Local bakery is also worth noting; specialty bakeries are also popular among tourists, as well as fashionable restaurants. It is believed that local monks were founders of this culinary tradition; all branded desserts are affordable and very easy to prepare. Perfect sponge cakes, bizcochos de San Lorenzo and toscas de la Virgen, as well as the original dessert called ‘yemas de Santa Teresa’ made of egg yolks, will satisfy any sweet tooth. Pastries are usually served for breakfast; it is simply impossible to imagine the morning meal in a local cafe without hot chocolate and churros biscuits.
For lunch, locals prefer all kinds of tapas; it wouldn’t be difficult to choose appropriate treat in a variety of dishes. Light vegetable dishes, seafood, vegetable and meat broths, and all kinds of sweets - are the main meals offered by local dining places in the afternoon. Lunch is considered the most dense and solid meal. A dinner usually consists of light vegetable dishes and fish. However, a late dinner, which usually begins no earlier than 10:00 pm, is preceded by another important meal, merenda. Evening gatherings with friends in one of the restaurants have become a tradition for most residents.
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