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La Giganta Bar, Alhondiga 6, 41003 Seville, Spain

Submitted by Daisy Middleton on Sun, 30/07/2006 - 15:45.
La Giganta Bar, Alhondiga 6, 41003 Seville, Spain

Alhondiga 6, 41003 Seville

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The best Spanish bars are those which cater to people rather than to tourists, and La Giganta has been our best experience in Seville. The waiter, Ahmed (his mother is from Morocco) spoke no English, despite the two weeks he once spent in Hampstead, was tolerent of my ropey Spanish, and steered us away from ordering too much food. On our first visit we had media raciones of Hake with Basil Sauce and small, fried potatoes and Broad Beans with Squid. It was all fresh and delicious, just as it should be, and with two beers, a good bottle of red and 4 small cakes (Pasteles Arabes) it came to 25.40 euros. We sat at the bar, chatting to Ahmed; certainly the most friendly Sevillian we´ve met. Although it shows signs that it would like to be, Seville is not really a tourist destination. Yet.

Two days later, we returned to La Giganta, shared a light and flavoursome salmon and broccoli mousse with a cream sauce, recommended by our New Best Friend, Ahmed. While it was more the sort of dish you´d expect a Home Countries matron to serve, it was damned fine, to coin a cherry pie, light as a marshmallow and tasting intensely of its ingredients. Ahmed brought the chef out to take a bow!

It´s just a nice, simple, friendly bar, where they cook and serve wonderful fresh food in the Andalucian style and don´t pressure you into spending. Some places in Seville serve Paella, a Valencian dish. La Giganta does not, even though some tourists expect it. Highly Recommended. DM July 2006

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