Botin-The world´s oldest restaurant

Down some curvy stairs from Plaza Major lies Botin, the world´s oldest restaurant, where Kari and I enjoyed a lovely dinner on Thursday evening. The atmosphere was amazing and we almost felt as if we were sitting in a cave. (A cosy cave that is!) The building is from 1590 and the restaurant or back then the inn, opened in 1725 by a french cook called Jean after the reform of Plaz Major!! One interesting thing is that before XVIII inns in Madrid could only cook what the guests brought inn. Good thing I didnt live in the 17th century... I think I would have brought brown goatcheese and wafles... I bet the tapas in Spain wouldn´t have become as popular as they are today if that were the case! :P

http://www.botin.es/INGindex.html