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June 25, 2006
Went to a great dinner with Arlie tonight to a Spanish tapas place around the corner that everyone has been raving to me about. The word on the street about this particular restaurant was that “it makes Spanish people cry”. Meaning that it was so authentic that they were actually moved to tears to have a home away from home in London.
Galicia (the name of the restaurant) is hidden a bit up on Portobello Road past all the usual market places. It has a rather boring facade and you might just write it off apart from the Spanish flag that adorns the entrance. Walk into the locale and it is like stepping straight into Spain again.
And the menu? Great. Simple tapas with all the regular stuff at great prices for London. Cheap wine as well. Ole!
One small issue - that could very well have been a huge issue had we been pickier - Arlie was fishing around in the albondigas and found a little cucharacha. Gross.
But everything else was so damned good that we decided to forgive them and simply sent the meatballs back to the kitchen with a horrified camarero.
Can’t win ‘em all I guess…
Horaayy..there are 2 comment(s) for me so far ;)
It’s real nice when a place offers authentic food so far away from home. I’ve heard alot of the Chinese kids here in school really complain about being homesick at times. Getting a taste of home once in a while kinda takes the edge off of it, but it ain’t real easy livin’ outside of the few big US cities with a Chinatown.
We’re lucky enough to have http://www.junglejims.com nearby to supplement the few crappy little ethnic food stores around.
Their produce section is as big as alot of the pre-walmart grocery stores used to be, and the asian produce section is as big as the whole produce dept’s were in them older stores. Likewise for the live seafood, every beer and wine from every country, tobacco, cheese, meat, frickin’ everything from everywhere in the world.
It’s a must see if you ever find yourself in Cincy.
PS. Galicia wouldn’t be authentic without the roaches, would it?