Tres Salmorejos Y Berenjenas Fritas

A SPANISH CHEF RECOMMENDED A RESTAURANT JUST OUTSIDE CORDOBA’S OLD TOWN. HE TOLD ME TO TRY THE EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) AND SALMOREJO— NORMALLY A COLD VEGETABLE SOUP, BUT HERE SERVED MORE LIKE PURÉE TO GO WITH ASTONISHINGLY GOOD FRIED EGGPLANT. THE RESTAURANT WASN’T OPEN WHEN I ARRIVED, SO I WAITED IN THE SHADE OUTSIDE A BAR ACROSS THE STREET. SEVERAL HOURS LATER THE DOORS OPENED AND I HALF STUMBLED IN. THE RESTAURANT WAS UNASSUMING, WITH SOME ANTIQUE TOOLS AND BULLFIGHTING MEMORABILIA T