Fish Eyes!

Last weekend when we were in Barcelona, I wanted to have a true Spain meal.... which doesn't mean spicy food which we tend to think. In Barcelona, that means sea food, straight from the Mediterranean Sea. We picked a restaurant off the main strip that we could actually afford, but still wasn't cheap. After looking at the menu, I decided to go with the deep fat fried small fish. I figured I could handle that, considering I'm not a sea food kind of girl. I can handle breaded fish and that's about it. When I got my plate, I was quite nervous to even try one.

They didn't taste horrible, but they weren't the best tasting fish I've ever had. The worst part about them, I could still see their tales, eyes, and scales. These little dudes had no chance to live. The only way I could get myself to eat them is if I didn't look at them. Usually people plug their nose, but I had to close my eyes. The whole eye ball thing was freaking me out!!

I had to prepare myself before eating each one.

Then I would close my eyes and get it down fast!

Then I chased it down with my Coke. When my Coke was gone, I was done with those little fishies!

While I was covering my eyes to eat the fish, Jay thought he would disect one to see what was inside. He ended up popping the eyeball out of it. They all still had their eyes!!!!!!!!!! YUCK!!! Thankfully he didn't tell me this until after we were out of the restaurant and walking down the street. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten any more down.

Jay decided to be safe and go with the chicken. This is what his turned out like. It was in a tomato based rice, with mixed veggies in it. This too was a pretty typical Spanish meal.

We definitely stopped for ice cream on the way back to the hostel that night. I needed something to keep those fish from swimming in my stomach!