We haven't turned a page yet the famous squid game series. A series that has reached the last corner. Even here, because we echoed the gastronomic wink that it has with their famous cookies. Now let's move on to another type of squid game. Because, what is more Madrilenian than, as Ana Botella would say, a squid sandwich in Plaza Mayor? . That's why we tell you where you can consume the best Spain.
Which Spanish restaurant would win the squid game?
Surely you remember the Korean series that went viral last year, the Squid Game. This was about a contest in which a single winner survived a series of deadly tests based on children's games. However, the name reminds us a lot of a food deeply rooted in Spain: the squids. So, we have started to think and we have come up with a doubt. Of all the bars in our country specialized in this animal… which one would win this contest?
And it is that squid sandwiches have become a tourist attraction. For example, go to the center of Madrid and stop at a local bar to enjoy a good squid sandwich. is already a basic requirement. Even the gastronomic critic and writer, Jorge Guitián, has called these sandwiches "the best invention of Spanish gastronomy (after the potato omelette, of course)”. He even has his own world day which is April 14.
Special mention must go to the mythical bar the bright. Located just opposite the Atocha train station and very close to Madrid's El Retiro park. Well, although there is nothing traditional about squid and they are a contribution from Spanish coastal areas, this bar added bread. This contribution was accompanied by a great passion that led to the opening of several stores with the same objective with the names: Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald or Ruby. We do not know if they would win the squid game, what they have obtained is the award for best squid sandwich in Madrid.
Best squid sandwiches in Spain
- Bocanegra, in A Coruña. As with Madrid, we are shocked that a bar located in a coastal area has one of the best squid sandwiches in Spain. Here they offer us a version of these sandwiches with glass bread and a mayonnaise with hints of lime.
- Bar Gelin, Santander. In Cantabria, the combination of squid with bread does not usually attract much attention. Since they argue that with a good battered squid, who is going to want a piece of bread? However, the quality and flavor of the squid rings at this bar have placed it as a perfect proposal to win our own game of squid.
- Winery 1900, in Barcelona. A tribute to the taverns of a lifetime from the Adriá brothers. In which you cannot miss the popular and traditional squid sandwich.
- Try, Alicante. A sandwich, not a sandwich from Carl and Dani. To achieve this delicious delicacy they offer: squid, crumbled ink bread and chipotle and orange sauce.
- The Good Friends, from Elche. Quality better than quantity right? This is the premise of this bar. With small but very loaded sandwiches.
- Sol Mayor Brewery, Madrid. It welcomes the Plaza Mayor in Madrid with a characteristic smell of this food. Offering an experience that takes you to traditional and ancient Madrid.
- Above, in Madrid. The idea of the twice-proclaimed Michelin star, Ramón Freixa. He moves away from the castizo by adding a pan bao. That is, a very light Asian bread.
- Berton, in Bilbao.
- Rua House, Madrid. Eye, they have recognized to sell 3.500 sandwiches a day.
- La Tasquita, in Valladolid. It just has to be said that, by mistake, they accidentally removed their calamari sandwich with aioli from the menu for a few days and quickly had to add it back by popular request.
As the screenwriter Rafael Azcona said: “they say yes the anchovy sandwich, yes the tortilla, yes the salami… Nothing: where is the one with squid that they all be removed”. And so it is, since it does not matter where you order or consume them, this product always like. And you? Do you agree with our candidates? win our original squid game?
