MADRID - RESTAURANTE SACHA

Jul 22
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Updated: Jul 23

RESTAURANTE SACHA

This is not the most straightforward restaurant in Madrid to find, even with GPS, as it is at the rear of where it should be and hidden away in a corner on the right side of the building.

Everything looks great: small but cosy, busy, and traditional as you enter. The restaurant opened in 1972, founded by a couple; he was from the Basque Country, and she was from Galicia. It is located in a neighbourhood just north of Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Now, it is run by their son, Sacha Hormaechea, after whom the restaurant is named.

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)

Cocktail 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 seleccion by the glass.

This is what we had to eat and drink on a previous visit

Tortilla con chorizo (omelette with chorizo sausage)

Alcachofas fritas (fried artichoke crisps)

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

Feuillete of xouba (baby sardines, also called parrochas)

Falsa lasana 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, el ajo frito y ñoras (a turbot relative called megrim with a sauce of olive oil, fried garlic and dried peppers)