Plaza Larga is a smaller plaza just up the hill from our house. It is the home of one of my favorite bakeries, Casa Pasteles, but is also the site of a daily morning farmer's market. They have tons of produce, clothes, cigarettes, etc that you can buy. Plaza Larga definitely has this hippy vibe that is unmistakable.
Here is one of the market stands. Just tons of amazing produce and since there are 2 stands, the prices are reasonable to get your business! :)
The other wonderful thing about Granada is that many (if not all) of the restaurants in Granada have what is called a Menu del Dia where you can choose from 2 main courses and a dessert with coffee all for around 9 dollars. I finally got the courage and time to try one and this is what I came out with. This was my first course alone (goodness was that filling in and of itself!). This was pasta de verduras (vegetable pasta) which is pasta, carrots, onion, and red and green bell peppers all sauteed in butter and olive oil and topped with some seasoning... YUM is the correct word to describe it!
For my second course I ordered pescado frito con ensalada (fried fish wish salad) because I love seafood and I haven't had any in a while.... well this is what I got. A couple of comments. I am a big fan of salad dressings like we have in the states, namely honey mustard. The salads here just come with olive oil and vinegar... not quite the same and not exactly my style really. Then, the fish I was imagining to be like fish fillets... wrong! I got calamari (which was awesome and super fresh!), fried sardines (kinda weird to eat because they still had a backbone and everything!), and then these bigger fish what were just fried whole. Not exactly the fillet I was hoping for.
One of the fried fish was made extra special for its future consumer by being circled around and biting its own tail before fried. YUM! Couldn't eat that one... can't even pretend.
Here's the little guy's front shot. I mean really? That doesn't make me hungry for fish at all! :)
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