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Now that, for one reason or another, we are more willing to go out during the day, brunch has become a very popular activity for couples and groups of friends looking to have a good time.

Many places that only opened in the afternoon are now starting to offer this increasingly popular option, though it has steadily been gaining popularity for some years. Read full article

There are places that belong to a city’s heritage, beyond its squares, iconic buildings and statues. These places tend to be businesses that have been around forever, bazaars that survive the onrush of modernity and traditional bars.

The sadness in the air was palpable when Café Comercial was shut down some years ago. Madrid’s outpouring of affection was such that someone decided that it was worth reopening the establishment with a slightly more modern touch that would allow visitors to see what that corner of the Glorieta de Bilbao had been for so many years. Read full article

Not everything that happened in 2020 could have been bad. In fact, many people and society at large have found ways to put a positive spin on this year: the importance of family, health or recovering control over one’s own life, many of which are adrift because of work, stress and made-up emergencies.

And although many annually held events have not taken place in 2020, Read full article

If one dish in Madrid has achieved enormous success, it’s the cocido madrileño. Together with callos, they are probably the two most typical dishes in the city. We’ll talk about callos another time because, even though it’s not necessarily a summer dish, it’s not so strongly tied to winter as cocido.

Yes, cocido is often eaten when the cold weather arrives, Read full article

And a little hole to see it. This is the saying that serves to define Madrid, although there is little consensus about its origin. The reality is that the sky of Madrid shines with an immense blue that not all the cities of the world can boast. But not only during the day, it also shines at night, Read full article

Peruvian cuisine entered our lives quite some time ago in the form of ceviche and pisco but, over the last three years, there has been an explosion that nobody was expecting. And now  more and more restaurants are offering this delicious cuisine full of fresh flavours and different tastes.

Here we will summarise a couple of Peruvian restaurants that can’t be missed if you’re a fan of Latin American food and want to discover the culinary wealth of Peruvian recipes. Read full article

If anything has become really trendy lately it’s people’s awareness of the need to lead a healthy lifestyle. All of a sudden, consumers have opened their eyes and are eager to know what they are eating, where it comes from, how it was processed and a whole string of other information they had no idea about until quite recently. Read full article

If you haven’t decided where to go for your next business dinner, you are already late. Business dinner or amongst family and friends. Those dinners that are held once a year, where everybody makes an effort to fit in the date via doodle (how did we make it before?) and it is the ideal occasion to get together, Read full article

For some time now, burgers have no longer been considered fast food as such and have climbed to the top of the cuisine ladder. Their popularity is such that even Burger King and McDonalds (each in their own way) have wanted to create some more innovative, unique and well-crafted burgers beyond the Whoppers and Big Macs. Read full article

Summer heat is overwhelming but it also awakens the yearning for cold soups such as salmorejo, ajoblanco and vichyssoise among others, which are not bad options at all. If you want to try a good salmorejo, a traditional soup from Córdoba, we recommend that you do so at Restaurante Ponzano, Read full article