Sometimes you don't have to leave the country to feel like you are in a foreign destination. Today we were just coming to Newark to over night before our early morning flight to Costa Rica. What we found was a bit of Spanish culture. The girl who checked us in at the hotel was from Costa Rica which was a nice surprise & great to talk to. We then went to the Spanish Tavern for some Sangria &an appetizer. We got both along with a complimentary bowl of vegetable soup. Everything was good the place is lovely inside and we would have stayed for dinner but really wanted to try another place, Casa Vasca. Casa Vasca is a small cozy family restaurant hidden in the Ironbound section of Newark,severing Spanish-Basque cuisine. I had read you get a lot of food & they weren't kidding. Instead of salad you get soup, it was included &now our second bowl. Both places bring it out in a pot & serve it to you at the table. It was homemade black bean soup which looked great making it hard to pass up. I am glad I didn't as it was very tasty. For dinner I had Scallops stuffed with crab meat which was very good. George had the veal in a sherry & Cognac sauce with mushrooms & peppers which was the best veal we have ever had,so tender you could cut it with a fork. We were also served rice & home made potato chips. Everything was wonderful & we will come back again. Sometimes you don't have to travel far to feel like you are in another place.
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