5 FAMOUS + HISTORIC Madrid restaurants (including Botin!)
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2019
- Explore 5 of Madrid’s MOST historic restaurants & taverns - including Botin, the oldest restaurant in the world! In this video I reveal hidden underground wine caves, tell stories of royal assassination attempts and even eat bull tail stew in a bar right below where Cervantes wrote the second part of Don Quixote! Venga, let's go! 🥝
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When I moved to Madrid, I fell in love with two things - the history and the food. And over the years I’ve loved spending time in places that combine both… taverns & restaurants that are absolutely dripping with history and atmosphere. In this video, Yoly and I take you to 5 of my favourite historic restaurants and tapas bars… and not only do we eat the food, but also I tell you the stories behind these remarkable places that we’re so lucky to have on our doorstep!
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1. First we visit Taberna Antonio Sánchez, which is actually the oldest still-running tavern in the city (not to be confused with Botin, which is the oldest still running restaurant in the world). This place has the most remarkable decor that hasn’t changed since the 1830s. And downstairs is a fascinating hidden wine cellar.
2. Then we head into Madrid’s Literary Quarter to Casa Alberto. These are the streets Miguel de Cervantes’ famous author of Don Quixote lived in. And they’re wonderful to wander. Casa Alberto is always heaving, and it’s perfect for a quick vermouth, or something a little more substantial… like the bull tail stew we order.
3. Next up it’s Taberna La Bola, where we get a special behind-the-scenes visit to the kitchen, where they make their famous cocido madrileño stew the old fashioned way - in clay pots and on a charcoal stove. It’s a huge feast, but it’s worth it!
4. Casa Ciriaco is part bar, part restaurant… and it’s always heaving. I love hanging out in the tapas bar area and sipping on wine, or heading through to the restaurant where it just screams old Madrid with its photos of famous guests.
5. The grande finale! Restaurant Botín… aka Sobrino de Botín. We see the 300-year-old oven, explore the four magical floors and then sit down in Hemingway’s table for a plate of incredible roast suckling pig. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Have you visited any of these places? Did you enjoy the experience? Let me know in the comments!
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Hola, Spain lovers! We're James and Yoly. James is a New Zealander, and Yoly is from Spain. And we both live in Madrid. This channel is all about giving you a local insight into life in Spain, and helping you experience this country like a local when you come to visit (or live!). If that sounds like your kind of thing, bienvenido!
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Which of the 5 restaurants do you most want to visit. 🤔Let me know!
Teberna Antonio! That place looks stunning
I love your videos James; but could you do a video of Halal places to eat? Because it's all jamon and beer in Madrid :( i think i'll stick to vegetarian and sea-food when i go there this summer if i can't find any Halal places :D
La Bola for the clay pots, Antonio for the wine vats, and Botin for its history!
You should visit Zaragoza , I recommended a “tubo” tapas zone and the mitic restaurants “Calamar Bravo” and “El cachirulo”
Awesome video!! Your channel was part of the inspiration 🙏 to create our own channel where we showcase some tasty Spanish food! Keep up to good work man!
Boy, I am sold. James, Spain should pay you for marketing the tourism in their country! I can literally imagine myself sitting in that Hemingway chair and eating and drinking. Cannot believe you have only 16k subscribers.
Thanks Bud! The subscriber count is rising... so that's good!
I totally support if some of my taxes go to this guy
Jeje gracias tío!!
I agree!! Fantastic channel and host hope he gets millions of subs
The important thing he do is to show in some videos not touristic parts of Spain. Here we receive each year about 85 million turists (and Spain is only 45 million inhabitants) but people usually come first time to a place and they keep repeating the same place all their life and trust me there are a lot of amazing places to visit in Spain like Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria ... (all are big regions) that have a lot of history and amazing food.
Madrid is my favorite city in Europe! I lived in Madrid when I was a university student. God willing I will be there next year. I will definitely be visiting these restaurants. I have visited El Botin. Salutations from, USA. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I am back home (USA). We had dinner at El Botin twice: Our first night in Madrid (end of Feb) and our last night in Madrid (eaelt March). I can't wait to go back. My prayer are with the victims and their family of this Covin19.
Your passion is infectious.
I hope so! Thanks for watching!
I agree 😁
Glad to see people from other countries like you being so passionate about our country, our culture, our food... You are a true madrileño!! Great video! Saludos amigo!
Thank you!!
Toured Spain from North to South in 2016...love every thing Spain can offer. Tried the suckling pig in Botin as well as Segovia. Love your video ..thank you
Glad you had a great time!!
Another kiwi here. I love the history of the older parts of the world. You really did tell the stories of each place you showed us. I would love the mythical note to all the stories and like you my mind would wonder about all the people who had been to that place. Like you said we really don't have such a rich history because New Zealand is a young country in comparison. Thank you to you and your wife for sharing Spain with us, it's a country that I haven't visited but now I'd love to. I can't go as I'm terminally ill but your videos are the next best thing. Thank you
Thank you Amy for sharing this. I'm so sorry to hear about your illness. Lots of love from me and Yoly xxx
I have been to Spain and I will revisit, but in the mean time, I enjoy telling my friends and family that I have just returned from Spain via a virtual tour. Sometimes I just view the videos on a big screen television and I feel like I am right there with James and Yoli. I love Spain.
I'm a emigrant from Madrid (Atocha street), and I hate you for the amount of nostalgia you make me feel. Keep loving my city, and love it for me too, it's the best.
Haha sorry!!
Your dedication and your knowledgeable ambition makes your videos so exciting and so interesting. Can't wait for the next one . Excellent job. Hugs from London Uk
Thank you for much Mica!
Totally agree
Me encantas. Aprendo inglés mientras aprendo sobre mi pais
haha me alegro !
As Spaniard, I love this guy,,, you are cool boy !! :))))
Me encanta el hecho de que hable inglés de una forma tan clara, pero luego pase al castellano y parezca que ha nacido en Madrid. Si yo me lo encontrara un día paseando y le escuchara hablar, no pensaría que vino de otro lugar.
Sobre el vídeo, es increíble lo bien hecho que está. Es difícil encontrar tal calidad en vídeos de esta índole. Enhorabuena :')
Muchísimas gracias!!!
he said ha was from Lavapies, a barrio in the outskirts of Madrid
Hello from Oh Canada lol...just wanted to tell you...you have no idea how much i love watching your shows on Magical Spain, it makes my heart sing and do backflips lol, I'm a Chef I sold my last restaurant in 2017 it was my 9th, and now i cannot bring myself to create a new one here....you see the food we get here is not fit for humans or animals, i find it almost impossible to make a dish to be excellent because of the supplies we get here, I have had Spain on my mind for a long time, as i think it is one of the best clean food countries that we have, so yes i think we will make the trip in the fall to visit Magical Spain...once again thank you and your lovely lady for showing us this Dreamland..all the best Chef Ninja
His inmersion, especially in what concerns the daily habits of the spaniards is surprising.
Cheers !!
Totally!
y no engorda el maldito...
jejej yoga...
@@spainrevealed hahaha buena esa
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pensaba lo mismo
They walk a lot. I believe it. Love all their videos.
James - your stories that blend history and mouth-watering food are wonderful. Having recently visited some of these places with you and Yoly I can't wait to do it all again!
Thanks ma!
We’ve just found you on YT and really enjoy your knowledge and personality! Our daughter will be living in Madrid for a year starting in September- we feel the passion for the culture and the country just from you and your wife’s wonderful way of sharing! We feel as if we know you already.... and It warms us to see the city and people where our daughter will be living...Thank you! We will be sure to find Devour when we visit as I am sure you will be able to provide a first class education of Madrid and Spain, we love knowing all the “local secret spots” that provide the chance to meet people and really get to know a place.... thanks again and we have a lot more uploads to review! The presentations are first rate! Ciao.....
You guys need a TV show of your own!
como madrileña solo darte las gracias por acercar la gastronomía y las costumbres españolas tan maravillosamente como lo haces.
Gracias a ti!!!
Cada vez que veo tus vídeos, me enamoro mas de España :)
Ole! Gracias Susana!
so glad to find your channel. Wish I had found it months before I visited Madrid. But I will be there again. I am planing to move to Spain in a few year,. Me encanta todo de espana
Awesome - thanks Steve!
I am Nuyorican so those who don't know that is- my parents were born on the island of Puerto Rico but migrated to the mainland of the USA. I was born and raised in NY and while in college in NYC, I wanted to know more about my culture so I took a semester about the history of the island but little of Spain also since it was the mother country and my professor told me the story about the Pork added to many dishes to see if the European Jews had converted to Catholicism, so yes it is true.
What a beautiful video!!! Tanta historia tiene España!
Gracias!!!
I have been binge-watching your videos for a few weeks and came across this one. On our last trip to Spain in 2019 I made sure to make a reservation for Botin 6 months before! I celebrated my birthday with our granddaughter, husband and friends from Madrid. After ordering and trying to do justice to an entire suckling pig, we were given a tour of the entire restaurant - top to bottom! Our waiter had been working at Botin for 30 years. What a beautiful experience. They brought me a cake, sang and brought me a gift of their sangria pitcher! What a special day! Thank you James and Yoly for bringing such beautiful memories to mind! Saludos desde Orlando, Florida.
I have been to the Casa Botin years ago. I organized a group of 17 to give my wife a surprise birthday party. My tour guide had the Casa Botin arrange a cake and table for our group. We were on the 3rd floor. The staff was amazing and very helpful. We are from the US, and when we started singing the happy birthady song, another group from Brazil started singing it in Portuguese, and another group from Japan started singing in Japanese. It was such a festive evening, that I ordered Champange for those tables too. A fun dinner and evening. Walking down the stairs I polked my head into a room full of roasted sugkling pigs. What a sight.
Enhorabuena por tus vídeos James, me siento muy orgulloso de que muestres nuestra cultura y gastronomía al mundo de esa forma tan buena. Saludos desde London, dude.
Fantastic video. Thanks for the tour/history lesson. It's always appreciated.
We've been to all of them except, Taberna Antonio Sánchez and Casa Ciriaco. They're on our list for next year. We love the others, especially, La Bola.
Also, it was great to meet you and Yoly a couple of weeks ago at La Posada De La Villa. You were so gracious. And Yoly, so, so charming. What a pleasure it was to have a minute with the both of you.
See you next time. Adios and thanks again for all the videos you share with us.
I am going to Spain in 2 weeks!!...and find your videos fun and very informative
I love all your videos of Spain. I began watching in mid 2019, because I was preparing my itinerary for my visit to Tenerife and then Andalusia area. I learned a lot from your videos, and I loved it when you paired up with Yoli. I had a wealth of information with me during my 18 days in Spain. Thank you for all you so. I really appreciate you and Yoli.
Bravo James and Yoly. Another wonderful video. Great that you are impressing the locals.
thanks Dad!
Thank you for the tour, I will certainly seek out these places the next time I'm there. Keep up the good work.I lovr your videos and no nonsense delivery, con un poco de humor ! Gracias
Omg I literally work 500m away from Casa Ciriaco and go past it every day and I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS!!! Thank you James for another amazing video, I really need to visit these places!
Glad you enjoyed it¡
Thank you so very much James and Yoli for your FABULOUS videos. I only had a couple of days in Madrid but with your help I had a superb time and what I'd like to think a real taste of the city. It was my first visit but won't be the last. Huge congratulations to you both on the new addition to your family; love, fun, happiness and health to you all.
James and Yoli - this is just wonderful! You weave together the history and the current cuisine with great depth, passion and sophistication. I know this is high praise, but I just love your videos: they are miles ahead in quality compared to may I've seen. I hope to get to Madrid, and, perhaps this boy form the NW of England can experience a Devours tour! Meanwhile, I live it vicariously as I watch. I'm of to get a copy of Don Quixote :-)
Muchas Gracias
Tony
Me encanta que resaltes la historia del Lugar!!! 👏👏👏🌟
Muchísimas gracias as always! You're my tiny Spanish corner in internet, cause I'm still living in Poland. Everytime I watch your videos I feel closer to my land (Alicante). Again, thanks so much :)
Ole, gracias Javier
When we go to Madrid is mandatory to go to Botin ,we are Portuguese and live in Lisbon so we are quite close! Your videos are great !
Thank you!
Keep up the great work with these videos you two. I use to work there in and around Madrid 26 years ago, building wood frame homes with materials ship from here in Canada. I miss it there, but your videos really take me back in time to when I was working there. I was there for only 6 months but the experience was priceless as are the memories.
Loved this video. I have eaten at both La Bola and Botin. La Bola is less touristy. Botin can be full of tourists at certain times, but it is authentic. I like pork, but not a big fan of cochinillo. The roast baby lamb is equally excellent. I am glad you mentioned Segovia. It's a great day trip from Madrid, easy train ride. Historic town, great for walking. My favorite place to eat there is El Duque. I ate there the first time when I was in grad school in 1975 and my parents came for my Thanksgiving holiday. Best Thanksgiving meal ever. (I don't like turkey.) It's an old, family run restaurant like Botin. The long time owner/manager took care of us that day. Very simple meal of soup, roast lamb with potatoes and lettuce, tomato and onion salad, bread and red wine. My most recent visit was in the fall of 2018. The owner's daughter now runs the operation since his passing. She was going through the dining rooms greeting all the patrons. When I related my memories of her father during my first visit, she nearly came to tears. I hope to get back there again soon!
These in-depth videos are terrific James. It allows the viewer to really get a feel for the subject (historic restaurants). More of this please!
Thanks Erin!!
Excellent video bro!! Gracias!!
I really like these kind of videos! Great job guys!
Hey James, just found your UA-cam channel. I’m moving to Madrid in two weeks and it’s helping me having the feeling of this amazing city already. Great job!! Cheers!
Fantastic - I’m glad!
Another fun, informative, infectious video James, thank you
Love it! Casa Alberto has been my go to place since the first visit in 2008 (been back over 10 times since). What a great intro to Madrid!
Thank you James for this vid! I am going to visit Madrid this Thursday!
Awesome - have an amazing time!
One of my favorite videos of yours! Thanks!
Glad you liked it!!
These are fantastic videos. I love Madrid. It’s really great to watch this couple who obviously feel the same about this city.
Hi James Amazing, bringing back memorys when i when to Madrid! Love you're work and vlogs Australia
Thanks Andrew!
Hi James and Yoli - I love the look of la Bola and the Casa Ciriaco- wow, i learn so much from your videos! Will definitely be visiting these places. Thanks again for posting.
Your videos are top. Learned a lot about the food, the wines, sherry's, vermouth, tapas. I am visiting Valencia in two weeks but Madrid will be next on my list to visit. Thank you for all the tips - my stay in Valencia will be more enjoyable now.
I love Spain. You are my Go To adviser for my trip planning. I watched dozens of your videos in 2019 before my visit. Thank you.
Just love your videos, I really appreciate your love for my beautiful Madrid.
Gracias Casi!
Your videos are amazing! I just signed my family up for one of your tours. We have enjoyed ALL of your videos.
Awesome Christina! We can't wait to have you guys on tour!!
Fantastic video once again mate
Thumbs up ere' guys, another great vlog on exploring, eating and information. Many thanks for sharing :)
Thank you guys for another wonderful video, I also thank you for not just sharing the good but the good and the bad! Hope you guys enjoy the rest of your stay and I’m looking forward to seeing the your next video’s
I love your enthusiasm....and I totally agree with you...Madrid is full of wonders. A fantastic experience!!!!
Great video. I’ve been to most of those places. Thanks for posting.
Im so glad u sharing this! Wonderful videos!
Loved this vid. Will be visiting Madrid in April - this is very helpful!
I'm glad it'll be helpful! Have a great time in Madrid!
Wow. Fantastic. Spain is on the top of my travel list.
I love the videos! They helped me out in Lisbon and in Seville. They should serve me well for my trip to Northern Portugal and Madrid, next year!
Gracias por el aprecio a España. Disfruta de lo bueno !
Excellent video. I've enjoyed it a lot. Many thanks
Your insight and passion is appreciated . You have inspired me and my family to go on our first visit to Spain next year.I have saved your video for our future trip! Salute !
Thanks you so much! Learn us more of madrid, i love madrid and your advies!!!
I really enjoy watching your videos, James Blick, and your wife's contributions. I am soon going to Madrid again -- it will be my third time in that amazing city. And I am taking another tapas tour there as well. The real reason I'm commenting though is to say a couple of things about Botin. About two years ago I went there. And, it is clearly a BIG tourist trap nowadays. I was by myself and the floor I was on was mainly Asian (Chinese?) tourists. The food was okay -- I did not get the pig, as I don't eat much pork -- but, of course, one must go there if visiting Madrid. I didn't go to Botin the second time I visited Madrid (and probably won't again on my third trip this upcoming May). However, the thing I most wanted to say is this: You mentioned Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls." Right before going to Botin I bought "The Sun Also Rises" -- but got it in Spanish, which is "Fiesta." It is in that book, which is mainly about the festival at Pamplona, in which Hemingway, er...Jake Barnes, and his love interest eat in Botin! It's the second to last scene in the book. So, while sitting in Botin, and eating, I turned to that passage and read about Hemingway a Lady Ashley eating in Botin, right before they head out to take a carriage ride along Gran Via. So, if someone wants to get a bit of the history of the place there, they should read Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises." Well, that's it. Again, love you guys' videos about tapas bars in Madrid!
Thank you for all the history around all the dishes your trying,love it!
We went to Botin last week, absolutely stunning place. You really get a sense of stepping back in time.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
I wish I saw your videos prior to going to Madrid. We missed so much.
Describes todo con tanta magia que haces que nos volvamos a enamorar de nuestra ciudad. Gracias
Gracias por mostrar lo mejor de nuestra tierra.
Wonderful! Thank you!
Bravo! I'm hooked on your videos now! I subscribed after seeing two videos earlier this week but you've got me wanting to move to Spain! My favorite of the 5? I'd say La Bola but I will be happy to go to all of them when I get to Madrid! Thank you for sharing your passion for the history of Spain and the incredible food and wine!
Great video again. I love them.
Thank you!
Excelente reportaje turístico que lo seguimos y disfrutamos en Madrid
Omg! Love it! Going to Madrid this month and I will definitely go to some those places! Fascinating that culture and history!! Would u add another place nowadays?
Man, I love your videos. A foodie's delight.
Very interesting story about the possible Jewish origins of cocido. Present-day orthodox Ashkenazi Jews still make the Sabbath dish, which is called Cholent. Of course, no pork.
Interesting, I didn’t know. I’ll read further.
Love your presentation and passion for the culture. The portions are enormous!
We will be in Madrid in a couple of weeks and will certainly try some of your suggestions.
Thank you from British Columbia.
I’m so glad I stumbled upon your videos... just amazing!! Love from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Awesome - welcome!
Thank you nice video, love Spanish Food is The Best
I love your vids!!
You are the best, thank you to show us all these wonderful places from my birth place. :-)
Gracias!!
Muy, muy buen reportaje!!!👍👍
Thanks for doing this video! I loved and will try some of these places when I visit in 2024!
That assassination story is fascinating. Turns out he killed like 24 military and wounded 100s of civilians while the king and queen were unscathed. What the hell.
Thank you for the advice. Visiting for a week and will follow this up.
James you are amazing ! thumps up keep doing what you do you are a natural for this kind of work
Looks amazing 😁 I love all your informative clips I have just binge watched 1/2 of them. I was just wondering could you give some more information on Spanish vegetarian food please. How to order where to go ect
On the list!!
Great again! Thx JB. I wish I could check them all out.
A short story about what's the best: Once, a Scott was asked, which beer was the best, and his instant answer was "the first one"... I would apply the same answer to your question.
Best regards to you and Y.
A
Que genial vídeo, James! Admiro tu pasión por España. Espero que primera vez usted incluiría los precios de las comidas 😁
gracias james por enseñar a la gente nuestra gastronomia, eres todo un crack!
Your videos are excellent. Thanks
Just so you know, I revisit many of your videos. I learn more and more each time.
Muchas gracias por tus vídeos. Es triste que tengan de venir de fuera a poner en valor nuestro país. Un abrazo.
I'll not be in Spain until October but it is very difficult to watch these videos without getting hungry.....alas, I have one problem. what am I going to do with my vegetarian wife while I'm enjoying my tapas, etc. In addition, you don't mention the beer available in the various tapas places. Especially, in an earlier video ,you stated Spain was a beer drinking country. You're a fantastic ambassador for Spain. Cheers
Thank you! There are lots of veggie options in tapas bars. Google it and you’ll find a post by Devour Madrid food tours on it. And generally there is only one beer available - but people drink a lot of it
I hope you keep doing this kind of videos in many other cities!
Mate, you should be hired by the Madrid Tourist Board. Every time I watch your videos I just want to fly over there. Won't be 2019 but still planning a week in Madrid July 2020. We'll contact you before we fly. Cheers!
Yo creo que estás hablando de otro vídeo y otra persona, pero bueno 🤷♀️
No sé como has accedido a esas bodegas, pero chapeau.Un video genial, lleno de detalles gastronomicos, históricos, great job and keep doing so! Paco