In order to make it through my first field trip with my class (Salinae, a museum highlighting the Roman salinas in Vigo), I needed food.
Fortunately, we walked past Cafeteria Jackie's en route to the museum. The menu looked promising (mainly because the gringos in the group wanted hamburgers) and we decided to sit outside because the weather was so beautiful.
It was the beginning of my second week in Vigo and I had not yet had seafood (bar mariscos). Blasphemy! In order to redeem myself, I ordered the merluza a la gallega.
I'm a huge proponent of leisurely lunches, but when the rest of my table had received (and almost finished) their food and tables adjacent to us, who arrived after our group, received their food, I began to get a little cranky. Not to mention, I was hungry. My friend tried to reassure me that my merluza was coming straight from the port and that's why it was taking a little bit more time than expected. (I wish!)
When my merluza arrived, I was very disappointed. My two cross-sections of fish (the fish is served steak-style) were of the boniest and most narrow part of the fish. After I was done carefully removing bones from the fish, there was hardly any fish to eat! So instead of enjoying fish, I filled up on potatoes in a sauce that was a lame excuse for anything "a la gallega" - the sauce wasn't even orange-y red.
Prices were also a bit steep, save the menu of the day. I have another few weeks to find the merluza of my dreams, or at least a horizontal dictionary who can tell me where I should go. read more
