Updated November 2016
Just next to the Arte de Cozina restaurant, Arte de Tapas is actually a part of this authentically rustic old townhouse, which includes a guesthouse that has been lovingly restored. The theme of maintaining tradition also applies to the food (which is excellent), the menu including a number of dishes/recipes from medieval times, executed with love and care by chef Charo Carmona.
Every new visit here leaves me just as happy with both the food and the service as on previous visits. To me this is THE place to go for tapas in Antequera. Be sure to try the croquetas and breaded rabbit ribs. But DO NOT LEAVE without having the lomo de orza (cooked pork loin preserved in lard) that is served on garlicky confit potatoes, on toast – serious porky heaven. Desserts are also interesting (and that’s me saying it) and you will no doubt be given a recipe or two to take home with you.
Calle de la Calzada, 29
Tel 952 840 014
Arte de Cozina Website
€ € € €
Food 9 | Wine 9 | Service 9 | Ambiance 9
sardines in escabeche
goat cheese with tomato jam
lomo a la sal with rosemary, poppyseeds, potato parmentier
spinach and pinenut croquetas
chorizo croquetas
croquetas de setas with beetroot mayo
breaded rabbit ribs
homemade meatballs in saffron sauce
large prawns wrapped in skinny noodles
papas bravas
papas with payoyo cheese
battered fried fish
morcilla tartare with apple, served with mango-mustard sauce
salchichón burger with spicy tomato sauce
chorizo burger
lomo de orza on confit potatoes and toast
chorizo espeto with PX
frothy lemony foam dessert
drunken bizcocho
almojábana (a dessert from medieval times)
the recipe for almojábana
owner and chef Charo Carmona
Updated November 2016