The Seafood Tapas Tour of Madrid Center
We provide something unique, a chance to taste top quality Spanish seafood accompanied by top Spanish white wines and all in Madrid's city center. Spain is no longer the seafood heaven it once was. The economic revolution the country has gone through has decimated the once abundant seafood and made it expensive. Spanish seafood (amongst the best in the world) is only to be found in a few restaurants like Combarro (80€), O'pazo (90 €), Sanxenxo (80 €), etc.. To the restaurant's bill you will have to add taxi fare since these restaurants are not in the city center. Of course there are tapas bars in the city center that serve seafood, but do not be caught unawares, if they do not say the source of the seafood, you can be sure it came from places like Gambia or China. Join a small group for a luxurious seafood with white wine tour of Madrid's city center, during which we will visit my three favorite tapas bars to taste their specialties accompanied by RARE WHITE WINES EXCLUSIVE TO THE TOUR. Tour details: 1) First tapas bar: Gambas al ajillo with chilled Cava wine Perhaps the most popular tapa in Spain and in Spanish restaurants worldwide, gambas al ajillo, or fried garlic shrimp. It is a shame that 99% of restaurants use shrimp from China. We use the shrimp Huelva-Spain, much more expensive but a delicacy that makes all the difference. Cava, is made like Champagne but uses Spanish native grapes instead. We are currently tasting a 7-year-old Cava from a tiny winery. This is a chance for the Cava lover to taste something unique and hard to find. 2) Second tapas bar: Vieiras (scallops) a la Zapatera with unfiltered pale sherry Vieiras is the most representative shellfish of Galicia. Galicia is the most representative shellfish region of Spain. Needless to say tasting Vieiras is a must for any seafood lover. But watch out, Vieras easily build up a dangerous toxin produced by fitoplancton. Make sure that you eat them from someone like us who get them from the most relaible supplier: Vieira de Galicia, S.L. and forget about the inexpensive but also dangerous ones you can find in the black market. Unfiltered pale sherry, we are happy to be the only chance to taste this wine in Madrid. Drawn from the best barrels and bottled unfiltered, giving it a much fuller, livelier and more complex character. If it is so good why is it only us that have it?. First of all most people do not know of its existance, secondly the wine has to be drunk within a fortnight. 3) Third tapas bar: Seafood paella with Albariņo wine Seafood paella (paella marinera) Albariņo is likened to both Riesling and Viognier, Riesling for its minerally character and Viognier for its bouquet of peaches and apricots. This varietal is the white hope in a country of reds.
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