You can't make this food fantasy up. I was roaming the touristy part of Cordoba when I came upon a souvenir shop. The lady working there took a liking to me because my attempted Spanish amused her and I bought every trinket she showed me. As a blessing, she bestowed upon me a restaurant recommendation, outside the tourist walls of town, a place frequented by locals on the 'in'.
Fast forward a few hours I stumble upon this place and it's empty. Apparently Spaniards like to eat after 10pm and this All American girl needs to eat by 8 (to avoid wearing the food on my hips the next day). Anyhow, we get there and sit down and order a bottle of delicious local red wine for 18 euros. Yes. Delicious. An entire bottle. Only 18 euros. It gets better though.
I open the menu like a boss and flip through the 5 pages pretending I can read Spanish. Except I can't. And the waiter is not used to dealing with tourists so he's speaking to me like my mom when she's angry- 1000 words a minute and none of it was sinking in. Anyhow, he mouths the words "salmon tartar" and I nod my head in agreement. We order a few other things which was risky considering we didn't know what they were but see pics below.
The salmon tartar was a super generous portion with fresh tomato underneath and more avocado than a girl could dream for. The salmon chunks were big and fresh.
As a "just because", the waiter brought us a free appetizer of chorizo. Holy yumminess- thank you, Sir! It was so flavorful and delicious that this fatty ate the whole plate. See pic which is only a portion because I could hold myself back from eating so I snuck a pic between bites.
My husband ordered sangre pollo which I found out through google translate that means chicken blood. I didn't touch it because I was scurreeeddd but he loved it.
We also ordered fried eggplant and octopus salad- both tasty if that's your thing. Bonus points for the potatoes with the octopus which were lovely and yes I ate them all. Be grateful I took pics.
The only thing I didn't love was the bread they brought which is a theme around the South of Spain. They bring you bread and charge a nominal fee and it tastes like cardboard. Go to France for baguette and leave the chorizo and Rojias wine for
The Spaniards! Love this place and if I venture back to the South of Spain I'll definitely be back! read more