This may make your mouth water!
Spain is a country with delicious meats, seafood, drinks... I could go on but instead I'll just show you. Here are some of the goodies I got to munch on. Pictures are worth a thousand words after all...
Up above you see
jamón serrano, croquetas (ham and bechamel magically held together with a brad crumb coating) and really good bread.
These drinks below are called
claras. It is the perfect mix of a light beer with lemon soda (like a shandy): great for summer days. The sandwiches are small
bocadillos (typical sandwiches of Spain) or
montaditos.
Spanish hams, or
jamónes!
Huevos rotos con chorizo: fried eggs on potatoes (similar to fries but heartier chunks) with chorizo sausage...
Sepia, or Spanish style squid. I wish I knew exactly how this was made but here's my guess: seasoned with salt, pepper, parsley and lemon, grilled to perfection, fresh lemon squeezed right before eating and accompanied with a yogourt/tzatziki type dip but without the overbearing garlic flavour... It was delicious!
Bread!
Pan! I eat so, so much bread there! It's delicious to dip simply in olive oil and salt.
On top of the copious amounts of bread I ate, I drank many, many
cafés con leche. Spanish espresso with hot, steamed milk and a touch of sugar.
Un bocadillo de jamón con queso de brie. Quite simply, a ham sandwich with brie cheese. But oh! It's so much more than an ordinary ham sandwich, can't you tell?!
These last two were the first two courses of the wedding dinner: salad with lobster (cooked in two ways) and guacamole...
And one large but perfectly cooked piece of steak! As big as my fist... I ate it all.
My plates of food were always completely devoured... in a ladylike manner of course ;P
And modern and new...
An underwater tunnel at the L'Oceanographic Center!
Sunny beaches...
And some seriously good food!
One day soon I hope, I will be in Valencia :)
I love looking at food photography! Caitlin (or Coco) is the woman behind the magic of these dishes and their photos. Even more appealing is that she didn't study photography but rather, through trial and error, taught herself!
She also has beautiful shots of her travels!
And a good eye for decorating and staging...
Hope you enjoyed and check out her blog for more beautiful photographs and inspiration. Now back to work for me!
On that note, I've found a fabulous recipe for a fig tart on Eat.Live.Travel.Write. If you don't have figs in your backyard or have eaten them all (like me), you can get some from the store and try out this recipe. Ciao beautiful people! Happy baking!
Fabulous chair!
And that is a great logo! Very charming...
I want a hat like that!
Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be dreaming of Argentina and South America...
If you are in the Toronto area, there will be a great "How to Make Macarons" class hosted by the lovely lady behind eat.live.travel.write. this coming September. She has a great post on her adventures of making these finicky pastries, complete with fabulous pictures. She shares some useful tips and techniques to making the perfect macaron and the places where she learned to make macarons in Paris!
Her first class is on September 30th at La Dolci in Toronto. How I wish I could go! She's also hosting a giveaway, the prize being a free spot in her class! Check it out!
My aunt and I ordered desserts at the Upper West Side location (more table space there), taking pictures, chatting, drinking espressos from the cutest cups!
Mmm... Cupcakes! 
Spain is a country with delicious meats, seafood, drinks... I could go on but instead I'll just show you. Here are some of the goodies I got to munch on. Pictures are worth a thousand words after all...
Spanish hams, or jamónes!
Huevos rotos con chorizo: fried eggs on potatoes (similar to fries but heartier chunks) with chorizo sausage...
Sepia, or Spanish style squid. I wish I knew exactly how this was made but here's my guess: seasoned with salt, pepper, parsley and lemon, grilled to perfection, fresh lemon squeezed right before eating and accompanied with a yogourt/tzatziki type dip but without the overbearing garlic flavour... It was delicious!
Bread! Pan! I eat so, so much bread there! It's delicious to dip simply in olive oil and salt.
On top of the copious amounts of bread I ate, I drank many, many cafés con leche. Spanish espresso with hot, steamed milk and a touch of sugar.
Un bocadillo de jamón con queso de brie. Quite simply, a ham sandwich with brie cheese. But oh! It's so much more than an ordinary ham sandwich, can't you tell?!
These last two were the first two courses of the wedding dinner: salad with lobster (cooked in two ways) and guacamole...
And one large but perfectly cooked piece of steak! As big as my fist... I ate it all.
My plates of food were always completely devoured... in a ladylike manner of course ;P
Hibiscus Macarons with Lavender-Hibiscus Mascarpone
Mini Lavender and Vanilla Scones
Lavender Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Lavender Cupcakes
Yummy! I wish I could find better pictures for you.
