OK, they are opening a new Museo del Jam�n right downstairs form my apartment next to the "Mes�n de la Guitarra" on the CAVA DE SAN MIGUEL
For those of you who are not farmiliar with the "Museo del Jam�n", it is a bar/cafeter�a/restaurant/shop that sells anything and everything that once had 2 or 4 legs and the walls of the place are lined with entire legs of "Jam�n" ("Ham") which, while an everyday thing for the locals, always seems to turn a few tourist heads.
There are quite a few "Museos del Jam�n" in Madrid and around Spain, the most cental ones are:
* Calle Mayor - just off Puerta del Sol on your left hand side as you walk down the street.
* Carrera de San Jer�nimo #10 - just off Puerta del Sol in the other direction on your right hand side as you walk towards the Fuente de Neptuno & Congreso de los Diputados.
and now, Calle Cava de San Miguel #11 right in front of the Mercado de San Miguel.
You can see a cool video of the inside of one of the "Museos del Jam�n" by clicking HERE NOW (very high quality .MPEG video, viewable on any computer - 1.3MB file size). Not recommended for sensitive vegetarians.
Now I barely even have to get dressed to run out for the bread By the way, I HIGHLY recommend the "Pan Gallego" ("Galician Bread") that they sell there. (CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO OF A "PAN GALLEGO")
That pan gallego is the most threatening baked good I've ever seen!!! "The Bread That Ate the Plaza Mayor"('Jaws' music in the background) Actually, please find out what makes it "gallego", wouldja? I've been looking for a recipe for this for a loooong time.
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Posts: 479 | Location: ROCKFORD,MI, USA | Registered: 23 May 2001
Hey Sue, glad you liked that photo of the Pan Gallego attacking. The Plaza Mayor and a good Pan Gallego, all one really needs to be complete
I wonder myself about a recipe for Pan Gallego, even did a search on it at Google.com with the words "receta pan gallego" ("receta" = "recipe") and came up with the following results pages: www.google.com/search?q=receta+pan+gallego&btnG=Google+Search
Loads of stuff on using it in other recipes and to accompany other dishes but nothing on making the bread itself
Is it a mysetery?
Can our "Famed Foody Richard" (hey, I kinda like that nickname for him ) help us out of this breaded dillema?
Any other members have a clue?
Why am I asking so many questions when I am a moderator of this board?
No big mystery about the pan gallego... it is just a type of bread that they make in Galicia... like the cachelos... those great potatoes they have there.. something that happens in Galicia... But for the real mind-blowing pan gallego, go to the Pan Gallego place in the Plaza de Herradores.. Just where the tunnel under the Plaza Mayor exits to Arenal... Best bread place in town for my money... just ask my waistline about that!!!!!!!!
Boooooo! It was more fun when there was a mystery behind it
Hey Richard, is'nt that place called the "Museo del Pan Gallego"? I could have sworn that was the name.
I used to buy the bread there but their prices are a bit steep for us self employed web hacks who need the daily fresh bread I think it was like 400 pesetas for a Pan Gallego compared to the 150 pesetas at the "Museo del Jam�n" which also has a good "PAN GALLEGO".
Yes Jer, it is the Museo de Pan Gallego.. which always amuses me .. it seems buying bread from a museum would get you a great piece of prehistoric merchandise!!!
I don't remember it as being so expensive..
I still go there and the really huge ones are only 450 but it's like a kilo of bread...
Guess I will have to go to your newly discovered place and check it out. But I am really picky about bread and most of it in Madrid has degenerated to mass-produced yuk..
At least in the Museo I know they make it there and that it is truly artesanal.
Well, this morning (almost afternoon actually) as I was doing the food shopping and making my rounds to various markets (no supermarkets for me my friends, the "market thing" is one of the reasons I moved here ), my last stop was MUSEO DEL JAM�N (that is a night shot). I went out of my way to ask the bread lady if the bread was made there and she said that it is made in a central bakery for all the "Museos del Jam�n" and some types of bread are even made in store. So, the Pan Gallego is one that is made and brought in but it is mighty tasty and is huge for only 150 pesetas. While I am far from a bread expert, I know what I like and I say the Pan Gallego there is YUMMY!
I know what you mean though Richard, many places sell that mass-produced bread usually made with a lot of water and little flour which makes for a crappy "Pan" no matter how you slice it (no pun intended )
Occasionally I go for the monster Pan Gallego "integral" (whole wheat) at the "Museo del Jam�n"" or "Museo del Pan Gallego" (I promise to post a photo of this place soon) which really does weigh in at more than a kilo (2.2 pounds)
Saludos, jer...
p.d. The bad thing about the Pan Gallego at "Museo del Jam�n" is that they deliver it at about 12:30pm and it is usually gone within an hour . Today for example, I got there at 1:20 and there was ony one left and I almost had to beat an old lady over the head to get it but luckily she ordered a different typ of bread
But ham is a little less fattening than a Krispy Kreme.
Jer, I can see that we don't have to worry about Xmas gifts for you... they just took care of that for us!!! Imagine, just as you walk out your door. Maybe blinders would not be a bad idea!!!
Hey ToniG, there you go, your million "Euro" opportunity, open a Krispy Kreme here in Madrid!!!
As a famous fat, nearly bald, yellow, 4 fingered family animated series father once so elegantly put it... "Donuts, is there anything they can't do?"
Speaking of the Simpsons (DOH!, I gave it away), Krispy Kreme sounds like a Springfield type donut shop, go there after a healthy, hearty dinner at the Krusty Burger
Richard, HUH? You mean we get gifts at Christmas time?
Hope my girlfriend Ena does not read that blinder comment
Oh yeah by the way, the new Museo del Jam�n cuts right through the Plaza Mayor so you can also enter on the Plaza side at Plaza Mayor # 18 (just about directly under my balcony ).
I promise to post some final photos as soon as they open for business.
The new Museo del Jam�n was inaugurated this week and I just scoped it out, man it is huge! No less than 3 floors of restaurant, bar, "charcuter�a" (coldcuts and cheeses market), "pan" (bread) and of course... enough ham to choke even a pig
Saludos, jer...
p.d. Jejeje, since the place goes through from my street (CAVA DE SAN MIGUEL) to the inside of the PLAZA MAYOR it also makes for a sweet shortcut into the Plaza
Thanks for the photos and the video... But please...Museo del Jam�n?? C'mon...cheap. I dont know any Spainard that even goes near the place. Dont get me wrong I L O V E J A M � N and this message board. I even love a few jamones hanging on a wall, but there? Its a bit intense. I mean sometimes people almost beat eachother trying to get a bite of pan gallego! And its definately on the dirty side. Although the newly opened one looks decent. Loved the video by the way.
Changing the subject from pan... For all you jam�n loving Madrid nuts that dont wanna go in to the "museo", another good place to have a nice plate of Jamon and great Madrile�o atmosphere is Taberna Real on Calle Arenal at �pera. Good everything to tapear there. Calamares, croquetas....Geez, Im getting hungry ...
I'm sorry, but I love the Museo del Jamons and will definitely be trying out the new one in the Summer.
I have been half a dozen times to various branches in Madrid, and I would say that a very large percentage of the customers were Spanish, including in the restaurant bit.
We've always enjoyed the food, and the atmosphere. The last couple of times we went, we had our 3 children with us and they had a great time. (Apart from the middle child who was 10 at the time and has a jamon phobia - he didn't appreciate sitting under the hanging jamons too much!)
I probably have an emotional attachment to the places too - Museo del Jamon was the first place we went into when we got to Madrid for the first time.
We'll be going to plenty of other places too when we get to Madrid in the Summer, but we will not be missing out on M d J.
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Posts: 137 | Location: Holmfirth, UK | Registered: 25 May 2001
By the way, I HIGHLY recommend the "Pan Gallego" ("Galician Bread") that they sell there. (
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