Restaurant Dining Out - Lunch or Dinner ? (920 views)

We do not dine out much, especially since the pandemic. I've done a pizza carryout from a local (not chain) place for my b-day last year and we've done take out sushi for our anniversary. Otherwise, I cook most of our meals. I don't know how quality/cost of food compares in Spain to the US but we have found purchasing ingredients allows us higher quality/cost.

Gil Gamesh  & Wally Cat,

Firstly,  a glass of very good wine runs approx. 2.50 - 3.00 €uros a glass.
  
Tapas run between 2 €uros -  15.00 € depending upon the tapa and size. We share 2 different tapas usually.

The older Spanish taverns, we frequent are much better quality and larger portions than the "trendy" newer establishments.  

After a day´s  work, this is how we un-wind and catch up ..  It is a true enjoyment for us.  

We also do a Pizza at the weekends as we are grand fans:  A Napoletano Margherita is 10 - 12 €uros and is more than enough for the two of us. Prepared with fresh mozzarella di bufala, fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, Italian Evoo.  

I realise the prices for food are quite a bit cheaper here in Spain then they are abroad, in North America or the U.K.  

A menu del dia (in the Spanish Constitution ) is a 3 course lunch;  A basket of bread,  starter, main course and a choice of dessert and a bottle of wine. These Menu del Dias had begun in the 1940s for labourers.  They run between 10 € and 20 € Per Lunch and they are only served Monday - Friday.  Restaurants are packed full from 13.30 - 15.30.  This is our main meal of the day. 

Dinners are always light week days.  When I do work remote, at home, I do prepare lunch and it is more costly !  


 

Since the pandemic hit we've only been out to dinner once, did take out sushi twice, and did take out pizza probably 5 times. DH also goes and gets bean and cheese burritos for us every other Wednesday for lunch and then we don't eat dinner that night. Pre-pandemic we'd go out to an early dinner about once a month and it was usually to the same little bar/restaurant. We'd sit at the bar and order one hamburger with onion rings and we'd split it. We'd also each get a couple of glasses of wine. The burger/fries combo cost around $12 dollars and we paid a slight upcharge to swap the fries for the onion rings. I think the wine probably cost $5 per glass as it was happy hour and it was cheap wine . I actually woke up this morning with a real hankering to go out to dinner tonight but will probably put it off until I get my booster on Dec. 7 - yay!

McGee,

Have an exceptional December 7th, just 3 weeks away !

It looks like calamari- yum!

An Italian Risotto at home while working remote on a rainy Monday.   

Covid & Spain ..

Each autonimous region has its own regulations, all which were approved by the high courts or disapproved.  

Madrid is alot better than Barcelona. 

So, as we are on holiday until  December 9th, the National Law is to wear a mask in ALL indoor public buildings including Hotels,  Restaurants, Hospitals and all shops. 

There is a Covid Passport ruling too,  which is required corporations,  travelling by air, high speed rail, long distance rail and long distance coach buses.
This is given only to those who are vaccinated.

The majority of NON Schengen E.U. countries cannot travel in the E.U. at this time without checking government regulations.  

South Africans cannot travel to the E.U. at all at this time.  

Air travel is not in the stars for awhile !!!   We wanted to go to Italia, however, we decided to stay within Spain in 2021.  


Hope things are improving in the Usa.   

SPAM.