Spanish tortilla and ham

Finally it's time to post about Spanish food!

One of the things we must try at least once is the Spanish tortilla. They also say that Madrid is famous for their calamari sandwiches. We didn’t have proper timing to try a recommended place for these, but we saw both on the menu in a small eatery, and ordered them.

tortilla, served with some bread

calamari sandwich

Both were rather meh. Not sure whether it's the shop, or that we might not like either of these foods in general.

There is a Museo del Jamón (literally "museum of ham") near our hotel. It is actually not a museum, but a place selling lots of different kinds of ham, together with wine. There is a small bar where we can sit and enjoy their ham with drinks. They have multiple branches. We visited but didn't eat there; we bought a croissant to take away.

ham croissants; we liked this!

One night we visited Matador, a tapas bar not far from our hotel. (Our hotel is very central, remember?) We tried their ham platter, with a glass of vermouth (vermut in Spanish).

served with bread

The drink came with a bowl of olives, which every table had. But we had already tried olives elsewhere and didn't want any. Those pickled olives are too sour!