El Caballo Rojo

Description:

• Within walking distance of the Mezquita in the Old Town, this restaurant is the most popular in Andalusia, and -- with the exception of La Almudaina -- the best in Córdoba. The place has a noise level no other restaurant here matches, but the skilled waiters manage to cope with all demands. Stop in the restaurant's popular bar for a predinner drink, then take the iron-railed stairs to the upper dining room, where a typical meal might include gazpacho, a main dish of chicken, then ice cream (often homemade pistachio), and sangria. An interesting variation on the typical gazpacho is an almond-flavored broth with apple pieces. In addition to Andalusian dishes, the chef offers both Sephardic and Mozarabic specialties, an example of the latter being monkfish prepared with pine nuts, currants, carrots, and cream. A local favorite is rabo de toro (stew made with the tail of a bull).

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010