Hot Chocolate, Squid Ink Paella & Pasta in Puerta del Sol, Madrid.

I have been seriously missing in action. While missing in action for 3 whole months, I turned a year older, visited many cathedrals and castles in Spain & Portugal, caught a very very bad cold along the way, lost a sum of money and almost lost it when I had to deal with some ^$&(*&^*^ work matters.

Anyway, things may not have totally been resolved. I just sometimes can't calm myself down enough fast enough, which could be my utmost downfall. Plus I think too much and internalise too much. But things managed to slow down a notch since my last blog post, so here's to restarting and hopefully sustaining my blog.

Read a recent article from Lonely Planet on the World's Top Chocolate Location and I was instantly reminded of my Spanish severely viscous hot Chocolate experience. The first encounter with a cup of Spanish Hot Chocolate is pretty unforgettable.

My encounter happened somewhere in a cafe in busy Puerta del Sol (aka Gate of Sun) in Madrid.

We just had one hour for lunch then. It was also probably ~3 to 4 days since I landed in Spain and I was dying to try some famed Spanish Delights like- THE Hot Chocolate drink. We ordered Paella and waffles to go along with it.

Tucking in to Hot chocolate, chocolate waffles and cafe latte in the heart of Milan.

I later learnt that the Spanish Hot Chocolate is made up of starch to produce that level of viscosity.

Starch or not. It's so viscous that it needs to be shared with someone.

Here's non- Hot Chocolate photos of the remainder of our lunch in Puerta del Sol.

Squid ink Paella

Some creamy pasta.

Entertainers adding vibrancy of Puerta del Sol