Iberian Traveler

03/09/2024

Meal planning can be a slog. Let us help.

01/09/2024

Celebrating our first anniversary of our new life in Spain at our favorite local restaurant, Casa Gabriel. What a year it has been and what a great move we have made to this wonderful country!

28/07/2024

Sunday lunch at Askuabarra-gazpacho de aperitivo, berenjenas asadas y marinadas, steak tartare, one of Madrid’s best versions, along with the version at , alas closed on Sundays.

24/07/2024

Breakfast on the 14th!

22/07/2024

Lunch at Casa Masip on Thursday.

22/07/2024

The service here would be hard to beat as would the dishes, and is only a short drive from Bilbao.

21/07/2024

Guess where we’re having lunch today!

16/07/2024

First stop on tonight’s pintxos crawl, Narru, for Donostia’s best chistorra from our favorite chef, Iñigo Peña. Almost as delicious as Joseba’s homemade chistorra we used to love in Seattle.

16/07/2024

Toros en San Sebastián!

14/07/2024

The Giants and Big Heads on the final day of Sanfermines 2024.

11/07/2024

Beautiful lunch at the lovely Hotel Argi Eder in highly photogenic Ainhoa, Pays Basque, our peaceful home for the past 4 nights.

10/07/2024

Lunch in the village of Irissarry, Pays Basque at the wonderful Art Zain (meaning “shepherd” in Basque) with chef Henri Amestoy. This extremely fine restaurant is housed in a uniquely reconverted barn in the center of the village. Farm to table cuisine at its finest and a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Go!

09/07/2024

Beautiful day in Saint-Jean-de -Luz, market shopping, Basque linen shopping at Jean Vier and Lartigue 1910 and lunch at our favorite bistro, Zoco Moko.

07/07/2024

7 de julio,
Asador-Sidrería Martintxo, Cizur Menor, Pamplona.
When in Pamplona during Sanfermines, a menestra, txuletón, canutillos con chocolate y un rosado del Señorío de Otazu are de rigueur.
¡Viva San Fermín!

06/07/2024

Fantastic lunch at El Molino de Urdániz by David Yarnoz, 2 estrellas Michelin y una estrella verde. A lovely country escape from Pamplona before this afternoon’s corrida de rejones.

06/07/2024

¡Viva San Fermín! ¡Gora San Fermín!
¡Ocho días de alegría!

02/07/2024

A wonderful anniversary lunch at Malabar Bistró in Becerril de la Sierra—5 medias raciones-
Aperitvo, un gazpacho de melón,
Anchoas en brioche con mantequilla ahumada,
Atún rojo con mantequilla de pimienta,
Arancini, crisp and golden
Espárragos verdes,
Albóndigas de jabalí,
Mousse de yogur con helado de lima,
Y la parte líquida,
Ravia, de Bodegas Otero, D. O. Ribeiro, torrontés y treixadura.
Wonderful service and one to repeat often!

02/07/2024

25/06/2024

A pre lunch aperitivo at Casa Canito on Recoletos, one of the 3 best bikinis, lomo ibérico con mozzarella y trufa, we’ve tried in Madrid ,along with the bikinis of VarraFina and los 33. Have to return to try more dishes at this tapeo moderno spot.

25/06/2024

Lunch at Pedraza

20/06/2024

http://diariodegastronomia.com/las-mejores-tortillas-navarra-2024/

Ya conocemos los ganadores del Concurso de tortillas que ha tenido lugar en el marco de la edición 2024 Semana de la Tortilla de Navarra, que se ha celebrado del 7 al 16 de junio.

17/06/2024

Delicious torreznos and pizza LP at Roostiq, Augusto Figueroa, Chueca.

12/06/2024

https://travelswithmaribel.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/a-visit-to-cordoba/

Semana Santa came early this year and even through the weather wasn’t the best, we throughly enjoy it with stops in Córdoba, Sevilla and Málaga. On the Iryo to Córdoba We started our Semana S…

07/06/2024

Lunch at La Taberna de Almodovar in Córdoba, a Bib Gourmand.

04/06/2024

Four weeks to go! Sanfermines 2024!

02/06/2024

The Cartels for Sanfermines 2024 have been announced!

CORRIDAS DE LA FERIA DEL TORO 2024 Viernes 5 julio 2024 (Novillada) A las 20:00 Novillos de Ganadería de Pincha de Lodosa (Navarra), para los novilleros JAROCHO, ALEJANDRO CHICHARRO Y SAMUEL NAVALÓN. Sábado 6 julio 2024 (Rejones) Toros de Carmen Lorenzo, de San Pelayo de Guareña (Salamanca), par...

22/05/2024

Another great lunch at La Txitxarreria. And this time we had reservations.

16/05/2024

Fabulous lunch at Quispe on Conde de Aranda, haute Peruvian cuisine.