that canned seafood that bourdian sampled in spain

[Ono Loa]

I cant find the name of that lovely canned seafood from northen spain that appeared on tonys show no reservations.

i believe he said it was about 230 euros a can.... but where to get it?

the name begins with an E. does anyone have any information on this? and can it be ordered?

thanx

[broadway]

I cant find the name of that lovely canned seafood from northen spain that appeared on tonys show no reservations.

i believe he said it was about 230 euros a can.... but where to get it?

the name begins with an E.  does anyone have any information on this? and can it be ordered?

thanx

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Could it have been Espinaler?

No idea how to order, but there is an email espinaler@espinaler.es

[pedro]

Escuris, perhaps?

[MoGa]

I just saw the clip, broadway got the brand right, it's Espinaler.

The clip doesn't make it completely clear that what they are eating actually is what cost $250 (156Euros) but what the lady ordered was "almejas de las 'top, top'"

And this does loosely correspond to this price list

http://www.espinaler.es/productos/lista_productos.asp

The almejas (clams) in discussion were the fattest "almejas blancas" white clams, also called "almejas babosas*", which are indigenous to Galicia. Currently retailing for 129Euros for 20. Smaller almejas blancas can be had for much less than this. I assume from the price tag that there aren't enough of these delicacies to satisfy the demand.

I don't know where you can get Espinaler products out of Spain, but if you can order online from www.tienda.com then you might want to try the shellfish from

http://www.peperetes.com/peperetes.html

My advice is to start with the mejillones en escabeche (these were the velvety orange mussels that featured prominently in the Bourdain program) and go on from there.

* from the name I suspect they blow lots of bubbles and 'mucus'

Edited March 13, 2009 by MoGa (log)