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| Outside the Posada de la Villa |
Head to Madrid and eat.
No, that's it you go there and you eat, drink, eat, sleep, and then maybe go grab a bite to eat. At least that is my experience while in Madrid.
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| The barkeeper was not sure what to do about StringGirl |
On the recommendation of the travel booker for this corporate event we made it outside of the airport area in order to have a meal not in the hotel or with the massive group converging on Madrid for our annual kickoff meeting and sales training. We took the cab to Posada de la Villa (the Inn of the village). For many of us in the group it was our first trip to Madrid, so we had not much concept of what was the order of the evening. Sure Jamon and Queso and Vino Tinto, but what else does Madrid offer? We were about to find out.
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| The Inn of the Villa bar is also where they hang the Jamon. Who needs decorations when you also need to dry age hams? |
No disappointment about the Jamon. There was plenty to be had around the town, We had managed to get some here and there, but still managed to make room for more. Truly if you are on a Keto diet, then Madrid is perfect. Just eat the ham and cheese.
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| Queso, Jamon, Chorizo |
We had plenty of Jamon over the week we were in Madrid, and for sure I had a pretty wide range of ham quality through out the time there. The jamon served here was decent but not necessarily the greatest. Slice a little thicker than other places and therefore a little less melt in your mouth as some others. The Jamon is not the deal here. The real deal at Posada is the LAMB
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| That is a leg of lamb for sharing among two |
The special of the house is to order the leg of lamb to be shared by two. In our case we had 5 and decided to share two legs among us. That was sufficient.
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| The knife really had nothing to do with this lamb, fork only for this meal. Damn Tender |
The lamb is exceedingly tender. Braised probably for longer than the lamb was alive, the meat is tender and juicy. No mint jelly or other dressing up of the meat was needed. The server used a fork and spoon to break it into the portions for sharing at our table.
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| Lovely hams |
5/5 of our fellow diners agreed that Posada was a great meal. Definitely worth a stop in Madrid if you like lamb. If you are a Jamon nut maybe find a specialty house.
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| FLAN for desert! |
They even let us eat kind of early (did not have to wait until the "normal" Spanish dinner hours and we got to eat before 8PM (savages!).
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| The Virtual Reality version of Posada de al Villa |
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