we were pleasantly surprised by the fusion of all flavors, I definitely recommend them!

Undoubtedly, this is a restaurant to repeat, both for the quality of its dishes as by the friendliness of staff.

The price per person is 30 € approximately.

Bon appetit!