Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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Big improvements in Valencia airport’s single lounge, including “fresh” food served on china!
An impressive lunch highlighted by a delicious arroz meloso of pork ribs, shiitake, and romero, with marrow shaved on top, lands La Chipirona on the “must return” list… despite a menu laced with eyeroll-worthy fusion dishes.
Valencia’s best Asian food, and one of the best restaurants of any cuisine in the city.
Visiting the Colombian eateries in Valencia result in discovering reliable sources for cold-curing hearty chicken soup, and Paleo-friendly patacones
Sometimes just 2-10 Euros more than Turista class, Spanish rail's Preferente class is an eminently civilized way to travel with at-seat meal service and just 3 seats in each row.
A simple 3-step dump and stir recipe with ingredients from the Mercado Central in Valencia.
The hamburger craze in Valencia started long before I arrived several years ago, and it's still going strong. I'm pretty sure I eat more burgers with my friends every year in Valencia than I used to in the US in fact.
The burgers here range from okay to pretty good, with the main complaints being:
- beef that doesn't really taste like beef, because of lots of added Worcestershire sauce or other flavorings
- beef that didn't have the texture of beef: with additives like vegetable fibers, burgers here often have the bouncy texture of sausages, and maintain an industrial cylindrical shape before and after cooking
- bread that is too firm.
With the arrival of Goiko Grill, of all things a Madrid-based chain opened by Venezuelans, we finally have a real, honest-to-goodness burger in the city.
A grungy bar/lounge in the Ruzafa neighborhood hides a burger kitchen in plain view...
I am super happy that a wonderful new Italian restaurant has opened in my neighborhood. Called Monviso Italian Cafe, the folks specialize in food from the Piedmont region of Italy...
