Holiday in Madrid, Spain (Part II)

Continue from Part I......

On the fourth day, a day for the local market and Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, we took Metro to reach the Mercado Maravilla. It is bigger than other Mercado that we have visited. It is amazing big and many stalls.

Very clean market

Busy morning

We had a quick snack in the Tapas Bar. We had the fresh orange juice, small tortilla and chorizo.
Afterward, we took Metro to reach Santiago Bernabéu. It was another great weather in Madrid. We bought the ticket for entrance and the tour to the stadium. It costs 18 Euro. http://www.realmadrid.com/en/tickets/bernabeu-tour

It took around minimum 3 hours in the Stadium. We can take as much photos as we would like, we can have a look different kinds of trophies, jersey, balls, etc. from Real Madrid. It was interesting to know the history of Real Madrid.

We headed back to hotel and have afternoon rest before having dinner at La Castela Restaurante.
http://restaurantelacastela.com/

The front part of the restaurant is a bar for tapas and drinks. The restaurant is in the back side. As we arrived the restaurant, we were surprised. The bar was really crowded, very full of people. Then, we tried to walk in and asked the people for the restaurant. For the first timer, it confused us. The people was friendly so it was fine.
The service was very excellence and the food was really excellent too and it tasted really good. 

Amouse bouche (Anchovies Tempura)

Layered tuna and red pepper salad

Mushroom with ham and egg

baby squid with onion

Hake with virgin olive oil 

Grilled turbot

View of Palacio Cibeles at night 

On the fifth day, it was another easy day. We walked to El Retiro Park; it is one of well-known and largest park in Madrid. 
We went to Palacio de Cibeles, We went up to the top floor and have a view of Madrid. It was clear sky that day. It was amazing view.

View of El Retiro Park (entrance)

Monument to Alfonso XII of Spain 

Fuente de Cibeles

The clear sky from top of the Palacio de Cibeles

We had lunch around 2 PM at El Caldero. http://elcaldero.com/ Here we tried the classic Paella with mixed seafood and chicken. Besides the main course, we had the appetizer of Jamon Iberico Plate and Pulpo. It was just amazing food. The Paella came in traditional paella pan and it is the portion for 2 – 3 persons. It is big portion for two of us after the appetizer. I have to fight with my stomach to finish up the dish.

Finally I finished up the dish. This was the first time in my life eating food really full until it was difficult for me to move myself but indeed taste really good. 

Jamon Iberico Ham

Pulpo with spring onion and potato

Paella with Seafood and Chicken

For dinner, we decided to go back to La Antonita. We ordered our favorites which are selection of tomatoes, salmon tataki and pork ribs with pineapple chutney (picture on the Part I of my blog).  Besides that we had Iberico ham plate and for dessert we received a complimentary from the house which is white chocolate with lavender flavor accompany with soap/foam from lime.

On the last day before early flight the following day, we took metro to Mercado Maravilla to shop Hams, chrorizo, tuna fish, and olives to bring back home to Germany. It is worth able to buy some of ham here as my husband is one of the ham fans. I tried the churros in the Tapas at Mercado Maravilla. 

After the shopping, we went to Julian de Taloso to have our lunch. We had just one course, I took the fish soup and He had the steak.

Fish soup taste really yummy

For Dinner, we decided just to go around the tapas bar nearby hotel. We went to few tapas bar and tried different food such as tuna salad, olives, sardines in oil and vinegar, duck ham plate and jamon iberico plate never missed out.

Oxtail's croquettes (La Taurina Restaurante)

black pudding - today's special from the board (Restaurante La Taurina)

This was more and less from our trip to Madrid. We love it and for sure we will come back for another culinary trips.