today we woke up earlier than usual to try for the second time to get a seat at "Pinotxo", a longstanding uber popular tapas bar in the famous La Boqueria market. After waiting and hovering over the tiny, 10 seat bar with a couple of delicious espressos, we finally got a spot. This time, we were prepared to be served whatever was cooking, but as they were already running out of some things, they gave us a few options. We chose chickpeas with onion, currants, herbs and some sort of carne (later found out it was blood sausage), fried baby lamb riblets, and pork sausage with catalan (tomato-rubbed) toast. Along with a glass of Torello reserva cava, it was quite a delicious and gluttonous breakfast. I'm not one to order anything involving blood sausage, but the chickpeas were very tasty, a bit earthy, and had a nice salty and sweet contrast. The fried lamb was also great, a little reminiscent of chicken nuggets, but with fresh, good quality meat as opposed to the mystery meat that's in McDonald's chicken mcnuggets. Finally, the sausage was probably unnecessary since I was stuffed after the lamb, but it was awesome, and went delicious alongside the best catalan toast we've tried so far!
I wish I could of curled up into you suitcase as a stoeaway! Everything looks and sounds fantastic. You most definitely deserve this--enjoy!
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