Seville - Eating
Life in Seville seems to revolve around meals. In other words, there is a huge selection of restaurants, though the selection is not as international as it is in Madrid or Barcelona.The best eateries are traditionally Andalusian, in both ambience and cuisine. The locals eat late and most restaurants start filling up after 22.00.
Egaña Oriza
José Mari Egaña is Basque, but serves modern Andalusian cooking. Try the lomos de lubina con salsa de erizos de mar (perch with sea urchin sauce) and solomillo con foie natural y salsa de ciruelas (fillet of beef with foie gras and plumb sauce).
La Albahaca
La Albahaca is located by a quaint square in the Santa Cruz part of Seville. The space is decorated with tiles and antique oil paintings, and is very reminiscent of times gone by. The food, however, is contemporary, almost haute cuisine, with some Basque influences.
Taberna del Alabardero
This is the equivalent of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen in London. A place where wayward youths learn to become master chefs and professional waiters. The menu is Neoclassical with ingredients from feudal days. For example, the Cordoba soup is served with both quail eggs and jabugo ham.
Enrique Becerra
Old family-owned Andalusian restaurant complete with a tiled bar. The kitchen creates refined versions of traditional home cooking, there is the pez espada al amontillado (swordfish with dark sherry) and exquisite side dishes such as espinaca con garbanzos (spinach with chick-peas).
Salavador Rojo
This upscale restaurant is completely devoid of Andalusian features, except when it comes to the menu. Try the Cantabrian anchovy toast with grilled sweet paprika, or the vegetable soup with onion and ham crème.
Tapas Bars
The Andalusian region, where Seville is located, is the birthplace of tapas and there are plenty of great places in the city to enjoy them—both in terms of atmosphere and for the food itself. Visit Calle Mateo Gago and try several tapas bars.
La Fresquita is a hole-in-the-wall type place serving mini toasts with morcilla (blood sausage), and The Bodega Santa Cruz has a tasty tortilla. Bar Giralda in a former Moorish bathhouse is also worth a visit.
