62 Chistorra (basque style chorizo sausage) cream cheese and crispy onion

Spoiler confession! I had montadito No. 62 early on, back in my single-digit days. I was dining with my wife, and because of a wacky slapstick ordering mishap we got two of each sandwich we ordered. This was one of hers. (Having enjoyed No. 5, and spying that cream-cheese-and-crispy-onion combo, I pointed her to it.) Here's how my first go-round looked:

It was, and is, a very nice combination -- the smoky link with its subtle sweetness, the cream cheese with its own creamy sweetness and the onions for some salty crunch.

It's a shame cream cheese doesn't appear on more of the montaditos.

Montaditos down: 62
Montaditos to go: 38
Next: 63 Serrano ham and manchego cheese

61 Chistorra, brie cheese and green pepper

This is one pretty montadito. I've registered my affinity for chistorra and my newfound delight with brie, and those, with the added crunch and tinny-tang-tang of green bell pepper, add up in a pretty straightforward manner.

Montadito No. 61 was, however, the first really messy montadito I've encountered. Ingredients wanted to jump out. Basque separatism?

Montaditos down: 61
Montaditos to go: 39
Next: 62 Chistorra (basque style chorizo sausage) cream cheese and crispy onion

60 Chistorra, bacon and piquillo pepper

It's hard to go wrong with chistorra (Basque-style chorizo sausage). This one is again cut, and that helps the formation of the beautiful orange grease spot. The piquillo pepper is a nice touch. Bacon? I didn't notice any bacon, but I fell down on the job and neglected to look for it. So I can't tell you whether they forgot it or whether it just blended into the background.

Montaditos down: 60
Montaditos to go: 40
Next: 61 Chistorra, brie cheese and green pepper

59 Chistorra, hard-boiled egg and piparra

After the sneak preview of montadito No. 5, I was eagerly looking forward to the chistorra section of the menu. And No. 59 did not disappoint, though (menu editor?) all it is is No. 5 plus hard-boiled egg. Nothing wrong with hard-boiled egg, or No. 5, so there you go.

(This time the sausage was cut up a little, which I suppose made the coexistence with hard-boiled egg a little less slippery.)

Montaditos down: 59
Montaditos to go: 41
Next: 60 Chistorra (basque style chorizo sausage), bacon and piquillo pepper

05 Chistorra and piparra

While the ordinary chorizo at 100 Montaditos is served sliced, the Basque version is presented in cute-little-link form. It's good -- smoky and sweet, and reminiscent (in a good way) of the "smoky links" I grew up eating. The pepper, also sweet, is like pepperoncini, and it's a perfect accompaniment. These are little slivers of the pepper, so I'm reasonably sure that even those averse to such foods would not mind them here, though not so sure that I would bring this montadito home to the missus.

Montaditos down: 5
Montaditos to go: 95
Next: 06 Tortilla española with ali oil