Ribs, croquettes, stew... la Ternasco de Aragón in all its forms is at La Ternasca
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To each city, its tapas street. And in the case of Zaragoza, its streets. Because the most famous area to practice the art of tapas in the morning capital is made up of a series of alleys that have been a place of obligatory pilgrimage for years –always behind the Pilarica, of course–.
As many will have already deduced, we are talking about The tube, name that responds to the narrowness of its labyrinthine streets, most of them pedestrian.
La Republicana: a traditional eating house
The perimeter of this gastronomic quadrilateral is delimited by the streets of Alfonso I, Méndez Núñez, Don Jaime I and El Coso.
Inside: Aragonese Blasón, Libertad, Cinegio, Mártires, Ossau, Pino, Plaza Santiago Sas, Estébanes and Cuatro de Agosto.
But enough of introductions, let's start our Tapas route through El Tubo de Zaragoza.
Do they make some 'destrozaos' in El Méli del Tubo?
FREEDOM STREET
We start our route at the corner of the street Freedom with Estebanes with the classic of the classics: ** El Champi. ** What to ask for? The choice is easy, because they only serve its unique and delicious specialty: mushroom skewers, accompanied, yes, by a glass of their organic barrel wine.
Literally attached to El Champi, we find Marinated Lamaribel, continuing the concept monocap betting –and winning– on this recipe.
We advance to number 12 to take a steak tapa accompanied by some 'destrozaos' (broken eggs) at ** El Méli del Tubo .**
Also essential is a stop at ** Casa Pascualillo ** to taste some ‘garden scampi’, or what is the same, fried young garlic sprouts.
To finish, nothing like toasting outdoors at the Terraza Libertad 6.8. **
Delicious pickled chicken tapa
ESTEBANES STREET
We went to Estébanes street to visit another of the most illustrious places in the area: ** Bodegas Almau. **
Here, the wine will be accompanied by the different varieties of its famous tapa, the anchovy: with hunter, with vinegar, Queen (with avocado cream) , burst (cream of tuna, anchovy and black olive), anchovy garum (with cream cheese and muscatel, honey and pepper) .
Are you more than sweet? Proof the anchovy with goat roll cream, tomato jam and dark chocolate.
The sweet anchovy from Bodegas Almau
Without leaving the street, two more stops: a serving of migas at ** La Miguería ** (Estébanes 4) and another at croquettes in Dona Casta (Steban 6) .
Do you have room? Lick your fingers with Argentine empanadas of Much more waves 'pans ' of The Balcony of the Tube.
For fish and seafood lovers: The Blue Anthill (try their civil guard with pan de cristal) .
For the most gourmets, ** Designio **, the new gastropub in Plaza Sas whose dishes to share are the most instagrammable : stuffed baby squid, ceviche or its delicious oxtail risotto.
Gourmet crumbs from La Miguería
AUGUST FOURTH STREET
We jump to another of the main arteries of El Tubo to taste the pastrami of El Limpia ** and the sirloin (with cava or caramel) from ** La Pilara.
The Japanese-fusion point comes from the hand of ** Uasabi **, where you cannot miss the Sushi based on Ternasco de Aragón by chef Abel Alberto Mora.
To get through all this, a few beers until they kick us out of ** Mombasa. **
The acevichados maki of Abel Mora
MARTYRS STREET
As soon as we enter Calle Mártires, we find a small piece of Galicia in ** Taberna 1941 A Pulpería **.
And we continue touring the Spanish geography in ** La Casa de Bertín ** (Mártires 3), which fuses the best of the Andalusian land and sea.
Italy also has a place in El Tubo thanks to the pizzeria ** Pomodoro ** and its delicious Neapolitan pizzas.
And we end up at number 12, where one of the oldest is located, ** Casa Lac **, whose origin dates back to no less than 1825. his chef, Richard Gil, He is known as the architect of the vegetable revolution
Casa Lac: the vegetable revolution
CINEGIO STREET
In ** La Ternasca ** (Cinegio 3) we will try one of the delicacies of the land, the Ternasco of Aragon, served in every possible way: grilled ribs, croquettes, sweet scrambled eggs or even gyozas.
We will also go to the terrace of ** Donde Siempre ** to have a tapa of piquillo peppers stuffed with seafood bechamel, cheese and eels.
A little spicy? In ** La Quebradora ** (Cinegio 14), a taqueria of arms to take.
Ribs, croquettes, stew... la Ternasco de Aragón in all its forms is at La Ternasca
JOSÉ PELLICER OSSAU STREET
Two international stops on Ossau Street: **Distrio México** (to try a few snacks accompanied by margaritas) and **Fenicia**, with Lebanese dishes and wines that delight the regular clientele and the curious who come by.
A PLUS
With more than three decades of history, ** La Republicana ** (Méndez Núñez 38) holds a fundamental place on Zaragoza's tapas route. Our recommendation? Definitely, bravas potatoes.
The mythical façade of La Republicana
THE FINAL BROOCH: AN IBERIAN CABARET
If there is something mythical in El Tubo, besides the tapas bars, it is The silver. Inaugurated in 1920, it was concert hall, casino, restaurant, cafe-singer until in 2008, the film director bigas moon took the reins of the premises becoming The Silver Cabaret.
All the Thursday, Friday and Saturday they offer dinner with a show with performances where they coexist music, acrobatics, fun and a touch of eroticism.
You know when you enter but you will never know when you are going to leave: Welcome to The Tube!
Life is a cabaret!