Cachopo stuffed with cecina and smoked cheese from Pría
La Bobia is a mountain range in ** Asturias ** ; also the coffee that lived its golden age in the 80s, when the people of the Madrid scene It coincided here in the mornings starring in that walk that is now called shame, but which they probably invented every time their morning beers coincided with the breakfasts of those who went to work; was the place he saw Almodovar make movies and record a scene from labyrinth of passions ; and, now, after years of having passed from owner to owner, The Bobia It is that tavern in which to eat Asturian in Madrid .
These barrels used to hold thousands of liters of cider
It is true that he prefers to define himself as neotavern , because after so many laps she needed to get pretty and the guys from Grupo La Fábrica had a good eye, getting that, given having to undertake reforms in which essences are sometimes lost, the industrial touch continues to be attractive to us if combined with hydraulic details, wooden floors, strategically placed warm light points, aged white chairs, the always necessary brass bar and the owners and ladies of your attention: two hollow barrels that, instead of storing the 10,000 liters of cider that they were used to, they now welcome the diners who sit at the tables placed inside . That they are located at the back of the room will not make them go unnoticed.
And it is that here, one finds everything that one expects to find, gastronomically speaking, when arriving at that green paradise that is Asturias, but without having to cross the port of Pajares. Just head over at number 3 of San Millán street, next to the Rastro.
La Bobia reopened its doors in these coordinates back in 2015 to satisfy lovers Cabrales, from the cider, the scorpionfish cake and of those gargantuan meals in which one arrives, yes or yes, at dessert despite the fact that there are no more pants buttons to undo.
Some beans?
His letter is to travel from whim to whim, from indecision to indecision. Starters like the potatoes to the Cabrales ; a assortment of croquettes with flavors such as the very creamy squid in its ink, the soft ones with Cabrales, walnuts and raisins, and the very successful beef jerky and leek; either chorizos in cider will slow down the election.
With the main dishes, you become aware that this is serious and that the tables at La Bobia are for the brave. Fab? Cachopo stuffed with cecina and smoked cheese from Pría? Asturian chorizos on a bed of French fries, the kind that resemble those made by grandmothers with a lot of love: crunchy on the outside and just right on the inside?
For dessert, rice pudding with a caramel crust or frixuelos with cream and chocolate They will probably manage to make room for you. Another thing is already, that they get it in your gut.
WHY GO
Because suddenly you are there, as if it were the natural ending to a Sunday morning at the Rastro, toasting with some culines of cider and sharing some forceful tapas with an Asturian stamp without the bill, upon arrival, frightening. Ah, the cider is not poured, it goes with a dispenser.
Rice pudding with its essential caramel crust
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Don't scream when you notice that the letter includes nachos or Cuban sandwiches. Accusing them of gastronomic opportunism alleging that with these dishes they try to hit all the sticks to attract as many palates as possible would not be true, because La Bobia is also a history lesson thanks to a section of proposals with which to honor the Asturians who emigrated to Cuba and Venezuela and on their return they brought, in addition to the name of indianos, some recipes in the suitcase such as, precisely, those nachos with meat, La Peral cheese and Creole sauce or the Cuban sandwich with roast pork shoulder and smoked cheese.
Nachos in an Asturian? If required
Address: Calle San Millán, 3 See map
Telephone: 91.737.60.30
Schedule: From Sunday to Thursday, from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 1:00 p.m. to 01:30 a.m.