Tuesday, March 26

Sesame, gastronomy in the Jewish quarter


In a corner of the suggestive Jewish quarter of Hervás, after crossing a tunnel that takes us to another time and going down a little hill that gives its name to the street, we find Sésamo Casa de Comidas, a restaurant that sums up the gastronomic quality of a town that has become an enclave fundamental of the culinary Extremadura. In Sesame,
everything works fine from the first moment: pleasant music, tablecloths and cloth napkins, well-kept terrace for good weather, crockery correction (Vega and Steelite), glassware and cutlery (Dalper). Comfortable chairs-armchairs, reception and treatment that is close without being overwhelming, good distribution of the tables, aromatic neutrality, a nice and simple menu with nutritional considerations and two details for the devil’s advocate: direct lighting that is a bit annoying and if it is full and groups with talk enthusiastically, the noise overwhelms.

The bread: remarkable high They offer a variety of wholemeal and white breads. The wine: 39 very well chosen references with 13 from Extremadura, 12 denominations of origin and wine regions and an interesting attention to wines from the Sierra de Francia.
They plate with great pleasure, the sources of the crockery are original and follow an unwritten rule that in Hervás is a watchword, but not in other places: when reciting the dishes not on the menu, they clearly specify their price. The letter is funny. Let’s explain the funny concept applied to a restaurant. I mean that you read the menu and the suggestions stimulate the appetite and make you want to try almost everything. In the starters, the salad of sprouts, seasonal fruit, goat cheese, raspberry rocks, candied nuts, cecina and dried tomato are refreshing. The mixture of textures, intense contrasting flavors and sweet and sour becomes a balanced cocktail and a pleasure that cleanses the palate and predisposes it to enjoyment.

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Appetizer. /

BLONDE HOPE

There is suckling pig brioche, free-range chicken and boletus cannelloni, foie millefeuille and smoked sardines… In the main courses, a new version of Illa de Arousa-style octopus with home-smoked cephalopod, potato and truffle foam and paprika of the Vera. There is cod with potatoes and butter, wild salmon tartare, trotters with red prawns, sirloin or aged beef tenderloin, roasted, boneless and crispy suckling pig… I guess the fun concept applied to the menu of this food house that complements the the trips to Hervás. oh!
the portions are generousNo frugal delicacies.

Crockery, bathrooms and one of the wines. / E. BLONDE

They provided us with an original and delicate courtesy appetizer based on homemade aromatic herb butters and potatoes with honey and, finally, we enjoyed roasted eggplant with pico de gallo, bread, fresh goat cheese, lime Hollandaise sauce and hazelnuts in which the chef’s art of combining elements produces sensory pleasure. One of those dishes that you savor with your eyes closed. Lucifer’s lawyer returns: the spoon to serve the eggplant is devilish, he turns and despairs.

Garbanzo beans. /

E. BLONDE

Outside the menu, they offered deer tartare; rice with duck, artichokes and wild asparagus and some chickpeas with scarlet shrimp, boletus and artichokes that were opening that day, we were the first to try it, and we thought it was a superior stew, one of those that you don’t leave even a hint of. came later
The specialty of the houseone of its mythical dishes: boletus confit with free range egg and Iberian ham… Another walk through the garden of softness, delicacy and gastronomy with sense and sensitivity.

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Boletus confit with free range egg and Iberian ham, aubergines and French toast. / RD

In the desserts: dark chocolate hemisphere, mascarpone and mango tart… We favored an ‘eco’ brioche bread toast with ice cream and lemon confit and the almond tartlet with pastry cream, red berries and raspberry mousse.
Now that’s a torrija! Intense flavors and a finish as refreshing as the beginning of the menu. The tartlet is a performance dessert with up to 14 different elements composing a colorful still life, but when breaking the composition, the flavor does not disappoint, the mix makes sense and an art critic would say that it is a collage with discourse. We finished off with a good Arabica coffee, green tea with ginger and lemon, a graceful cake… And satisfied, we returned to the Jewish quarter.

Almond tartlet. /

RD

Sesame Food House

  • Direction: Calle La Cuestecilla, 4

  • Location: hervas

  • Phone: 927473031

  • Schedule: Friday and Saturday from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sundays and holidays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Terrace: Yes


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