¡Madre mía! Spanish ambassador cooks 'British' tortilla on TV
by Sam Jones in Madrid from World news | The Guardian on (#2XKST)
Simon Manley commits 'atrocity' of adding chorizo to Spain's national dish, to chagrin of El Comidista host, Mikel Iturriaga
With Boris Johnson busy comparing traditional MAori greetings to Glaswegian pub fights and Liam Fox venturing into the chlorinated henhouse, the task of restoring the reputation of Britain's diplomacy and cuisine fell to the UK's ambassador to Madrid.
Simon Manley hit on a novel solution: why not build bridges by meddling with that most sacred of Spanish dishes, the tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette), on Spanish TV?
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