Homemade ham croquettes
We make them ourselves. Whoever tries them, eats them. And whoever tries them, comes back.
½ portion 9 € Full 16,50 €
Venta El Buscón
The menu
Traditional Madrid cooking, no fuss. A charcoal grill, market produce, time-honoured recipes. Everything comes with bread.
To begin
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Tomato with tuna belly
½ portion 8 € Full 14 €Real tomato, real tuna belly, red onion. Three ingredients. No tricks.
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The Buscón salad
½ portion 7,50 € Full 12 €Lettuce, tuna, asparagus, egg, sweetcorn, carrot, onion. We order it ourselves when we’re hungry too.
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Córdoba-style salmorejo
11 €With egg and ham. The kind that leaves your bread stained and shameless.
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Griddled vegetables
½ portion 12 € Full 20 €Tomato, asparagus, aubergine, courgette and onion. For those who know that simple done right needs no excuse.
To share
Potatoes, three sauces
Brava, aioli and BBQ. Because choosing just one has always been hard.
½ portion 7 € Full 13 €
Andalusian-style squid
Crisp outside, tender inside. A classic, no argument.
½ portion 12 € Full 18 €
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Four fried eggs with chips and ham
½ portion 12 € Full 17 €No fuss. The dish that never lets you down in Madrid.
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Spanish omelette
12 €Made to order, the way it should be and the way few still do.
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Seafood paella
15 €A generous portion. The kind you smell before it reaches the table.
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King prawns in garlic
25 €The kind that asks for extra bread without asking.
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Grilled octopus
29 €With potatoes and salad. The kind that converts anyone who said they didn’t like octopus.
From the grill
Braised oxtail
With potatoes. Hours over the fire until the meat apologises for ever resisting.
½ portion 20 € Full 29 €
Beef skirt steak
Juicy, intense, full of character. The favourite of those in the know.
½ portion 14 € Full 20 €
Grilled chicken thigh fillets
On the grill, no complications.
½ portion 13 € Full 18 €
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Sirloin entrecôte
30 €400 g on the grill. Cooked exactly how you ask.
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Family pork ribs
½ portion 22 € Full 38 €Roasted. To share. Or not. Nobody here is going to judge you.
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Mixed grill for two
50 €Entrecôte, skirt steak, chicken, criollo chorizo and chistorra. With potatoes and salad. For those who don’t want to choose.
On warm bread
Tuna belly with roasted piquillo peppers
Roasted to order. The bite that disappears first.
½ portion 5 € Full 9 €
Smoked salmon, fresh cheese, lamb’s lettuce and Modena balsamic
The freshness of salmon with just the right touch of balsamic.
½ portion 5 € Full 9 €
Mozzarella, dressed tomato and oregano
Dressed tomato and oregano. The classic that never fails.
9 €
Warm chorizo-style black pudding
Served warm. Not for the indecisive.
8 €
Iberian ham & semi-cured cheese
With semi-cured cheese.
9 €
Vegetarian: lamb’s lettuce, tomato, fresh cheese and oregano
Simple, fresh and honest. Nothing more.
½ portion 5 € Full 9 €
Iberian ham platter with warm bread and tomato
With warm bread and tomato. For those who know it needs nothing more.
16 €
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Iberian ham tapa
6,50 €Just ham. Just Iberian.
Every dish comes with bread · Allergen list available