The party in the market
Right now the Vallehermoso market is undergoing a profound renovation to host Harvest Day, a permanent market of local farmers. As this project will need the summer to see the light, we are going to focus on all the offer for lunch or dinner that can be enjoyed today, which is not little.
We have reached the time when people no longer go to the markets just to fill the fridge. Now, many of them have become real places to eat. Whether you buy or not. The Vallehermoso Municipal Market It has been open since 1930, but it has been in recent years that it has become part of the city's gastronomic circuit. Its corners are more coveted every day and businessmen fight to get their jobs there. Craft beers, world cuisines and much more. we start
KITCHEN 154
Do you love spicy food? Then you have to go straight to Kitchen 154. They define themselves as a spicy food laboratory. The proposal? Street cuisine, quality and fun in abundance. Try the country wings with sweet chili sauce, sausage, beef, spring onion, kimchi and black sauce dumplings 154 ; and the noodles with a Sichuan bolognese. Tears already flowing? How spicy is everything? If you want to continue daring, take home some of the sauces that they tune themselves. Try them and then tell us.
DRAKKAR BREWERY
If you're looking to have a fun time with some beers, head to Drakkar Cervecería. They open only in the afternoons on weekdays and from 12:30 on weekends and they have nine taps with craft beers (or 'craftbeers' if you're really into it), ciders and meads . Hydro-what? If you don't know it, it is an alcoholic beverage that is obtained from the fermentation of water and honey.
BABETTE'S OVEN
We are no longer satisfied with low-quality, chewy supermarket bread, no. Now the breads are made to order and are made from sourdough and healthy flours. To get your hands on one of these coveted specimens, head over to Babette's Furnace. This very careful bakery has several locations around the city and one in particular in the Vallhermoso Market . There they sell handmade breads, with slow fermentation and sourdough. Wheat, spelled, flax and rye, seeds... It will be difficult for you to return home with only a loaf of bread under your arm.
tuk tuk
The taste of Asia without jet lag. Good slogan, right? Those responsible for Tuk Tuk have a small space in the Vallehermoso Market where They have recreated a truly Asian corner. Although it does not share a menu with the other places due to its capacity, they do have two of their star dishes: the pad thai with chicken or shrimp and the sexy Sio Bao , a bomb of enjoyment stuffed with pulled pork, hoisin sauce and mayonnaise.
CRAFT 19
One of the latest to arrive on the market has been Craft 19. Greg, a New Yorker living in Madrid for more than 13 years, has taken charge of this small stall where the offer is clear: six taps of craft beers that change very often and sandwiches in the purest American style. Homemade pastrami, bacon with melted cheese and tomato and pulled pork with chipotle. They also have them in a skewer version. Ask for the deconstructed puppy. You will see how rich!
Ode to craft beer
CHAMBERI PROST
In the list of craft beer temples we have Prost Chamberí, a stall led by the brothers Guillermo and Rodrigo Pascual who It is a reference 'beer shop'. More than 90 beer references from around the world , home cooking and a menu of the day for less than 10 euros in the small dining room that adjoins the bar-shop.
SUSTAINABLE ASTURIAS
We continue to give the first recognition round to the market and we come across Sustainable Asturias, the first and only store of an association of organic producers who sell directly on the market , without intermediaries. In addition to shopping, you can sit at the bar and have some cheeses accompanied by Asturian cider and cachopos.
TRIPEA
Roberto Martínez Foronda, after passing through the kitchens of the now defunct Nikkei 225, being one of the main chefs in Nakeima and head chef in Kena, decided that it was time to fly alone. Together with the Tiradito group, since March of this year he has been in charge of Tripea, his personal project and 'a concept to enjoy eating'. With a base of Peruvian cuisine, he investigates flavors from Southeast Asia, Mexico and Spain. They have some fixed dishes on the menu but the idea is to add more with the products offered by the market. The cause of Lima with stew of pig's trotters and Iberian jowls , is one of those dishes that will make you smile every time you remember it.
THE CRÊPA
And after some melting we find a cute little French corner at number 7. La Crêpa, a French creperie and pastry shop whose specialty, obviously, is crepes. There are sweet and savory ones (galettes). If you have a sweet tooth, you cannot miss their handmade cakes and tartlets or their macarons.
Tripea: "a concept to enjoy eating"
BEERS THE VIRGIN
The guys from Madrid's La Virgen beer are also present with a stall in the market. It is its first exclusive point of sale in the city of Madrid. What makes you thirsty while you do the shopping? Well, you bet on his bar and you take a delicious one Madrid Lager or the brand new Cañonera. And if hunger strikes, ask for a Virgin dog with a touch of foie.
GRATIANA
The Vallehermoso Market, far from what it may seem now, was on the verge of disappearing. Little by little it began to resurface thanks to all these positions that we talked about. It was in that moment of uncertainty that he was born Graciana, a corner where the Argentine empanadas are the queens, yes, stuffed with products from the market. How it has to be.
SITHO TRUFFLE&CO
Did you know that this is the only bar specialized in truffles in Madrid? They sell it fresh and in preparations with high quality truffles. Ideal for having some wines with a snack from the stall opposite.
KINT GASTROCRAZY
And suddenly, among so much rock n' roll, a chef with a tall hat like that of the French chefs. What is done here is a true ode to gluten-free cooking. Gigi Pieri knows what it is to suffer from food intolerances in his own meats and, therefore, he decided to create this position. Out of necessity and pure pleasure. And in a sea of fusion restaurants, here they cook traditional dishes such as white wine beef stew, fish croquettes, ratatouille or homemade rice milk flan. Because eating well and gluten-free should not be at odds.
A true ode to gluten-free cuisine
WASHOKU
And with food from so many parts of the world, we couldn't forget the country of the rising sun: Japan. in washoku They only prepare the sushi on demand and at the time of ordering it. No crazy fusion, just good quality traditional sushi at a good price.
SAY GOOD
We ended up in beautiful Italy or, what is the same, in Di Buono. This stall sells imported products from its Italian town, Ariccia. Sausages such as porchetta, coppa or salamino stagionato; cheeses like burrata and mozarella; wines and beers. They also have antipasto to go with your glass of wine. And for dessert, a Sicilian cannoli, like the ones Tony Soprano ate.
Sushi here is only prepared on demand