Calentita! Street Food or Gourmet Nosh? The Spring Festival came to its climactic ending with Calentita! Gibraltar’s annual food festival. 40 stalls served food to over 6000 people throughout the evening spread between Grand Casemates Square and Market Place. The live kitchen with professional chefs was televised on big screens so that the crowd could…
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Tunafest at El Capote
The beginning of summer heralds tuna from the Atlantic to make their way to the warmer spawning grounds of the Mediterranean. As they swim along the western coastline of Southern Spain to cross through the Straits of Gibraltar they become ensnared in a maze of nets – the subsequent slaughter; Almadraba is an age old…
El Capote
I normally arrive at these evenings a good half hour before kick-off and almost form part of the welcoming committee at the door. However, this time around, I was probably one of the last to arrive. As I turned the corner into Market Lane it was exciting to see the natural evolution that El Capote’s…
El Capote – Chef Lede’s Christmas Cracker!
There is always a buzz of excitement and anticipation at El Capote’s food and wine evenings. The regulars know the format of the evening, but it is always great to hear Ian remind us all (as if we need validation) that it is an evening of, “Great food, great wine and great company!” Chef Lede, a…
El Capote – Chef Lede
This time round El Capote surprised us by holding its food and wine event on a Saturday! Children were sent to their grandparents’ houses and the old faithfuls treated their partners to a fantastic night at El Capote. Not being allowed in before 9pm opening time, we congregated on Market Lane wondering what delicacies were…
El Capote (Chef Lede) – Almadraba
After the first full moon of May as the Spring turns to Summer the Spanish coastal towns from Tarifa to Conil watch in the splendour of Blue-fin tuna making their way from the cold Atlantic waters to warmer Mediterranean spawning grounds. Their streamlined bodies having packed on blubber during the winter months make these massive…
El Capote – Chef Lede
I can’t wait for Ian to either email me or send me a text message letting me know about the next food and wine matching event at El Capote. Talking to Ian about the direction the events are now going in, he admitted that they are no longer food and wine matching evenings where the wine flows from beginning…
El Capote – Chef Lede
If I were to tell you that I ate delicate flowers, thai basil and soy air at El Capote you’d probably mistake me (and El Capote) for eco-hemp-hippies. And I too thought that I’d left my best tie-dyed muslin t-shirt at home when I read things like ‘aire de soya‘ on the menu! But I…
El Capote – Movember Munchies
Thursday saw the return of the eagerly anticipated El Capote evening of food and wine matching. Before anyone gets upset that I didn’t tell them about it – I had been invited along by Ian at the last minute, it was a small gathering of us and once again it did not disappoint. This time…
El Capote – Italiano
“Good company, good food and good wine!” That was the welcome and introduction that we received at El Capote’s 5th wine and food matching held Thursday 7th June. The theme for this evening’s dining experience was Italian. As pretty much everyone had already been to at least one of the previous four evenings, they knew the…
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