Make a dark wish.
You will still remember when the night of October 31 was just another night of the year. A good night that yes, because It is the eve of a national holiday, All Saints' Day, in which in Madrid, at least, you dedicate yourself to spending the day ** eating fritters (and perhaps saint's bones) . ** But for years now the American tradition of celebrating the night before, the night of the dead, has been installed in Spain. And what better way to celebrate than with feasts of food and drink? The costume is secondary. Trick or Treating? Cocktail or plate? You choose gastronomic plan for Halloween 2017 in Madrid.
Sweet scary night.
BLOODY MEAT
And no, we are not talking about a rare sirloin (although it should always be so), but about the hamburger that you have created Tommy Mel's for Halloween 2017 that will arrive at the table with a syringe to inject Blood Sauce in the meat. This American-style diners chain always celebrates the holidays over there in some special way, and this time they do it with this special sauce for their Angus hamburgers made from bourbon and sweet red chili which gives it that slightly terrifying color and consistency.
BLACK BURGER
In Hard Rock Cafe Madrid They also celebrate the night of the dead in style with a special party, The Jailhouse Rock Halloween, in which they invite you to go dressed as a prisoner to be able to try their Halloween Voodoo Burger, with black bread and accompanied by pumpkin.
Bloody burger.
SCARY HOTELS
The Hotel Indigo Gran Vía and the Hotel Santo Domingo are some of those that will take the theme decoration of the night more seriously. They will not only add pumpkins to their tables, and both on their walls and on the table, everything will be set for a scary Halloween.
At the Hotel Indigo they invite you to the cocktail the black widow (with reposado tequila, blue curaçao, raspberry syrup, lime and grandina) if you go to try their restaurant The Scoundrel Cat the special menu of 35 euros that includes dishes as sonorous as Dracula's blood (bloody mary with cockles banderilla or maleficent pizza (burrata, spinach and gorgonzola) .
In the Hotel Santo Domingo they celebrate a great feast of the dead which for 58 euros includes a buffet (with Iberian tombstones, crunchy fingers of the undead, zombie brains...) and two hours of dancing and an open bar.
The black widow.
Although for real scare, the one that you could happen if you slept directly on the oldest part preserved in Madrid: the Christian wall. the boutique hotel The Dragon Inn it is located above it and in some of its rooms the beds are on glass floors to appreciate the archaeological remains. It can be a good culmination of the night after trying the special menu that they have prepared in their restaurant La Antoñita, where the dead are honored from a sense more traditional: with Iberian secret with rustic pumpkin puree, cod confit with tomato sambal or bone of Santa Antoñita, his interpretation of the classic sweets of All Saints.
Castizo and very red cod.
BURN IN HELL
Your taste buds will be put to the limit with the special broth that Ramen Shifu has created for Halloween. The name already warns you: Ramen hell. And the color of its soup leaves no doubt: when you eat it, you will burn in hell. It is made from minced Iberian pork meat, with chives, chilli pepper and pinattsu sauce.
You will burn in hell.
THE COCKTAIL OF FEAR
And if what you are looking for is a monstrous end to the night, after having enjoyed some of the entertainment plans for Halloween that we proposed, think about a drink of death.
the cocktail master Javier de las Muelas has once again prepared a special drink for tonight that can be ordered at all of its Dry Martini bars in Spain and at the Gimlet Barcelona Cocktail Bar. This year he has baptized Dark Wishes (Dark desires) and it is a combination of rum alejo with mandarin and fig syrups, pumpkin jam, mango purée and a base of blueberries and pepper.
At Amargo Place to Be, the restaurant with live music on Calle del Pez, they will celebrate, in addition to music, of course, with a drink that they have called blood of kings, made with blue curaçao, mangaroca, pineapple juice, coconut syrup and vodka.