El Búcaro

He estado en este bar para comer y desayunar, y no está mal, uno entre tantos. Está ubicado en el centro, y el menú sale a 8,50 €, así que es una opción para los currantes de la zona. Comí fideos con almejas y pollo al ajillo y ambos estaban bastante buenos, no les pongo pega alguna.
Y el desayuno también está muy bien de precio, por 3 € tienes el café y la tostada, zumo incluido.
El lugar un tanto antiguo, pero me da la sensación que les gusta mantenerlo de este modo.
Esta semana he pasado por la puerta y había un cartel que ponía FLAMENCO EN DIRECTO, entrada libre. Quizás le pueda interesar a los amantes de este arte.

Hay lugares que quedan grabados en la memoria, uno de mis lugares es la Peña Hípica El Búcaro. Mi madre trabajaba en la misma calle y a la hora de comer, ella y sus compañeros de trabajo frecuentaban este bar una vez por semana. Que mi madre trabajara en la misma calle y que esta calle fuera, y sigue siendo, la entrada hacia el centro de los que veníamos del Aljarafe, eran dos razones fundamentales para que cada vez que pisáramos el centro, que es casi como decir, cada vez que pisáramos la ciudad, pasáramos a tomarnos una cocacola con una tapita de paella en El Búcaro. Siempre la paella como tapa obligada en la carta, que comía en una de las mesas del primer salón. El segundo salón del fondo, separado del resto, en oscuras, nunca lo conocí, ni lo vi que le dieran uso alguno. Simplemente quedaba como si el fondo del mar se tratara, para algún naufragio, y muy de vez en cuando.
El anacronismo se podía respirar, como si no hubieran renovado el decorado desde que lo abrieran. Se palpaba el sabor a antiguo, como se palpa en las viejas estaciones de autobús.

This place is one of the possible reasons why the Spanish food in Sevilla is so much better than the Spanish food in Boston. I met up with my hostess from Gines (a suburb in the outskirts of Sevilla) and she took me and a few other people I hung out with to this place, there were probably about 5 – 8 of us that ordered. It was fairly crowded, with a decent number people, mostly Spaniards, since it was a Friday night. I had a great time eating at this place, and thought the dishes were excellently tasty. We ordered a bunch of «platos» (dishes) rather than tapas because there was a group of us. Here’s what I remembered getting with my hostess:
Queso de Cabra al Horno (Baked Goat Cheese)
Pez espada (Swordfish)
Pijotas (I have no idea what it means in English, but it’s some sort of a fish that is fried. I think it means «hake».)
Espinacas con Garbanzos (Spinach with chickpeas)
Patatas Fritas con Salsa Brava (fries with a spiced up sauce)
Ensalada Pollo Cocktail (this is a grilled chicken with salad)
I really liked the goat cheese. It was served on a really crispy and freshly baked large piece of toasted bread. Loved the delicious flavour of the goat cheese. Probably the dish I enjoyed the most was the Pijotas. It was a little similar to eating fried calamari, crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside. The swordfish was pretty good and meaty. The Spinach also was decently good and I actually liked the chickpeas. As for the fries, one of my hostess’ friends warned me that the sauce is spicy. I ate the fries, and it was not too spicy, but I knew that the more I ate them, I needed a cold drink soon. I had a good glass of wine as my drink and it went decently well with the tasty food.
Atmosphere is fairly casual, and interior is very Spanish. Chairs are fairly hard. I remember that there was a room in the back, and there were a lot of Spaniards and possibly some tourists watching a lady sing flamenco music with a Spanish guitarist.
Eating at this place was not the conclusion, but the beginning of a somewhat insane night in Sevilla. Overall, I thought I had some of the best Spanish food in Sevilla so far and I have yet to find a place outside of Spain that would replicate the tasty food here. If I ate at the Spanish restaurants in the Triana neighbourhood of Sevilla, I probably would have given this place 4 Stars out of 5, but since the food was really good, and I had some dishes that are not going to be this good until I come back to Spain, I am going to give this place an excellent rating. If I come back to this place, it will probably be for the seafood, the fries, and the goat cheese.