{"id":14950,"date":"2013-06-12T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteaway.pl\/en\/?p=14950"},"modified":"2018-06-06T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T08:21:24","slug":"madrid-soap-dessert-la-antonita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteaway.pl\/en\/2013\/06\/12\/madrid-soap-dessert-la-antonita\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid: soap for dessert at La Antonita"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever eaten soap? \ud83d\ude42 For a dessert in an elegant restaurant? We have tried it for the first time lately: in Madrid in a nice restaurant called La Antonita,<\/a> located right next to a charming boutique hotel called Posada del Dragon.<\/b><\/a> What this soap really is, what it’s made from and why soap in the first place \u2013 you will all find out soon. But let’s keep it the usual way: the starters first, then the main course and a few words about La Antonita. It’s a place worth adding to the must sees in Madrid list next to Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol and Prado.<\/p>\n

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open kitchen, lots of things going on inside and menu written on the black board \u2014 I like that! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

We got to La Antonita<\/b>, situated on Cava Baja 14, one of Madrid’s liveliest streets with lots of cafes, pubs and little joints, thanks to the TrpAdvisor app. We were walking around after a looong night and looking for a place to have a good Sunday’s lunch..<\/p>\n

Before, we used to eat lots of traditional tapas<\/i> in Madrid. We love it and usually don’t pay too much attention to where we eat in Spain as all the pubs serve good tapas.<\/p>\n

My favourite tapas are patatas bravas<\/i>\u00a0(baked potatoes with a spicy sauce), tortilla de patatas\u00a0 <\/i>(a famous potato omelette), croquetas <\/i>(Spanish style, with ham or cod) or pimientos de pardon, <\/i>our beloved little green peppers grilled and spiced up with salt, that \u0141ukaz started preparing himself in my friend’s house for our Madrilenian breakfasts. This time we wanted something more than traditional tapas<\/i>.<\/p>\n

We looked for something original and impressive and found La Antonita. <\/b>We found a table even though we didn\u2019t make a reservation and nobody minded us squeezing between the tables with a pram and a loud little one. Good for them!<\/p>\n

Menu isn’t too long, but still it was hard to decide what to order. There’s lots of Spanish specialties in it, usually served in a more exquisite way. In order to try different things we asked for a set of all the best things and obviously switched to traditional Spanish eating style \u2013 para picar <\/i>: \u00ad<\/i>we order together\u00a0 and eat together \u2013 a bite of tortilla here, a croquet there and a few peppers to go with it. I love it, because when I want to try 5 different meals I can do it without ordering 5 full dishes \ud83d\ude42 Praise Spain for para picar<\/i>!<\/p>\n

We started with croquetas, <\/i>then the calamari, tomatoes and controversial crunchy oxtail roll…<\/i><\/p>\n

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croquetas: with ham, fish or spicy…<\/p><\/div>\n

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salad made of 5 types of totatoes served with fig marmalade \u2014 delicious!<\/p><\/div>\n

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grilled calamari with onion marmalade and burnt onion peels<\/p><\/div>\n

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crunchy oxtail roll with soy sauce and potato puree<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see, everything looks fantastic and is served so! The abovementioned “bull’s tail”… Rabo de toro<\/i>\u00a0was quite controversial though. It’s a Spanish delicacy for the experienced ones, prepared in various ways e.g. stewed with carrots or baked \u2013 you can try this version in Warsaw, in the Ole restaurant<\/a> \u2013 if you tried it, let us know \u2013 we haven’t been there yet. I’m not a fan of this meal. Even though at La Antonita it wasn’t an actual tail but beef prepared in a certain way. \u0141ukasz on the other hand was delighted and even ate our portions. Seems like a dish for men!<\/p>\n

I would die for the calamari with onion marmalade though. And for croquetas…<\/i> delicious! Patatas bravas <\/i>and shrimp fritters<\/i> are also worth trying. I’ll do it as soon as I get back here. And I already miss Madrid.<\/p>\n

The prices as for Madrid, a crowded place and such high standards are quite decent \u2013 prices for certain dishes range from 5 to 14 euro…<\/p>\n

For the dessert (5,90 euro) we were offered two little works of art… French mille-feuille<\/em> (milhojas<\/i> in Spanish) with a lavender cream cheese, sprinkled with grated nuts and lemon rind and…<\/p>\n

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tender mille – feuille sprinkled with lemon rind<\/p><\/div>\n

the above-mentioned SOAP! \ud83d\ude42 \u2013 La Antonita Soap. <\/i>It’s a kind of white chocolate mousse, quite stiff and actually resembling soap consistence, served with a lime foam. Is the soap consistence good for a dessert? For this one: yes! It was delicious!<\/p>\n

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soap-dessert \u2014 “La Antonita” Soap<\/p><\/div>\n

Why soap? Because for many years in the place where the restaurant currently is, there was a shop where Antonita sold soaps (JABONES)… that’s where the form, foam and consistence come from… and the name of the restaurant \ud83d\ude42 A beautiful story \u2014 and if you don’t believe me, check this picture that can be found on Posada del Dragon hotel and La Antonita’s Facebook profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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a soap shop where the restaurant is today<\/p><\/div>\n

Is a soap-like dessert enough to book a trip to Madrid? \ud83d\ude42 I can give you many more reasons but still it’s worth coming here just to visit La Antonita…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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