The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Restaurant => Topic started by: Pastis on November 18, 2007, 11:24:10 PM
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There you are with a few hours to kill on the island of Madeira, so what to do? Well it's lunch time and there's talk of a speciality... the Espada. Sounds like a spade to me but the lovely Madeiran maid outside Juliu's assures me it's a fish... We do special... with a banana... you will love him!.
Leaving fear and trepidation on the doorstep I venture inside and am ushered upstairs to a refreshingly air conditioned dining room. There's a buffet of starters (new collective noun there) and crisp, white tablecloths. Juliu's is on a side street in Funchal and thankfully there's only a few Madeirans in there. After a tastey salad it's got to be the Espada Spezialoso or whatever it's called... bring it on, I say.
Now at this point I realise that I may have snapped Seņor Espada earlier in the morning down the fish market. He's an uncommonly ferocious looking creature...
Here he is lined up with his mates:
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And he's got some teeth on him...
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Oh well, in for a penny etc. The fillet of Espada (Scabbard fish) arrives lightly battered, as is the accompanying banana... what a delicious combination. A soft, tastey, deep sea white fish with a delicately cooked fruit...a squeeze of lemon and mmmmmuachh!
Glad I didn't get the eyes... or the teeth... scared2:
Try him if you ever get the chance happy088
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Espada waver!
They go with banana! eeek:
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Christ! That looks like summat out of the Lord of the Rings. eeek:
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I had a girlfriend like that once noooo:
Back on topic.
Sirloin of beef roasted when smeared in wholegrain mustard and Nigella's roast potatoes with semolina. Lovely!
Oh, yes, fish. Sorry!
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I couldn't get on with the semolina roast potatoes.
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Christ! That looks like summat out of the Lord of the Rings. eeek:
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Looks more like Tie Rack to me.
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You cooked them wrong then. They are a favourite in much demand here!
Wench!
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You cooked them wrong then. They are a favourite in much demand here!
Ties?
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You cooked them wrong then. They are a favourite in much demand here!
Wench!
They tasted strange.
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Do stop it!
They ain't kippers!
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You cooked them wrong then. They are a favourite in much demand here!
Wench!
They tasted strange.
Crunchy!!
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You cooked them wrong then. They are a favourite in much demand here!
Wench!
They tasted strange.
They would, you are supposed to wear them round your neck.
Or in Berek's case, hold your trousers up.