agiant wrote: bars. Squid sandwiches are usually takeaway (if you want).Perfect. Gracias de nuevo.

agiant wrote:Some are restaurants and others are bars. Squid sandwiches are usually takeaway (if you want).I don't suppose you'd know of any record shops that fit the criteria stated in my original post? We're staying near the Puerta del Sol, but we don't mind long walks one bit.

MRoyce wrote:agiant wrote: ¢ Cocido in La Bola, Bola StGood call, my Madrid colleagues say this is one of the very few true Madrileño dishes, most everything else was apparently brought from other parts of Spain. Don't plan to eat too much on the same day as this, it's usually quite a meal. Had it for lunch once, I was set for the rest of the day, including dinner.Cocido and Callos are the two classic dishes from Madrid, yes.Caracoles a la Madrileña (Madrid style snails) is also a Madrid dish.Brava sauce is also from Madrid , but it's very popular. It's available everywhere, like chocolate & churros. Fabada and cod are from the north.

agiant wrote: ¢ Cocido in La Bola, Bola StGood call, my Madrid colleagues say this is one of the very few true Madrileño dishes, most everything else was apparently brought from other parts of Spain. Don't plan to eat too much on the same day as this, it's usually quite a meal. Had it for lunch once, I was set for the rest of the day, including dinner.

OrthodoxEaster wrote:agiant wrote:I also know where you can find a black TB500 hahaha(not kidding)Pity that there's nothing special re: record stores. I'm actually looking for a cheap copy of a 7-inch that came w/an old issue of the Spanish fanzine La Herencia de los Munster.Ridiculously tempted as I am by a TB500, I doubt I have the funds for it and I sure as hell won't be lugging it around the Moroccan backwoods for the six weeks after I leave Madrid, hahahahah.MRoyce wrote: Don't plan to eat too much on the same day as this, it's usually quite a meal. Had it for lunch once, I was set for the rest of the day, including dinner.Yep. I've eaten northern Portuguese-style and Azorean cozido (cooked in a hot spring!) a couple times, and they were major gutbombs. Deliciously so, but still. Any idea how different Madrilleño style might be from what they eat in Portugal?Try Escridiscos, the guy is nice, maybe he can help you to find that.TB500: Travel to Morocco with a $$$ guitar => not a good idea Cocido portugués: no idea, I've never had it.

agiant wrote:I also know where you can find a black TB500 hahaha(not kidding)Pity that there's nothing special re: record stores. I'm actually looking for a cheap copy of a 7-inch that came w/an old issue of the Spanish fanzine La Herencia de los Munster.Ridiculously tempted as I am by a TB500, I doubt I have the funds for it and I sure as hell won't be lugging it around the Moroccan backwoods for the six weeks after I leave Madrid, hahahahah.MRoyce wrote: Don't plan to eat too much on the same day as this, it's usually quite a meal. Had it for lunch once, I was set for the rest of the day, including dinner.Yep. I've eaten northern Portuguese-style and Azorean cozido (cooked in a hot spring!) a couple times, and they were major gutbombs. Deliciously so, but still. Any idea how different Madrilleño style might be from what they eat in Portugal?

agiant wrote:Try Escridiscos, the guy is nice, maybe he can help you to find that.TB500: Travel to Morocco with a $$$ guitar => not a good idea Cocido portugués: no idea, I've never had it.Cool, and thanks again for the tip. A 7-inch I can travel w/. A collectable guitar, not so much.I think the Portuguese style is more similar to the Gallego version. A lot of cabbage and greens. Madrid style appears to have chickpeas (or so Google is telling me), which were either nonexistent or used very sparingly in the Portuguese renditions I've tried of the dish. Either way, it looks like a similar mix of cured and fresh pork products and maybe some chicken, all steamed/simmered long and slow w/a few winter vegetables. Which sounds great.

Sounds like it was a fucking blast!

So, just to comment.agiant wrote:Squid sandwich (do it!) in Botoneras St (several places)This was so simple but so delicious. We ate at La Campana. Given the location, it really seemed like it should have been a tourist trap. It was not. Lots of workers coming in for a bite and una caña. Great experience.agiant wrote:Snails (yep!) in Los Caracoles, Toledo StWent here after a morning at the Rastro. My kinda place. Wonderful snails, and the free tapas w/the cheap and enjoyable vermouth on tap are also way better than they need to be. Atmosphere is quite winning. Talk to some strangers. Toss your shells on the floor. Place is closed by 4pm.agiant wrote:Cocido in La Bola, Bola StGut-busting and wonderful. Particularly the cabbage course cooked in chorizo grease. I'm impressed that they still heat the jugs on the coals, and we were invited back into the kitchen to check it out. Surprised that pretty much everyone else eating lunch here was Spanish. Beyond old school. I also particularly liked the callos at this place a hell of a lot. (Although the finest example we tried was at an upmarket wine restaurant called Angelita. Like silk.)Antero wrote:The place I think about most often from our Madrid visit - aside form the museums and such - is La Venencia, an ancient sherry bar that used to be a left-wing hangout and which has a menu that consists of literally just sherry.We also expected this place to be way more of a a tourist haunt b/c it's smack in the center. But nope. I mean, there were certainly a few tourists here but... all the sherry we tried was excellent (though not quite as transcendent as what they serve at a place called Asturianos, out towards Chamberí; I was expecting cider, but the beverage director there is a sherry geek). La Venencia ruled. Pretty sure all the sherry comes from one producer (Emilio Hidalgo, not to be confused w/the familiar Bodegas Hidalgo, as I was schooled upon inquiring). The mojama and charcuterie aren't bad, either. Lots of old wood and the bill is tallied in chalk on the bar itself. No photos allowed (not that we even tried). Lots of salty old gents about. Good times.Not nearly as historic, but we were also particularly smitten w/a natural wine bar inside the San Fernando market in Lavapiés called Bendito. I could have spent six or eight hours in there.Record stores were absolutely nothing special but fuck it, we didn't come to Madrid to buy vinyl. Thanks for the tips.