Silly me. Having lived a good deal of my life in California, I assumed churros originated in Mexico. I hadn’t realized they were a Spanish export to Mexico. To get churros in Madrid, I went to the most iconic place in Madrid to get them: Chocolatería San Ginés. There was a bit of a line, but it was worth the wait. The chocolate they were served with was insanely rich.
Just like I had had dinner with my friend Paco at the end of my 1st day in Madrid, I had dinner with him again at the end of my last day in Madrid. He brought me to a Galician restaurant. I swear to you, it was the best meal I had in decades. (The best I’d ever had was in New Orleans, 2 decades earlier.) I couldn’t stop gushing to Paco over the food. Days later, I was still gushing over it. The place is called Casa Gallega. If you go to Madrid, you MUST go here!
Of course we had to start with croquettes. I believe we got an order of shrimp croquettes and an order of ham croquettes.
Next up, grilled squid. Exquisite.
For my main course, I got Gambas al Ajillo, which is shrimp with garlic and oil. It came out sizzling. My tongue couldn’t believe what it was tasting. Outrageously good.
Paco got fried cod for his main dish.
For dessert, I got a rolled crêpe-type of dessert filled with cream. Seriously, the meal just kept getting better.
Paco got a very traditional Galician dessert called Santiago cake (Torta de Santiago), which is a flourless almond cake. I tried a bite, and it was good. But I don’t think I went wrong with what I ordered for dessert!
Okay, could there be a better way to wrap up a spectacular trip than to enjoy an incredible meal? I’m STILL gushing. If Galician food is this good in Madrid, imagine how good it must be in Galicia!
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