While in Germany, we stumbled (literally) into a Spanish Tapas restaurant. Which should never be confused with a "Topless" restaurant. Loosely translated, "Tapas" means "Appetizers" in English. And because of the language barrier, we pointed at a list of appetizers on the menu and the jovial purveyor brought us several platters with many bite-sized delicacies on it. We had olives, spicy chicken, baked potatoes, roasted squash vegetables, link sausages, and dates wrapped in bacon. All of this was served with sweet yeast rolls and homemade chimichurri-type sauce.
The food was all wonderful but I was especially surprised by how tasty and simple the dates wrapped in bacon were. I didn't even have to look up a recipe for it. However, a friend of mind suggested stuffing an almond inside the date, so I stuffed a skinless, salted almond into each date before wrapping it in 1/2 slice of bacon. I sealed the end of the bacon with a drop of local honey and then I drizzled some more honey over the top of the bacon wrapped date before broiling it on both sides.
No dipping sauce required. I have no idea what the house red wine was at this tapas restaurant. But at home, I drink Kaiken Malbec with Tapas.
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