|  Madrid offers many amazing traditional dishes to what is collectively known as Spanish food. Pork is extremely popular. Many Spanish recipes will also include olive olive oil, lamb, beef, chicken, garlic, beans, and many fresh vegetables mixed with great sauces and spices.
Bacon, longanissa, jamon, and chorizo
are also consumed in quite heavy numbers. Breakfast in Spain is
around 9:30am, lunch is served between 2:00 and 3:00 pm
followed by a long siesta, and finally dinner in only after 9:00
pm
Gourmet Spanish Food Market Online!
 La Tienda's online gourmet Spanish food market provides an amazing array of Spanish food that you would normally find in Madrid and all over the country. When you simply can't make it to Spain to do the tapas tour or simply want to reminisce of your last trip to Spain, you can order superb Spanish products such as Jamon Serrano, Traditional Paella, Chorizo, Manchego cheese and many other favorites found in your typical Spanish mercado, taberna, or tasca. Click on the "best of Spain logo" or any of the products highlighted on this page for a direct link to this delightful online mercado.
 Most restaurants in Madrid have a set
menú del día, which is usually a good way to sample
many different types of Spanish food, as well as being a good bargain.
It will generally include an appetizer, bread, a main dish, dessert,
and coffee or tea, and is generally only served at lunchtime.
Some restaurants accompany dinner with favorites from traditional
Spanish zarzuelas and operas.
Madrid hosts the what is popularly known as the oldest restaurant in the world called El Botin. This extraordinary Spanish restaurant near the Plaza Mayor still has its original wood burning oven that still turns out amazing roasted pigand other meats. You also cannot walk the streets of Madrid without seeing the famous Museo de Jamon which acts as a deli, bar, and sit down restaurant all in one. It is best known for its wide choice of Jamon from all over the country which you cannot miss hanging from the ceiling.
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