Casa Varela 1986
Our menu

Our menu

Contemporary Mediterranean cuisine with soul: fish-market and locally sourced produce, impeccable technique and the ever-simmering pots of old.

The kitchen

All prices include VAT

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Daily specials

  • Varelita – Snack

    11€/u

    Croissant with smoked butter and amur caviar

  • Scarlet shrimp in salt

    18,85€/u

    Carabinero a la sal

  • “Xatonada”

    17,50€

    Xatonada

    With tuna belly and romesco sauce (contains nuts)

  • Black spaghetti

    52,50€

    Espaguetis negros

    With sea cucumber

  • Double XL prawn rice

    45€

    Arroz de cigalas doble XL

    With chanterelles, rosemary and maldonado bacon (2 person min.)

  • Wagyu jerky (Juan Manuel)

    30€

    Cecina de wagyu (Juan Manuel)

    With smoked stracciatella

  • Potato salad

    18,50€

    Ensalada de patata

    With garlic prawns

  • Oxtail

    36€

    Rabo de toro

    With wild mushrooms

  • Rigatoni

    55€

    With caviar (30 g) and seasonal mushrooms

Our fried eggs

  • Fried eggs

    52,50€

    Huevos fritos

    With sea cucumber and maldonado bacon

  • Smashed fried eggs

    74€

    Huevos rotos

    With scarlet shrimp and kimchi

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Cold starters

  • Cesar's bite

    6,50€/u

    Bocadito del Cesar

  • Poget oyster N3 (Normandy)

    6€/u

    Ostra poget N3 (Normandía)

    With coconut milk, yuzu and passion fruit

  • Indian panipuri

    3,50€/u (mín. 2u)

    Panipuri indio

    Stuffed with guacamole and smoked sardine

  • Shrimp appetizer

    11€

    Aperitivo de gamba

    With kimchi and yuzu

  • “Coca” bread with tomato

    3,75€

    Pan de coca con tomate

    And picual olive oil

  • Cantabrian anchovies

    15,50€

    Anchoas del Cantábrico

    With parmesan

  • False nigiri (4 pcs)

    16€

    Falso nigiri (4u)

    With red tuna and iberian ham

  • Scarlet shrimp tartare

    29€

    Tartar de carabineros

    With mango ceviche

  • Puglian burrata salad

    18,50€

    Ensalada de burrata de Puglia

    With seasonal tomato, basil oil and iberian ham (made with unpasteurized milk)

  • Our jamón ibérico

    20€ / 29,50€

    Nuestro jamón ibérico

  • Our steak tartare

    25,50€

    Nuestro steak tartar

    With smoked eel and mustard ice cream

  • Red tuna tartar

    25,50€

    Tartar de atún rojo

    With guacamole and passion fruit

  • Cheese platter 150 gr

    16,95€

    Tabla de quesos 150 gr

    Mahón semi, payoyo, smoked idiazábal, cured sheep cheese and cabrales (made with unpasteurized milk)

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Hot starters

  • Wagyu “serranito”

    22€

    Serranito de wagyu

    With idiazabal cheese

  • Mama's homemade croquettes

    3€/u (mín. 2u)

    Nuestras croquetas de la mama

    With panko breadcrumbs

  • Bull's tail croquettes

    5,50€/u

    Croquetas de rabo de toro

    With prawn tartar

  • Galician razor clams

    4,85€/u (mín. 2u)

    Navajas gallegas

    With gratin kimchi “allioli”

  • Our “patatas bravas”

    9,50€

    Nuestras patatas bravas

    Fried potatoes in spicy sauce

  • Battered squid “a la andaluza”

    18,50€

    Calamares a la andaluza

    With a soy and lime mayonnaise

  • Maldonado bacon and smoked eel ravioli

    18,50€

    Raviolis de panceta maldonado

    With idiazabal cream

  • Galician clams

    36,50€

    Almejas gallegas

    With morel mushroom cream and ham

  • “Torreznos de Soria”

    18,85€

    Torreznos de Soria

    With mango ceviche and green mojo

  • Our tripe

    18,95€

    Nuestros callos

    With smoked octopus, ear, “cap y pota” and noodles

  • Tacos of pulled pork

    22,50€

    Tacos de codillo de cerdo

    With guacamole, green mojo sauce and passion fruit

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Field products

  • Our cheek cannelloni

    22,50€

    Nuestro canelón de carrillera

    With gorgonzola cream

  • Iberian pork “secreto”

    26,50€

    Secreto ibérico

    With hoisin and noodles

  • Cow sirloin

    34€

    Solomillo de vaca

    With mushrooms and french onions, truffled parmesan cream and a demi-glace with our juice

  • 8-year-old cow txuleta loin

    11€/100gr

    Lomo de txuleta de vaca de 8 años

    With Ibarra piparras. Supplier: Miguel Vergara · Black Angus. Animals born in Ireland, raised on a 470 ha farm in Veras de Tirados (Salamanca), extensive livestock farming with animal-welfare certification. Dry-aged for over 30 days: a super juicy, exquisite bite.

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Sea products

  • Rigatoni

    35€

    With scallops and carbonara foam

  • Turbot supreme

    36,50€

    Suprema de rodaballo

    With clams, trout roe and korean donostiarra, served with a cream of celeriac

  • Octopus leg

    31,50€

    Pata de pulpo

    With seasonal mushrooms, parmentier with smoked butter and “de la Vera” paprika

  • Wild bass

    38,85€

    Lubina salvaje

    (according to the chef)

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Our rice dishes

  • My friend Jordi's paella

    28,50€

    La paellita de mi amigo Jordi

    With langoustines and shrimp

  • Calamari rice

    28,50€

    Arroz de calamares

    With botifarra del perol pork sausage and “allioli” (garlic mayonnaise)

  • Black rice

    29€

    Arroz negro

    With scallops

  • Smoked eel rice

    29,50€

    Arroz de anguila ahumada

    With morel mushrooms

  • Scarlet shrimp rice

    44€

    Arroz de carabineros

    In broth or dry

  • Turbot rice

    39,85€

    Arroz de rodaballo

    With galician clams

  • Black angus low loin rice

    42€

    Arroz de lomo bajo de black angus

    With shiitake, mirin and sake

2 person minimum

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Desserts

  • Passion fruit foam and peach

    9€

    Espuma de maracuyá y melocotón

    With coconut and yuzu sorbet

  • Tiramisu cheesecake

    9,50€

    Tarta de queso de tiramisú

    With hazelnut ice cream

  • Our brioche “torrija”

    9€

    Nuestra torrija de brioche

    (French toast) with ice cream (according to the chef)

  • Our chocolate bonsai

    9€

    Nuestro bonsai de chocolate

    With hazelnut ice cream

  • Macallan mousse

    12€

    Espuma de Macallan

    With vanilla and hazelnut

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The vegetarians

  • Panipuri

    3,50€/u (mín. 2u)

    Filled with guacamole and green mojo

  • Cesar's bite

    6,50€/u

    Bocadito del Cesar

    (vegetarian)

  • “Padrón” peppers

    9,50€

    Pimientos del padrón

  • Our “patatas bravas”

    9,50€

    Nuestras patatas bravas

    Fried potatoes in spicy sauce

  • Guacamole tacos

    18,50€

    Tacos de guacamole

    With passion fruit and green mojo

  • Our puglian burrata

    18,50€

    Nuestra burrata de Puglia

    With tomato tartar, black olive and basil oil (made with unpasteurized milk)

  • Mango ceviche

    17€

    Ceviche de mango

    With yuzu sorbet

  • Seasonal mushrooms risotto

    32€

    Risotto de setas de temporada

  • Mountain rice

    30€

    Arroz de montaña

    With vegetables

Please specify to the waiter · Vegetarian plate

The cellar

A great dish deserves a companion to match. Our carefully selected wine list completes the experience with the perfect pairing.

  • La Charla

    25€

    Verdejo. (D.O. Rueda)

  • Shaya

    25€

    Verdejo sobre lías. (Rueda) ECO

  • Finca Montepedroso Enoteca

    59,50€

    Verdejo

  • Llàgrimes de Tardor

    25€

    Garnatxa. (D.O. Terra Alta)

  • Vol d'Ànima

    25€

    Albariño y Chardonnay. (D.O. Costers del Segre) ECO

  • O Luar do Sil

    30€

    Godello. (D.O. Valdeorras)

  • Creciente

    25€

    Albariño. (D.O. Rías Baixas)

  • A Man

    38,50€

    Treixadura, lado y otras

All prices include VAT · Our menu changes with the market and the seasons.

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