Restaurant Recommendations –

Barcelona –
Restaurant Montserrat –  beautiful setting overlooking the mountains
Costelles Xai – excellent grilled lamb chops
Ice cream dessert was lovely – several sauces, flavored whipped cream, w/fresh fruit

El Gran Café – C/ Avinyo, 9 (old quarter)- old style, up scale
Fabetes Baby Salteja – Baby broad beans with chipirones
Amanida de Bolets – Baked Camembert cheese round over warm marinated mushroom strips, chopped greens on a bed of fresh spinach leaves drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette, sprinkled with English walnuts

Restaurante Hispano – Paseo Joan de Borbó, 21 – 932 21 42 97 – Barceloneta on the harbor
Grilled squid – Grilled Seafood platter – Delicious fideos con sepia (light noodles with pieces of squid) with an alioli sauce that is outstanding

El Convent – behind the Boquería Market – 9 € menu – the veal with Roquefort was very good

Cadaques –
Restaurant Ix – Horta Sanes, 1 – on the harbor - wonderful sopa de peix

Cuenca –
Restaurante Plaza Mayor – 969 21 14 96 - 18€ menu
 Codillo de Puerco (roasted pork shoulder) in its own juice- best entree!
Judias con oreja y chorizo – a wonderful mild bean in a pork gravy with pieces of pig’s ear and sausage pieces
Emperador con salsa – Grilled sword fish with a shrimp and clam sauce - delicious
Side dish of marinated zucchini – outstanding

Girona –
La Forca Vella – C/de la Catedral – la Forca, 4 – 972 22 72 02 – wonderful  rabbit – reasonable price- cute atmosphere in the old town

Madrid –
Sidras Mingo – Paseo de la Florida, 34 – 91 547 79 18 -really good rotisserie chicken

Segovia –
La Oficina – C/ Cronista Lecea, 10 – 921 460 283 – www.restaurantelaoficina.com – beautiful atmosphere – roast suckling pig

Sitges-
La Masia- Passeig Vilanova, 164 – 93 894 10 76 – fun atmosphere – typical of rural meat house – cava from the region – huge chuleton de ternera – caracoles – sausages hanging on grape vines and pan de tomate served as appetizer – bizcocho type meringue cookies served with a local mostcatel  type sweet wine free for dessert – Popular restaurant, but no tourists

Tarragona –
Gallo Moron - Plaza Santiago Rossinyol (next to the cathedral on the old quarter) – 10.50€ menu – nice setting, outdoor café or indoor Roman era diningroom

Toledo-
Restaurante Bisagra – Real del Arrabal,14 – 925 22 06 93 – reasonable menu 11€ - good pisto manchego, sopa de cocido and arroz a la cubana

Valencia-
Los Toneles – Ribera,17 (old town opposite bullring) 8 € menu