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WHERE TO EAT The best Lechazo in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by David Whitley and 4 other food critics.
"To have anything other than lechazo – roast, suckling lamb – would be a dereliction of duty."
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Recommended by Matthew Clayfield and 6 other food critics.
"The lamb falls away from the bone in great stringy heaps and is the most flavoursome roast I can remember having."
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Recommended by Michael Herman and 4 other food critics.
"The lamb was, as expected, delicious, with crispy outsides and the smokiness you can only get from wood fire."
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Recommended by Tara Stevens and 3 other food critics.
"Burgos lechazo (suckling lamb slow-roasted in a wood-fired oven) is off-the-scale delicious. Dig in at old-world taverns such as Casa Ojeda."
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Recommended by Angelo Comsti and 4 other food critics.
"It’s so good that it is simply seasoned and doesn’t come with any condiment, proof that the best ingredient has no shortcomings and nothing to hide."
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Recommended by Ed Cumming and 2 other food critics.
"A family place where they make the best roast mixed lamb on the wood fire. It was stunning: juicy, crisp."
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Recommended by Karen Brown and 1 other food critic.
"We strongly recommend Asador Casa Brigante, specializing in oven-roasted baby lamb."
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Recommended by Laura Lynch and 2 other food critics.
"The lechazo is so moist and flavorful and the skin is incredibly crispy and rich. It was one of the best meals we ate in Spain."
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Recommended by The Guardian and 2 other food critics.
"Posada de la Villa slowly cooks theirs to succulent perfection in a wood-burning oven (€44 for two people)."
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Recommended by César Acebes
Best lechazo in Castile