In the Condado beach district, Bar Gitano, a Spanish Tapas restaurant is known for a variety of paellas including their very popular Paella Marinera, a rich dish with mussels, chorizo, calamari and sardines.

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Once fried, the anchovies melt into the background and provide the dish with rich and savory undertones.

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This dish, rich in contrasts, is also perfectly in tune with the season, catching each of the vegetables at peak ripeness.

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With up to 20 varieties flown in fresh daily, they have been doing oysters about as long as anyone, doing them perfectly, and in addition to raw bar they have a huge menu of every imaginable seafood dish, plus their rich and creamy signature oyster pan roasts, and a deep list of both famous and little known champagnes that go perfectly with oysters.

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The dish's briny-sweet-rich flavor also recalls a classic Venetian sardine preparation, sarde in saor, whereby fried sardines are preserved in a piquant mixture of vinegar, onions, herbs, currants and pine nuts.

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She could barely throw out a twisted paper clip or a fridge magnet that had lost its attraction, let alone the dish of Irish coins that she and Rich had brought home from a trip fifteen years ago.

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Imagine traditional escargot, served in a baking dish full of little recesses each packed with a snail in rich garlic butter.

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