Si las fieras en casa se suben por las paredes éste es un estupendo plan de domingo por la mañana.

Home Burger Bar

Nos habían recomendado el brunch tan de moda de los domingos, muy a la americana con los huevos benedictine que le gustaban a Julia Roberts antes de darse a la fuga…, ensalada de col y batidos, pero hay que reservar con tiempo, pues el espacio es acogedor pero pequeño.

Al mediodía hay hamburguesas, aros de cebolla bastante ricos, sandwiches y ensaladas. Las hamburguesas, para una no fan en absoluto de la carne, no están mal, aunque en mi clasificación están mejor las del Fast Good, aunque de fast tenga poco…

A destacar es que el servicio ha sido también en dos ocasiones un poco borde, quizá estaba desbordado…

Bueno, si estás por Malasaña, merece la pena conocer uno de los puntos de moda en Amercican food.

www: homeburgerbar

What? first Starbucks and now an ‘authentic’ American diner in Madrid? Actually this place is kind of fun. Lots of attention has been given to the look and feel, and the (Spanish) staff were friendly and attentive. The food’s not quite as polished as the decor, but its perfectly edible. It sure beats the stuff they sell at Foster’s Holllywood and Fridays. It has the usuals, burgers, fries, hot dogs etc.

Peggy Sue’s American Diner

It may come as a surprise but Madrid is actually cooler than Barcelona now. Don’t take my word for it, it’s here, in the lofty New York Times:
http://travel.nytimes.com//2007/03/25/travel/tmagazine/03place.opener.13.t.html

Finding good paella, or arroz as it’s often called here, is no easy task. Just about every restaurant on the tourist route throughout Spain advertises an array of paellas, but most of them are about as palatable as a Big Mac, and in some cases less so. This is too bad, since it should be a revered dish, the same way that risotto is in Italy. In Madrid one of the places we’d recommended for paella and its siblings is the Albur Restaurant in Malasaña. The Albur is still relatively cosy despite having almost doubled in size a few years ago, and the service is usually pretty good, if a little hectic.

A range of Paellas, usually including Paella de Marisco (seafood paella), Arroz a Banda (rice cooked in fish broth), Arroz negro (rice cooked in black squid ink) and Fideua de Mariscos (similar to paella but made with small macaroni like pasta), are served for lunch on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The place gets very busy after about 14:00-14:30.

If Paella is not your thing the Albur has plenty of other good choices, including the highly recommendable “Morcilla” de León (black pudding from Leon).

Albur

Manuela Malasaña 15
28004 Madrid
Spain

915 942 733

Albur locaton on Google Maps