MADRID - RESTAURANTE SACHA

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RESTAURANTE SACHA

This isn’t the most straightforward restaurant in Madrid to find, even with GPS. It’s tucked away in a corner on the right-hand side of the building, set back from the street.

Everything looks great: small but cosy, busy, and traditional as you enter. The restaurant opened in 1972 and was founded by Carlos Hormaechea and Pitila Mosquera. Their son, Sacha Hormaechea, now runs it, after whom the restaurant is named. It is located in a neighbourhood just north of Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

On a summer evening in Madrid, there is probably no better place to sit than on Sacha’s lovely leafy terrace. He serves top-quality, expertly prepared ingredients and is known for using rich meats and light fish dishes.

On a return visit, we chose from this menu.

We had the following.

Sardinas en blanco (sardines in white sauce).

Cóctel de langostinos (prawn cocktail).

Bonito suculento (succulent bonito tuna).

Raya a la manteca negra (skate wing with black butter and capers).

Tarta dispersa (scattered cake).

To drink: Valtravieso 2016 (Ribera del Duero) & Néctar Pedro Ximénez (Jerez).

There is a good wine selection by the glass.

This is what we ate and drank on a previous visit.

Tortilla con chorizo (omelette with chorizo sausage).

Anchoas con pan con tomate fresco hecho en casa (anchovies with homemade crisp tomato bread).

Falsa lasaña de erizos (fake sea urchin lasagna, spider crab ravioli with sweet sea urchins & hot jalapeño oil).

Gallo a la parrilla en una salsa de aceite de oliva, ajo frito y ñoras (a turbot relative called megrim with a sauce of olive oil, fried garlic and dried peppers).