In the district of Arganzuela,
an area of Legazpi
is known as
Barrio de los Metales
in which most of its streets are named after metal (bronze, anthracite, rhodium ...).
It is an area of new buildings in which a good number of restaurants have proliferated in recent years, of those that we usually call neighborhoods but that, little by little, have been transcending among the gourmets of the capital.
In some, the waiting list to eat is already months ...
Ether
Flirty little table in the Èter dining room.
It opened its doors in February 2020 and in just a year and a few months this restaurant has become the Madrid dining room that everyone wants to know. Èter is the gastronomic project of the Tofé brothers (Sergio, in cocia; Mario, in the dining room and cellar), two well-trained young men, but far from the most popular culinary circuits. Their bet is a seasonal and traveling cuisine, where with national ingredients they transport diners to other places. But without fusion, with a lot of learning techniques, processes ... Their dishes are exciting, such as cauliflower in tempura with roasted sweet potato cream and mole poblano. Pure expression. In the cozy dining room there are barely five tables and capacity for 16 people (reservations are closed until October!) And its culinary philosophy (away from rush and bombast,simply focused on flavors, enjoyment, rest, calm ...) it is also noticeable in the dining room, as cozy as being at home.
Address:
Granito, 20.
Price:
40 euros (seven-pass menu) and 70 euros (12-pass menu).
Macarena
Formal dining room, in Macarena.
An unconventional Andalusian restaurant, with a bar and a charming more formal dining room decorated in warm tones, with white subway-style tiles, wicker lamps and sun-yellow beach chairs.
The menu proposes a good assortment of southern-inspired dishes with traveling nuances, for example the Mexican shrimp taco or the beef gizzard ssam with salmorejo and chimichurri.
Not to be missed are the Almadraba tuna recipes: smoked tarantella tartar, tiradito de Barbate with yuzu and picual oil, grilled blinker cutlet, red tuna wok and vegetables ... In addition, stew croquettes, brave cochifrita ear or chanquete with asadillo of red pepper and egg.
Address:
Rodio, 6.
Average price:
35 euros.
La Veritá
Although from the outside it could pass for an ice cream parlor, it is something more ... A tribute to Italy by the owners of Macarena.
The place, of quite functional aspect, is decorated with a reproduction of the Bocca della Verità located in the Roman temple dedicated to Hercules.
In addition to ice cream, in La Veritá it is possible to taste salads (tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil), pizzas, piadinas, foccacia, cheeses and transalpine sausages ...
Address:
Embajadores, 181 B (Bulevar Rodio).
Average price:
30 euros.
Trasmontana
Bacalhau à brás, in Trasmontana.
This restaurant, which this summer will celebrate its 18th birthday, was one of the first to arrive in the neighborhood.
The married couple formed by Gaspar and Cati run the dining room, where they bet on traditional market cuisine and Portuguese recipes, from where they originate.
Thus, in the menu coexist, together but without mixing, the Madrid-style tripe, the prawns from Huelva or the verdinas with clams with the bacalhau à brás or the monkfish and crayfish cataplana.
Address:
Bolívar, 18.
Average price:
35 euros.
Good and holy
Argentine dumplings, in Buenas y Santas.
The name of this restaurant refers to a greeting that can still be heard in some rural areas of Argentina. In this way, this culinary project started in 2009, by the hand of Luciana, Ramiro and Yamila, a dining room in which the home cooking of the silver country is defended, made with fresh and ecological ingredients and with recipes adapted to the 21st century. Empanadas are one of its star bites: chicken (with red and green pepper sauce, onion and hard-boiled egg), porteña (with tuna, chicken, meat, cheese and onion and vegetables), cheese and onion (emmental, mozzarella and caramelised onion) ... Also, hamburgers, entrepanes and meats algentino style (Milanese a la Neapolitan, entraña with chimichurri).
Address:
Bolívar, 9.
Average price:
25 euros.
Cantina Canalla
Cochinita pibil tacos, in Cantina Canalla.
With an unmistakable Mexican cantina decor, with garish colors, aged wood, disparate plates and tablecloths, and indirect lighting at night, the menu at this Aztec dining room mixes authentic recipes with other Tex-Mex-inspired recipes.
To open your mouth, tortilla chips with guacamole (with red onion, apple, mango and lime on a bed of pork rinds).
Afterwards, some refreshing ceviche, like Acapulco, with octopus and shrimp with clamaro, onion, cucumber and avocado.
Next, the tacos: cochinita pibil, suadero, pastor, carnitas, chicken tinga ... (they can be ordered in tables of two, four or six units, or as a portion to the center to make them to taste).
If you want something more, Juarez fajitas, burritos, enchiladas ...
Address:
Antracita, 10.
Average price:
30 euros.
Bonsai Bar
A dining room with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, with large armchairs and ocher tones in the decoration, with a very large terrace.
On the menu, international classics such as steak tartare, soy marinated tuna tataki, foie and boletus risotto, artichoke tempura with romesco or acorn-fed Iberian ham with bread and tomato.
In addition, some more modern dishes such as grilled avocado with lime sauce or pulpitos with Galician potatoes.
All very comforting.
Address:
Rodio, 4.
Average price:
40 euros.
The Mother
This Asturian restaurant, with two other locations in Madrid (one on Paseo de la Castellana and another around Plaza Elíptica), has made cachopo its watchword.
The offer includes more than ten varieties of this breaded and stuffed fillet that is gaining followers day after day.
You can order pink or Asturian veal with ham and cheese, with ham and truffled cheese, with jerky and La Peral cheese, with chorizo with cider and cheese, beef sirloin, black angus, hake and stuffed with crab ... To accompany, some garlic prawns, some patatas bravas or some fried chopitos.
Address:
Bronce, 4.
Average price:
45 euros.
Nantes
Creamy salad with smoked mackerel and salted fish, in Nantes.
Its name is a tribute to the grandfather of Álex Atienza, in charge of the kitchen of this restaurant opened three years ago, who for decades sold carrots of the Nantes variety that he himself grew in the old fruit and vegetable market of Legazpi, right where this space is located.
With the open kitchen in a central position, with a bar and more formal tables, the diner is a witness at all times of what is cooking between the stoves.
The menu varies with the season, but the proposal is always homemade, regional, careful and tasty.
As a sample, the fried piparras de Navarra, the creamy salad with smoked mackerel and salted fish, the XXL chickpeas with Iberian dewlap and octopus or the Iberian secret with homemade grilled marinade.
Address:
Maestro Arbós, 15.
Average price:
30 euros.
The Chestnut Trees
A traditional dining room with classic aesthetics in which traditional and regional recipes are embroidered, such as Asturian fabada, broken eggs with Iberian ham, oxtail or cod al pilpil.
Special mention for seafood, always fresh and treated with the care that this product requires.
Depending on the day, razor clams, scallops, crayfish, oysters, spider crab ... and dishes such as steamed cockles, grilled lobster or clams a la marinara.
Ideal to give yourself a tribute.
Address:
Teniente General Noreña, 26 and José Antonio Zapata, 4.
Average price:
40 euros.
Xiaolongkan Hot Pot
The famous Chinese from Legazpi undergoes its umpteenth transformation to become a dining room specializing in the traditional Asian pot of hot broth in which the ingredients are cooked in the center of the table.
First, you have to choose the broth (spicy, tomato and assorted mushrooms).
Then the meats: beef, various organ meats, fish and shellfish, vegetables ... They recommend not ordering more than two per person.
Address:
Maestro Arbós, 3.
Average price:
25 euros.
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