Sala de Despiece: I've been to three salas. I miss the original.

My friend zordor once told me about this place and ever since I religiously visited every time that I am in Madrid. This is not the typical place that you should be said if you wanna have a local experience in Spain, but I do believe that this is the kind of place that you should visit especially if you're a tourist and you wanna see a little bit of experimentation with great produce, amazing food, and good quality of customer service.

I once went to the original Sala that has been extended now to many new branches. I have been going to some of the newer ones and they basically have more room, but keep the same atmosphere. You will be sitting at a bar most of the time even if you come with a group and there will be someone helping you with drinks, great selection of wines by the glass and also bottles, and then you start asking for some of the plates. It's recommended to have a couple of plates per person or even more.

If you really wanna do some snacks from the menu I would always get the meat. It's raw and they call it chuletón and they make it into the wrap and it's just beautiful and the presentation and everything is amazing. And then never miss the Rolex. It has fuet and it's wrapped in bacon and also some truffles and an egg and it's basically a major explosion of flavors in your mouth. They do other amazing stuff like the artichoke, which is one of my favorite ones in Spain for the texture and how they fry it. Overall their food selection and everything that they would give you is amazing. It's part show to see part of the presentation of how they finish the dishes and it's always a great place. Great to bring your friends who are being introduced to Spanish cuisine or who already have an idea of how it works and wanna get something more experimental and upscale.