SITA Lounge & Coffee

There a great new lounge for the 35+ Madrid.  Its name is SITA and it is located in Conde de Orgaz (where Laura Ashley used to be).  

This great little place is open from 9:00 am until 12:30 am, serving coffee, drinks and a variety of foods throughout the day.  Open concept, big windows, plush velvet violet and green sofas, majestic chandeliers and large full-wall paintings decorate SITA and make it a very cool hang-out morning, noon or night.

SITA's success is not only due to its brilliant and city-cool decor but also to its very tasty and inexpensive menu - a full breakfast, here, will cost you less that a small (tall) coffee at Starbucks.  In the morning, this lounge is packed with moms - getting together for coffee after having dropped off their children at one of the many local schools.  In the afternoons, it is filled with a variety of people, many on their laptops, enjoying a drink and tapas while taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi.  In the evening, SITA is packed with 35+ year olds, enjoying dinner and/or cocktails.

As someone who works remotely and who is often looking for an alternate "office" to work out of - to change the monotony of being home all the time, SITA has been a great little find.  

SITA, lounge & coffee

Pza. Manuel Rodrigo, 7

Madrid, 28043 (Spain)

Tlf:  +34 91 155 74 74

Fax:  +34 91 155 7475

www.sitalounge.com

sitalounge@sitalounge.com

Meal Plan #4

School Snack - Chocolate chip Snickerdoodles.

Sunday Lunch

• (Main Course) An Ode to the french peasant

Sunday Dinner

• (Appetizer) Irish Bread
• (Main Course) Pork Cheek Stew, English-style Roast Potatoes and Garlic Asparagus
• (Dessert) Chocolate Muffins

Monday

• (Appetizer) Greek Salad
• (Main Course) Breaded Chicken Filets, Peas and Macaroni & Cheese

Tuesday

• (Appetizer) Baked Brie
• (Main Course) Rosemary Chicken with Layered Potatoes
• (Dessert) Chocolate Swirl Marble Cheesecake

Wednesday

• Crepe Night!!

Thursday

• (Appetizer) Split-Pea Soup
• (Main Course) Shepherd's pie
• (Desser) Chocolate Rhum Cake

Friday

• (Main Course) All-dressed Nachos (instead of Pizza, for a change)

Saturday Lunch

• (Main Course) Grilled-Cheese and Chips
• (Dessert) Fresh Fruit

Saturday Dinner

• (Appetizer) Shrimp Salad
• (Main Course) Shrimp Açorda
• (Dessert) Cuba Libre Chiffon Pie

Rosemary Butter

1/4 cup of Butter, softened
3 cloves of Garlic, mashed
1 tblsp of Lemon rind
1 tblsp of crumbled dried Rosemary
Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix together all ingredients.  Place on wax paper in a thick straight line.  Roll paper to shape butter into log. Tie both ends and cool in refrigerator. 

This Butter can be used to season oven-baked dishes or melt it and use for dipping BBQ shrimp, lobster or Crab.

Enjoy!

Rosemary Chicken with layered Potatoes and Onions

Delicious, elegant and easy to prepare...

Prep Time: 20mins
Cooking Time:  1hour 15mins

Ingredients:
3 medium potatoes - peeled and sliced very thinly
2 small sweet potatoes - 'eeled and sliced very thinly
2 medium onion - sliced very thinly
2 tsp dried Rosemary, crumbled
4 single chicken breasts with skin
Salt & Pepper to taste

+1 batch of Rosemay Butter

- Layer vegetable in greased baking dish.
- Season with Rosemary, Salt and Pepper.
- Prepare the Rosemary Butter
- Remove any excess fat deposits from the chicken and carefully loosen the skin from the meat. 
- Place whole chicken breast, skin side up, on top of the vegetables.
- Spread the Rosemary Butter on the chicken.
- Cover dish with grease aluminum foil and place in oven for 45 minutes. 
- Uncover and roast for 25 to 30 minutes more or until the vegetables are tender and chicken is golden.

Enjoy!

Baked Brie

An simple appetizer that can be served at an elegant dinner party. 

Prep time:  5 mins
Baking time: 20 mins

1 egg
1/4 cup of milk
Almond slivers
Brie

Preheat the oven at 200ºC

Mix the egg with the milk.
Layout the almond slivers on a plate.
Take one whole Brie (or just a wedge) and dip it in the egg wash then place the cheese on the plate of almond slivers and cover the Brie with almonds.

Place in an oven-proof dish and in the oven for 20mins or until the almonds have begun to brown. Serve warm with bread. 

Enjoy!