Mercado San Miguel in Madrid

9-04-2011 Sun. warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Croissant
LATE-LUNCH --- (at Daniel Sorlut, Mercado San Migue) oysters | champagne | (at La Fromagerie, Mercado San Miguel) ten Spanish cheese sampling plate | beer
LATE-TEATIME --- fruit | tea

Mercado San Miguel, downtown Madrid

Spanish goodies to carry home

• the market San Miguel in Madrid caters more to cooked food and drink, a gigantic dinning hall.
  
• a few special Spanish food items to carry home: sweet pimento, saffron, foie gras, smoked mussels, bomba rice for paella, and some dried vegetable roots smelled like truffle.
  

Kiosko food at Boqueria market

9-01-2011 Thu. warm, sunny, shower.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LATE-LUNCH ---( at Kiosko Universal, in Marcat de la Boqueria, Barcelona) grilled vegetables | grilled mushrooms | grilled razor clams | beer | bread
DINNER --- ( ad hoc picnic on the balcony with food from local market ) Iberian cured ham | baguette | cheese | grapes | plums | wine

Marcat de la Buqueria

lunch at Kiosko Universal

quirky Barcelona

local market food for picnic on balcony

• joined the crowds at kiosko universal, simply grilled everything, lots of olive oil.
  
• local supermarket has good selection of fresh food, and incredibly low price: a bottle of wine ( 2 euros) , 100g super quality cured ham ( 1.5 euros), baguette ( 0.5 euro), cheese ( 1 euro) , 1 kg grapes ( 1 euro). living like a Barcelonian with a good relaxed picnic on the balcony, watching a family having dinner on their balcony across from us.