The Sea Market It is next to the Teatro Real and is one of the best options for lunch or dinner in the Opera area of Madrid. King Felipe and Queen Letizia chose it last night to dine and sample its fabulous seafood and seafood cuisine. There are many people who come back from seeing a show and choose this restaurant afterwards.
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© @AlexDelaRootsLa Lonja del Mar restaurant table
This restaurant, which was the former residence of Giuseppe Verdi and has always maintained a connection with the history and culture of the city, has become a place to enjoy a unique evening after a night of opera thanks to its opening hours, as it opens until midnight. And its views of the Plaza de Oriente are truly incredible, with the Royal Palace in the background.
It has not been revealed what Their Majesties had for dinner, nor what space they chose, as there are different options: one more formal, The Lonja restaurant, and two more informal ones, The Lonja Tavern and the Lonja Bar. But it is likely that the Spanish monarchs opted for specialities such as black monkfish in sauce or wild turbot in its own juice, or perhaps some of the best caviar such as Schrencki or Baerii. Also featured on the menu at La Lonja del Mar are the national blue lobster, Aime oysters or fine clams in “Verdi” butter sauce and bivalve fumet.
© @AlexDelaRootsOyster dish from La Lonja del Mar
For its part, La Barra de La Lonja is the ideal place to savour dishes such as seafood salpicón or white prawn salad. In addition, La Taberna de La Lonja offers dishes to share such as grilled scallops, red prawn croquettes, triple 000 Cantabrian anchovies or seasonal mussels in sauce.
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Whether for an aperitif before the opera or to enjoy a unique evening in the heart of Plaza de Oriente, La Lonja del Mar is the perfect place to end with a flourish an evening of opera at the Teatro Real. Just celebrated its 10th anniversary this yearor, they offer more than 700 services a year, and in all this time they have fed more than a million people, lovers of good products and culinary innovation.
© @AlexDelaRootsFernando Negri, chef at La Lonja del Mar
The chef is in charge of the kitchen Fernando Negri, -with David González as head chef and Carlos Gutiérrez as restaurant manager- who grew up surrounded by a passion for gastronomy with his grandmothers, and has managed to convey the values of La Lonja del Mar through honest, quality cuisine. “La Lonja del Mar is the place where I have been able to reach my maturity as a chef. Celebrating these ten years means a lot to me, right now I am like that perfect egg flan, with its caramel and its trembling”, he said. Surely Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, who chose his kitchen, knew how to value the work of the chef and his dishes, as well as an exquisite service and fabulous facilities.
