Bring out your most 'foodie' and street side at Yatai Market
A yatai -his name literally means store stand- is a small, mobile food stall in Japan, selling ramen or other type of street food . It is installed in the afternoon in the pedestrian streets and is removed at night or in the early hours of the morning. Yatai is also the name of the popular counterfeit market in Shanghai , the largest in Asia, but beware, in each of the five stalls (another five are yet to open) of the Madrid version you will not find any imitation. Everything is authentic, there is only room for fusion.
Asia Ca at Yatai Market
The position where fuses Asian cuisine with Spanish , is named Asia Cañí (the only one with forks, in case you don't get along very well with chopsticks) and offers different proposals that "will change depending on the season", in the words of its manager, David Delgado, who also manages Dt Tapas and Granja de Malasaña in the San Ildefonso Market. For this station David has designed four curry dishes with various points of spice and four types of lettuce rolls, very typical in Vietnam . Due to its flavor and originality, we highlight the torreznos roll with pickled mussels, black garlic mayonnaise and Thai herbs; and the one of Hawaiian salmon poke, basmati rice and onion . stay with the word poke , because David has assured us that this type of ceviche is going to be very popular in the coming months.
Classic and Japanese at HotBao
As soon as you enter to the left is located hot bao , specializing in baos, dim sum and crispy duck with pancakes. You can choose from six types of dim sum (the minimum order is two pieces), among which are the Siu Mai with shrimp, pork and shitake or the kuo tie grilled with chive vegetables, shrimp and eggs, and six different varieties of baos, such as Classic , with pork with five perfumes, pico de gallo with jaipour curry, red onion and cilantro, the Japobao , with Prawn tempura, kimuchi sauce with a spicy touch, shiso and red onion or the Atunbao of marinated tuna, wacasabi, red onion and coriander , among others.
next door, in Funky Chen They serve Pad Thai, noodles and rice dishes. The Marinated chicken pad thai, Ho Fan noodles with picaña satey and basmati rice or integral with tsa siu and chicken or with prawns in jaipur curry are some of the recipes that make up its small menu of ten dishes.
Is anyone addicted to ramen? Stop by Ramen San
If you love ramen, your place is Ramen St. . They make up to four different proposals, along with a couple of rice dishes and a small selection of tapas, among which the egg with truffle, the spicy kimchi cabbage, the Japanese fried chicken or the oxtail stand out.
And if you prefer to eat some yakitori , the classic Japanese skewers, you should go to the stall next door, Yaki San. They offer up to 26 different recipes . There are fish (squid, eel, salmon, etc.), meat (chicken, quail, pig's trotter, etc.) or vegetables (shitaki, aubergine, cherry tomato, etc.).
Miso ramen, fried chicken, egg, corn, onions, bamboo, cabbage, seaweed and sesame at Ramen San (7.80)
As far as your average ticket , the one of Yatai Market it stands apart from the other gourmet markets in Madrid. Around 12 euros, Asia Cani It even offers menus at 10 euros.
open on January 17, 2017 , this Asian street food market comes from restaurant managers Triana, Boca and Sixth . At the moment only one of the two areas and one of the two bars works. Like other markets, does not have table service , it is best to ask, take a seat in one of the three high tables or on the high table at the entrance, overlooking the street, and wait for them to call you to pick up your orders.
Among the next novelties that will arrive very soon, we highlight a sushi stall, a Vietnamese sandwich stall, the sale of Asian beers Kirin, Sapporo, Singha and Tiger and the opening of a covered terrace , with a capacity for between 90 and 100 people.
Open from 12:00 to 00:00 on weekdays and until one in the morning on weekends . On those days it is usually from boat to boat, so it can be a good option to order take away. They are studying the possibility of having a private home delivery service. It is very likely that in a few months Madrid will start to fill up with Tuk Tuks.
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