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For the best Garlic Soup in Town (they also cook bull stew when available and horse kebab): Gaizka Calle Trueba, 4 - Tel. 943 32 24 11 My favorite Pintxos Bar with one of the best wine menus in Donosti: El Lagar Calle Zabaleta, 55 - www.el-lagar.net - Tel. 943 32 03 29 For Txuleta (in Astigarraga) Restaurante Kako Calle Mayor, 19 - Tel. 943 55 17 41

Diálogos de Cocina The webcasts are now online.... Excellent event, excellent organisation. And yes... No egos here.

Something is being done.....but almost like guerrilla marketing. Any idea?. I've assisted in the recent times to a Valdespinada and several "only sherry wine" meals and all of them have been a success (once you've tried it you're lost). We are very proud of you Jose Andres and what you are achieving..... You're a very hard working guy (I remember you sitting next to me at the Lo mejor de la Gastronomia-Tapas & Pintxos taking notes) and an excellent Ambassador for Spain and its gastronomy. Muchas gracias y sigue adelante. Sl2 desde Andalucia. SBonner you need to organise one of those meals ehh

Good point.... I agree with you but Opentable is not only a reservation supplier... It's a guest management software and it could help restaurants to improve its relationships with clients. I agree the online booking is not part of our culture but things change a lot and very quickly. So why not?. As restaurant owner I will consider to become a prospective client & user of Opentable. It works great in the US.

Try Sol y Sombra (at the end of Calle Castilla) and ask for Solomillo con Ajos.... I forgot the name of a small restaurant near Plaza Altozano (could be Chema?) serving nice Sea Bass & Almond Croquettes

Room temperature in Southern Spain without a/c is about 35ºC in summer time. Keep your Old Amontillados, Olorosos or Palo Cortados for your Autumm Game or Risottos.... It will change your smile

I bet they can, but I have never gotten an open bottle past a week! ← Good news for the Jerezanos business... Just bear in mind that for the near future... It can give lots of nice surprises

Old Amontillados, Olorosos and Palos Cortados can be kept open for a while without being spoiled. Just give them a try and see what happens. Good to know you are doing that... Sherry is among the best wines in the world and the next step is to help people to understand that Sherry can be served during the whole meal. And one of the best practices is to pour the wine in normal white wine glasses. The nose and the general perception of the wine improves a lot this way. If any Bodega take the iniciative to bottle Sherry directly from the cask (without clarification and little filtering), the US could be conquered

The situation has changed a lot since Fernando Martin (former executive chef) left.... For tapas & a good selection of Spanish wines try El Tostón (C/Alfonso XIII. Edif. Terminal - Fuengirola) and Casa Navarra (Carlos, the owner, is from Navarra region and has excellent quality food) (Carretera Mijas km4). Good luck and enjoy the best climate in Europe

Bakery: Vallés... Costa de Sa Plaça, 19... And don't forget the pomada with gin xoriguer!!!

Why is this post in Fine Spirits and not in the wine section?

Were are you based now?

I don't understand your ??? sorry .... Figs & raisins are supposed to be found in young P.X. like Toro Albalá or a Pedro Ximenez de Añada both from Denominacion de Origen Montilla-Moriles...p.e... In older P.X. you can find prescriptors like chocolate, coffee, smoke,.... My answer was related with PX age: the older P.X. you have the more complex prescriptors you may have.... Old Sherry & Montilla-Moriles PX are among the best wines in the world....

My choice for my father's birthday was a Viña Bosconia 1947... One of the best vintage in that bodega and a first class wine....

and depending on how old it is, I'd add.

Thank you Ed for your reply... This is quite confusing for us... The Plantation rums are marketed as agricole here in Spain. After a bitter argue with my distributor they decided to double check if the latter was true.... Sorry but I am not keen about US rums...

Yes... There are a Trinidad rum too..... Plantation is similar to the Spanish word "Plantación" (an estate cropping sugar cane) and that's the reason I thought they could be agricole rhums too. I found this quite confusing

I've received some Plantation rums (Barbados, Nicaragua & Jamaica). Which is your top-five?

After this...why not?. Was it very expensive?. What about the wine list? R

Which temperature you think is the appropiate one?.

Great... I think we'll book for the French Café and probably the O'Connell Street Bistro... Zest was highlighted in a Visual Guide as one of the best restaurants in AKL

Do you know Zest?. Is not a franchise from the Australian one is it?

Kike García Casares... He's been working before at El Patio de Raimuntxo. I've been told that the owner of this place is opening a new wine&pintxos bar in the same street

Yes I really enjoyed it... We take note about Sudestada... although I'm not very confident with the ones (Thai, Viet, Pilipino, etc) I've tried here in Spain.....And yes... looks can be deceiving... The true is in the bottle (Luis Gutierrez dixit) and in the dish!!!

Thank you for the suggestion... It has been a nice surprise.... We were looking for the Micophilia menu but some wild mushroom were not longer available so we had a Degustacion Menu with a bottle of Laxas 03 (Albariño) and Cesar Principe 02 (Cigales). Good value for money.... and considering they've running the business for only 4 months.... Mr Capel was in a near table so I guess they will receive a El Pais review soon.