Well here we are in Cowes! We have come so far on this journey, both emotionally and physically. But we have made it! Today we made bocadillos for the sailors coming back from racing, and it was a race for Dani and me to get them ready. Thanks to the members of the public and the RNLI for their help.
Here I am out on a boat about to deliver some bocadillos… there are much cooler photos… I will post them soon.
Now Dani and I are going to find a quiet place overlooking the harbour to cook ourselves one last supper just for ourselves, and reflect on an amazing trip.
Thanks to everyone we met (on the trip and online) for their support, and to the Spanish people, who have been totally amazing!
The Tapas Revolution continues…
Omar and Dani
It was great to meet all you guys in the layby at Junction 11 of the M3. And thanks Mike for taking some pictures. You were a very good cook.
The crew has left us for a couple of days to attend a friend’s wedding…. so Danny is using his camera to film!
We are off To Ocean Village in Southampton to cook for a load of people and tomorrow we are in Cowes. Get in touch by phone/email/Twitter if you’d like us to cook with you.
Our journey is nearing its end. We have so many great cooking stories to tell. I will post more as soon as I get a second.
Love from your amigos Omar and Dani
Saturday 31st July 12noon-4pm.
A3090, Hockley Link, (M3 Junction 11).
Fed up of service stations ripping you off with overpriced, rubbish food? Tapas Revolution to the rescue!
This Saturday we’ll be setting up in the Hockley Link layby just off Junction 11 of the M3 (which our Tapas T intersects). So if you’re in the area and feeling peckish, be sure to turn off and meet us for some free tasty tapas.
Or if you’re in London and at a loose end, why not come out and say hello. My TomTom says it’ll take you 1hr 35 minutes from Parliament Square.
Here are the coordinates for your TomTom:
Lat: 51.036529, Lon: -1.321390
Nearest Postcode: SO21 1PL (NB this is the postcode for a golfclub which just around the corner from where we actually are)
OSX: 447677, OSY: 126571
Visit the Tapas Revolution Map for a closer look.
So another great night for The Revolution.
We headed south from Derby to the Fox Inn near Nuneaton where the landlady Denise had invited us in to serve traditional tapas to the regulars.
Here it is on the T…
And what an amazing pub, the perfect traditional English pub that I hoped for.
Dani declares the revolution is in town… So macho Dani!
We were running late (as usual) so we had to crack on as soon as we arrived. I was in the kitchen with Denise and Shell the chef making tapas while Dani was out front practising his pint pulling techniques!!!
It was a bit of a rush but we just about got ready for 7pm when the regulars started turning up. We served a traditional tapas ‘lid’ free with every drink, and they loved them, well nearly all of them apart from one guy who just wanted fish n chips!!! He should have been in Grimsby.
We made meatballs in a tomate sauce, garlicy chicken and roast pepper pincho. Here are my meatballs:
Once we had finished serving we started to pull some pints behind the bar for customers who then challenged us to a game of darts. I have never seen a pub so happy as when I was eliminated from the round it was as if England had scored a goal!! All very funny.
So we kept drinking and playing until late before we slept upstairs in the pub. Amazing evening and thanks to everyone at the Fox Inn.
Serves 5 hungry crew members…
Ingredients:
100 ml olive oil
5 garlic cloves
2 onions
2 red peppers
2 chorizo sausages
3 tomatoes
1/2 tbsp of Hot pimenton
2 tbsp vinegar, any kind
5 potatoes, the ones that are good for boiling
1.5 l of water
salt
pepper
fresh thyme
Recipe:
Fry in the olive oil the sliced garlic, chopped onion, red pepper and tomatoes. Add the chopped chorizo, pimenton, potato chunks and cook for further 2 minutes. Add the vinegar, water, herbs and season. Boil for around 30 minutes till the water has reduced and looks more saucy than soupy and the potatoes are cooked.
where do I start, we treated oursleves to a cheap hotel in Sheffield near where we had been cooking for the lovely Alyson and her friends that day, thinking we could have a nice relaxing evening before the busy week ahead.
We were drifting into sleep as a knock on the door and it was the police, telling us one of our bikes had been stolen…..”my god” we shouted as we ran out into the car park to see only my bike there, someone had stolen Dani’s trusty mule the honda c90!!! We talked to the police and they said they would be in touch if they found her…..but no one called, she is gone.
Who would steal the mule, apparently it was spotted around sheffield with some guys on the back….
In the morning we drove around sheffield putting up posters about the ”mule” offering a reward for her return, then Dani jumped on the back of my bike and we headed south….for more adventure.
The Polce is hot in pursuit now… if you ahve seen my bike please help
We were sitting in a small country pub drinking local cider last night when I had an email from a girl called Alyson in Sheffield who slap bang on the T inviting us over the next day.
So of course we said yes!!
As usual sancho was slow and it took for ever and my bike is also starting to smell like burnt eggs which is not good sign.
On the way to Alyson’s we completely forgot it was Sunday and that every supermarket was closed early so we ended up shopping in a local corner store . Which is not as well stocked as a supermarket but we made do.
We decided to cook a BBQ as it was quite a nice day… well nice compared to Liverpool anyway!!!
Me and sancho made some beautiful BBQ food which everyone loved and it was made all the more rewarding because everything was from the store next door. This is exactly what I wanted to show on the revolution, how easy and accessible our food is to everyone.
On leaving Alyson gave me a gift , a special sauce made only in Sheffield that I look forward To using on the rest of my trip.
So we move on, south now and we are all fulfilled
With the warmth and excitement of the people we meet and how much they love food we cook for then.
Thank you Alyson and everyone that came today!
