What's for Dinner, Fri., Nov. 3, 2023

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2. We went out to the tapas bar across the Cathedral Square

I had some work to do here in Spain this weekend, and my wife decided spontaneously to come with me.

We went to a nearby place here in the Barri Gòtic, where everyone is either Catalan or Filipino. So I greet them in either Catalan or Tagalog, and there‘s always a table for us. I spent a year here in Barcelona as a teenager, so I can speak Catalan well. My Tagalog is minimal, but I speak enough to get a big smile from Filipinos, especially when they find out I‘ve never even been there.

She had minestrone and nachos with guacamole. I had calamars sevillanes and roasted potatoes in spicy garlic oil (papes braves). We had a big lunch, so it was plenty for an evening snack.