Madrid Food Tour – what to eat in Madrid

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We meet at Plaza Mayor, the largest square in Spain, to spend the next four and half hours walking and tasting the specialties of Madrid, listening to the story of Spanish cuisine. Four and half hours: eating and walking.

This is what Madrid Food Tour is about. I went and tested – and tasted – invited by Lauren, who runs it (Barcelona Food Tour is also her brain child).

This is an excellent option for those who want to get to know the foodie side of the city, and to avoid overpaying for poor grub in a random tourist-trap. Lauren is really well organised, so the food was on the table the moment we entered a restaurant. We also had a chance to look behind the scenes, inside the kitchens, peek into the pots, meet the owners and chefs.

Madrid Food Tour gave me a chance to visit a hot chocolate cafe, a restaurant with great wine, a restaurant with great soup, a market with delicious olives and Sangria, a nunnery with cinnamon biscuits baked at dawn,  a bar with home-made cider and tortilla, a meat and cheese shop, a take-away food place, Spanish fast food with squid in a roll, a shop full of local sweet delights, and more.

If you don’t eat meat, just let the organisers know, each place serves vegetarian dishes. Options galore.

Lauren has lived in Madrid for a few years. She blogs at SpanishSabores.com and runs the MadridFoodTour.com page. She’s married to a Spaniard and they plan those delicious food crawls together.

Lauren and me

Lauren and me

 

There are different thematic routes available on the tour:

What you are going to see now is only a part of the whole menu.

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Home-baked soletilla dunked in warm chocolate. Yummy!

Home-baked soletilla dunked in warm chocolate. Yummy!

Quail egg, anchovy, olive & pickled pepper skewer, Campo Real olives and Marcona almonds. Delicious.

Quail egg, anchovy, olive & pickled pepper skewer, Campo Real olives and Marcona almonds. Delicious.

So delish olives with garlic.

So delish olives with garlic.

Sweet red vermouth on tap.

Sweet red vermouth on tap.

Sangria, vermuth and the prices.

Sangria, vermuth and the prices.

Cocido madrileño - traditional chickpea-based stew.

Cocido madrileño – traditional chickpea-based stew.

Cocido madrileño will be prepared!

Cocido madrileño will be prepared!

Cocido madrileño is ready!

Cocido madrileño is ready!

Homemade tortilla de patata. It looks like apple cake, isn't it?:)

Homemade tortilla de patata. It looks like apple cake, isn’t it?:)

Tasting in a "meat paradise".

Tasting in a “meat paradise”.

Tasting in a "meat paradise". It's not my paradise, but I know that some of you are meat lovers.

Tasting in a “meat paradise”. It’s not my paradise, but I know that some of you are meat lovers.

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Cinnamon biscuits baked at dawn by nuns in a closed nunnery.

So delish sweets in a traditional candy store. My paradise:)

So delish sweets in a traditional candy store. My paradise:)

Bocadillo de calamares - sandwich with fried squids and ketchup. Very popular "fast food" in Madrid.

Bocadillo de calamares – sandwich with fried squids and ketchup. Very popular “fast food” in Madrid.

Marqués de Griñon Rioja red wine and me. Cheers!

Marqués de Griñon Rioja red wine and me. Cheers!

Tempted? Go to Spain, Madrid Food Tour, you will see and try more.

And when you meet Lauren, say hello from me!

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