We arrived in Madrid on Saturday morning. Since our hotel room wasn’t ready we set out for lunch. So, if you’ve been following the blog (or know us at all), you know we like to eat – so we apologize for making you hungry. The Mercat San Miguel sits just to the west of Plaza Mayor, and has a ton of small restaurants where you can eat at their counters. All the tapas are sitting on the counters or behind glass cases. We settled into one with what looked to be good, and interesting food. We had no idea what we ordered as there were no menus, we just pointed. The triangular shaped omelet was great – oozed with cheese. The dish with the large piece of bread was piled with a creamy salad, the best of the dishes. And the last was a giant seashell filled with a creamy substance like mashed potatoes with bay scallops hidden within. At first the consistency made us a bit squeamish, but once we figured out what it was we were fine. The only bad thing was the price, at about 19€ it was more expensive than the other cities we visited. We hope that’s not a trend!
Craig & Ryan 