Menú del día

Obviously, lunch is HUGE in Spain. The meal, called the menú del día, is served by most cafés and restaurantes around 2 - 2:30 (and definitely not anytime before then), and most of them have a menu of what they're serving that day for lunch outside. When lunchtime rolls around, people just walk around, looking at their outside menus until they find something they're in the mood for that day. They're all three-course meals (with usually 4-5 options for each course) and INCLUDE a bottle of wine for two people.

Since we're trying to save our money in order to travel as much as possible this semester, we've been cooking every day instead of eating out. But last Thursday, we treated ourselves to the menú del día at one of Bilbao's cafés.

For 11€ each, we ate:

First Course - paella con carne (paella with meat) that was absolutely DELICIOUS!
Second (Main) Course - I had pechuga de pollo (chicken breast) with peppers, and Cade had the salmon. Just like our paella, they were both delicious!
Third (Dessert) Course - I had mousse de limón (lemon type mousse pudding), and Cade had some type of creamy pudding that was absolutely delicious!
Included with the meal was a bottle of vino tinto (red wine) and a bread basket.

It's too bad we can't eat out every day, but that was absolutely delicious! And it's so crazy how everything gets so busy during lunchtime. All the stores are closed (pretty much, except the restaurants, bars and grocery stores), and everyone goes out with their friends for the menú del día.