On Friday, my friend Maria and I sacrificed yet another perfectly good working day on the altar of freelance rebellion. We went AWOL in Madrid, which entailed some glorious food, a thought-provoking exhibition of photographs taken in 1960’s Barcelona by the legendary Eugeni Forcano, and a peruse of the latest scriptures laid out in The Temple (aka Casa Del Libro, a massive bookshop).
Let’s ogle the food. (I could eat it all over again right now…!) Maria chose a Thai restaurant called Thaidy, where we had a great three-course lunch for a mere €12.50 each.
The basil and chilli beef was seriously hot – but that’s what we asked for, and we loved it! The green curry had just a tad too much salt, but it was still enjoyable.
The starters – fresh and tasty 🙂
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Those doors are in desperate need of a good clean! As are my own windows at home… erm…
Lady Of The Cakes 
Hungry again 😉
I don’t do windows either 😉
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Am in the process of making a stir fry… I can already tell that it’ll be a disappointment!
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I need to go and buy some pizza – and wine 😉 I feel a bloggy evening coming on 😉
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Whoah, that stir fry is actually GOOD! Too much garlic is the answer.
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Congratulations!
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Indeed! With my cooking skills, this is like winning the lottery…
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I think you’re protesting this cooking thing too much – everything you make seems to turn out well!
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That’s because I always start cooking when I’m already hungry, and when it’s done I’m positively famished. Gravel would taste good to me at that point, as long as it had grated cheese on top.
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Ha ha ha!
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looks delicious! glad that Thai cuisine is gaining popularity in madrid 🙂
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It’s one of my favourite things! Bizarrely, 90% of UK pubs seem to do ‘Thai’ food these days… luckily, it’s really hard to fatally screw up a green curry (which is what most of them are serving).
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Fiiiiiiine, I”ll go wash my windows too….. >.< It never struck me to get "ethnic" food while I was there – I think I was too into the idea of eating "Spanish" food that I forgot all about everything else. Looks like I missed out!
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Toledo brims with Spanish food… there’s not much else… so Madrid is our escape!
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How did I miss that?! Sigh, I’ll just have to go back 😉
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You little tease! I was hoping for a completely different kind of dirty selfie… Love the idea of going AWOL, scarfing down loads of luscious Thai food and enjoying the delights of the Casa del Libro (what, no pictures???)
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Of what? The bookshop? Here you go:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=casa+del+libro&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wywDVMaQBM-Z0QXi8oD4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAkQ_AUoBA&biw=1264&bih=1059
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Gorgeous! A good meal and a long browse in a bookshop is my idea of a perfect day.
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Mine too 🙂
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Love the food pics and ‘dirty’ selfie! 😉
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I just knew it would float your boat 🙂
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That is indeed a “dirty selfie.” I bet your blog is going to get many interesting visitors from the search engines. 🙂
The weather in Madrid looks lovely.
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I get plenty of ‘interesting’ search hits already, lol, this can’t make things any worse! 😉
It’s still very hot, we nearly died walking from the restaurant to the exhibition… late nights out on the terraces with a cold drinks are glorious, though.
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Why is there no Thai food in Moscow?! I miss it so much!
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None at all??? That is unimaginable!
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Seriously! Not one place!
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For every closed-down McDonalds Putin should open up one Thai restaurant! My policy genius is wasted on this blog, sigh.
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I wouldn’t mind the return of McDonalds by my house…
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But if you could have a Thai…!
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That’s true. London!
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You know those games where you’re asked, if you had to pick one type of food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be? My answer is always Thai. I’m not sure I would ever tire of if.
p.s. Thaidy is such a cute name /pun. Love it.
p.p.s. That’s your dirty selfie?? Simone, you’re doing the Internet wrong.
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Thai, Japanese or Korean. I’d never tire of any of those…
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ah Madrid….me encanta Madrid….I LOVE Casa del Libro!! food looks amazing. oh yum.
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That’s given you nostalgic flashbacks, I can tell… 😉
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yes indeedy!! I bought a copy of The Little Prince in Spanish (El Principito) there on our last trip. and I’ve read it nearly 3 times 😉 hubby loves the store too even tho he doesn’t speak Spanish.
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I think I was 13 or 14 the first time I saw my mother clean the windows in our house. I was shocked – I had no idea it could be done!
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Aw, blessed innocence of childhood…
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There you are, dear friend : )
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Mentally, I’m already lunching in Tosa with you…
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Hurrah! I can’t wait!
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That ginger pork better still be on the menu… or there’ll be a tantrum.
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Errrrrrmmm…
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?!?
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I just read a great book “Half Broke Horses” – that woman’s cooking compared to all your eating adventures …. it is too funny a juxtaposition (hint: EVERYTHING is boiled or roasted or fried “with salt.” period) The Thai food looks great …. but is it “with salt”? ha ha.
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I should put that on my reading list 🙂
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Mmhm, all that food for 12.50!
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A bargain 🙂
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I like the idea of a freelance job. I also like the idea of skipping a day of freelance work to go to photographic exhibitions and to eat Thai food. Sounds like Madrid is going well?
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I’ve not moved there yet… still working up the courage. And good Thai food definitely helps 😉
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