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The only food pictures I have are of the Festa Do Marisco in O Grove (A pretty non-descript holiday town but the fest was massively entertaining.)
partial shots of the menu
Our first round
Percebes - that's a glass of wine there. 8 Euro for a bottle of Albarino. People we spoke with were kind of surprised when I told them what a bottle would go for in NYC. Also whenever I tried to order Ribeira Sacra in places they tried to dissuade me. Shame - its delicious.
Zamburinas - not sea scallops but not as small as the bay scallops I remember catching before the mid 80's browntides in the peconic. Also similar in terms of relative sweetness.
The requisite octopus. Not the best we had by a long shot but better then nearly any I've had in NYC
The huge copper pots used for the octopus
A dozen really briny oysters for 4.50. I think there were two vendors of these and the crowd clearly preferred the others - which we did not try.
Tuna Empanadas seemed to be the gratis tapas of choice in this part of the world. Here we opted for a zamburina version.
Cockles. Oh my lord were these sweet. Like kernals of sweet corn. Just fantastic
to be continued....
The vineyards of Ribera Sacra. A really pretty place. It was also the height of chestnut season when we were there - the ground was covered in them and falling nuts were a constant mini-hazard.
