Navarro
Where? Navarro (Valencia, Spain) Map Menu
When? Monday May 22, 2017
Who? Me
Food Style? Spanish
These guys are open for three hours starting at 1.30pm in the afternoon during weekdays, and a bit longer on Saturday; their menu caught my eye because they have lobster paella and that sounds amazing. They're so busy they won't let me have a table until 2.30pm, which is an hour after I arrived, so I come back.
As I place my order, the waitress tells me the lobster paella will take 30 minutes. Deep down my heart sinks and my stomach grumbles but I am so determined to have it that I say yes. I still have plenty of time to explore Valencia afterwards. I order some bread to tide my hunger pangs in the mean time.
Mains
Lobster paella
Finally at 3.15pm my lobster paella arrives and I grin. It smells phenomenal and has a much richer seafood taste than the seafood paella I had last night. There's fish, shrimp, cuttlefish and squid as well, and it tastes amazing. The rice under the lobster has soaked up some of the roe and it’s clearly the best part of the dish. I'm a bit out of practice with prying the flesh out of the shell but I make it to the end. The heat of the pan helps keep the rice warm while I've been fidgeting with the lobster meat.
That was excellent and worth the wait. So happy.
Posted by Jeremy at 10:23am on Saturday June 10, 2017 :: 0 comments :: 