Menu Tapas #3 Madrid-Barcelona

Menu Tapas #3 Madrid-Barcelona
C/ Aragó 282, Barcelona

Same price than the previous menus.

Menu tapas # 2 Madrid Barcelona

Menu Tapas #2 Madrid-Barcelona

C/ Aragó 282, Barcelona

These are the dishes of the Menu Tapas # 2. I was specially surprised by the "croquetes d'olives negres". Outstanding!
these dishes on the photos were for three people each one.
The quality and the quantity of the dishes is reasonable.

Menu tapas # 2 Madrid Barcelona

Menu tapas # 2 Madrid Barcelona
C/ Aragó 282, Barcelona

This is another fix price menu at Madrid Barcelona. Next post is devoted to the dishes of this menu.

Menu Tapas # 1 Madrid Barcelona

Menu Tapas # 1 Madrid-Barcelona

C/ Aragó 282, Barcelona

This is another fix price menu that includes a glass of wine. Its price is 18,85 eur including VAT.

Fix price menu at Madrid-Barcelona

Fix price menu at Madrid Barcelona

C/ Aragó 282

This is a very nice quality/price ratio fixed price menu at Madrid Barcelona Restaurant. A wide offer of dishes including 0,25l of reasonable quality wine per person. Worth to go there. I think that the only restaurant that beats this outstanding offer is El Carmen (Tamarit de Llitera).

Numanthia 2002

Numanthia 2002

One more time, I think that the DO Toro wine made by people from La Rioja (in this case, the Eguren family) is a shame. They destroy the good reputation of Toro wines. This is the third time in my life that I taste Numanthia (its price is higher than 30 eur per bottle) and I must say that the quality is a shame. I compared it with San Román 2006, and San Roman is thousands of times better. SAme situation with the outstanding Pintia. It is very clear that people from DO Ribera del Duero can do a much better job than people from Rioja. I cannot find something remarkable in this wine, which is quite acide, bad smell, and extremely expensive. Even the color, when compared with San Román: Numanthia is dead, San Roman is very alive.

P.X. Delgado

P.X. Delgado

Unfortunately, it is not dense enough. I feel it is quite "aigualit". I do not recommend it.

Alt-Bamberg Dunkel

Alt-Bamberg Dunkel

This is a nice and really dark dunkel beer. Although it is quite soft according to alcohol, it is really tasteful. Toasted taste. Although I do not like the bitter and toasted taste in wines, I really appreciate this in beers. I paid 1,85 eur at El Corte Inglés.

6 pack Kuchlbauer weisse

6 pack Kuchlbauer weisse

This is a special offer at El corte Inglés. 6x0,5l for 4,95 eur. Worth to taste it.

Kuchlbauer Brewery: Hundertwasser Tower in Lower Bavarian

San Roman 2006

San Román 2006

http://www.bodegasanroman.com/

This is, jointly with Pintia, my favourite wine from DO Toro. I paid for it 22 eur at El Corte Inglés. In this case I think that San Roman 2004 is slightly better, but I guess that in the next years this one will develop all its potential.

Kuchlbauer Weisse

Kuchlbauer weisse

http://www.weissbierbrauer-kuchlbauer.de/

This is a nice wheat beer. Really tasty, smooth, and slightly parfumed. I have enjoyed it. its alcoholic degree is 5,2º

Tilt

Tilt Vía Sergia, 20 Mataró

This is a nice restaurant in Mataró that offers a fix price menu (lunch time) for 13 eur including wine and coffee.

As you can see in the photos the presentation is really nice, as well as the quality. It offers a nice quality/price ratio.

Primero de Fariña

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Franziskaner Weissbier Dunkel

Franziskaner Weissbier Dunkel

I think that Bischosfhof is better. Probably Franziskaner is more acide and less intense.

ENOTURISMO BODEGAS MONTE LA REINA (TORO, ZAMORA, SPAIN) WINE TOURISM

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Sergi Arola destaca la 'potencia y personalidad' de los vinos de Toro

Tres pasas cobos Pedro Ximenez

Tres pasas cobos Pedro Ximenez

http://www.navisa.es/catalo8.html

This PX wine has nice taste, quite complex, but it is not very dense, and slightly alcoholic taste. I paid 6,45 eur at El Corte Inglés.

Alizán 6 meses en barrica

Alizán 6 meses en barrica

http://www.alizan.net/

this wine is not in good conditions. It even produces a kind of scume in the bottle wich is not usual in correct wines. It reminds me another wine from Fermoselle (Arribes del Duero) that also expired quite early. In this case it's surprising because its alcoholic degree is 14º, and normally high alcoholic wines are quite long lasting.

I paid 4,85 eur at El corte Inglés (special offer). Obviously, I do not recommend it.

La sommelier Rosa Vila, Alella i el vi

La sommelier Rosa Vila, Alella i el vi

http://www.capgros.com/noticies/detall.asp?id_noticia_portal=26911&sec=188&portada=1 Alella és el vi i la Denominació d’Origen (DO). I el vi és també el Maresme, des de les epòques més antigues i amb l’absoluta convicció que en els temps actuals és un dels trets que contribueixen a donar forma a la identitat d’una comarca allargassada i fragmentada en zones socioeconòmiques molt diverses.La lluita de Rosa Vila és la de donar a conèxier els vins d’Alella i una cultura basada en la sensibilitat, en les sensacions. Qui ha pogut assistir a un dels seus tastets, en els quals ensenya a aprofundir en els sentits per trobar els gustos, els sabors, els aromes… sap que un glop de nèctar alellenc pot connectar-te amb la terra, amb les arrels, amb tot allò que ens precedeix i que contiua viu en els saborosos vins que neixen de les veremes cada any.La primera dona sommelier de Catalunya té un ampli currículum en el qual destaquen un màster en viticultura i màrqueting del vi, a The Internacional Social Science Council, activitats com a professora d’enologia i viticultura a l’Escola d’Hostaleria Hofmann i a la Universitat Catalana d’Estiu i ser sommelier a Xangai (Xina), al Regal East Asia Hotel o Manager i sommelier de Tierra de Vinos (Mèxic DF), entre d’altres graons de la seva carrera professional.És també especialista a crear harmonies a través dels vins i assesora dels restaurants per quin maridatge és el més apropiat per a cada plat. A Nosaltres, els maresmencs, Rosa Vila ens recorda la importància de treballar junts per una DO desenvolupada a tota la comarca i com el dia que així sigui s’haurà aconseguit un puntal de vertebració indiscutible de la nostra identitat. El vi fa Maresme i el camí per recórrer en aquesta direcció és tan necessari com indiscutible i demana de l’esforç i el compromís de tots.

Huile vierge de noix

Huile vierge de noix

Huilerie Lepine

This is oil from nuts. Its taste is quite strong, too burnt for me. However, when mixed with salads/tomatoes, it is nice. Its price is around 12 eur per liter.