Plates held olives, boquerones – tiddler fish marinated in vinegar – and slices of acorn-fattened wine-red ham marbled with buttery fat.
You would be mad to order anything but a dry buttery Manzanilla sherry, and it will most likely come accompanied by the most simple and delicious of tapas – a slice of crusty bread topped with mature Manchego and a sliver of local jamon.
That said, unless you've made Hartnett's gloriously buttery and cheesy basic risotto as your base, adding a fistful more grated parmesan while it's still warm, as Locatelli suggests, helps with flavour and texture.
Seemingly untouched since its birth in 1912, it's a beautiful timewarp; insiders swear by the off-menu crudo-style sashimi, and the buttery, sweet crab fat, perfect for dunking in chunks of so-San Francisco sourdough bread.
The Mission's Tartine Bakery is a perennial favourite; for me, it has to be their insanely buttery ham and gruyere croissants.
The climax of the State of Origin rugby league match was thrown into chaos when 33-year-old Wati Holmwood streaked across the pitch "like a very slow bolt of buttery lightning", as our report put it.
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There's a double dose of oats in this comfort cake: in the batter, creating a nutty, tender crumb, and in a buttery crumble on top.
Recent dishes include a whole poached artichoke with a buttery dressing, classic steak tartare, and spicy gazpacho with seafood.
The Turkish kerebic from Fadime Tiskaya were like a wonderfully crumbly, buttery shortbread with extra crunch from semolina.
Moreover, that spritzy, citrusy freshness should be thoroughly amalgamated into the sauce; it should break like effervescent surf, carried inshore on thick buttery waves.
