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8-min walk from Exit A2, Sheung Wan MTR Station
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Opening Hours
Mon - Wed
11:30 - 00:00
Thu - Sat
11:30 - 02:00
Sun
Closed
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Had the day off and decided to have lunch here before checking out Pradasphere. I had wanted to try this place as I saw they did a very nice tapas lunch and was perfect for me as I could sample various things all in one go.El Caido, though address is Hollywood Road, their actual entrance is on Graham Street. The restaurant was very quiet and not full. Layout seemed more like a bar.I was given the set lunch menu as that is all they had during lunch hour. It seemed they no longer do the tapas style lunches anymore but just regular lunch. I heard another customer ask what happened to the tapas lunches and the waiter informed that it had been discontinued. Disappointing for that is what I wanted to try. Anyways ... lunch is now $128 and includes bread, choice of soup or salad, choice of main and coffee or tea. Add $20 for dessert.Before I even decided on what I wanted (probably in fear I'd leave after finding out they no longer do the tapas lunches), a plate of bread with butter and the cicchetti, I assume, was the tomato salsa? Isn't cicchetti supposed to be a little snack?? Anyways, the bread was ok. Nothing to write home about. The salsa was pretty good and very fresh tasting.I decided on the traditional Andalusan gazpacho and the roast suckling pig in Segovian style.The gazpacho was lovely. Nice and rich, yet fresh and cool. I liked the addition of croutons to give it a bit of crunch.Roast suckling pig in Segovian style was ok. The pork skin was crispy but some parts were really hard, almost rock like. The meat was very tender and wonderfully seasoned. The potato tiella was a bit spicy with tart at the same time. I liked it enough. However, the sauce was a complete disappointment as it was a bit bland.I ordered the coffee and it was absolutely horrible. It tasted like burnt water. I didn't finish it.The food was ok. There were a few hit and misses but overall not bad. I would have preferred they stuck with the tapas lunch but oh well...Might return if friends wondered where we could eat.
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一直都滿喜歡食西班牙菜, 但無奈係香港既西班牙菜館都幾貴... 加上食tapas, jamon.... 唔飲紅酒, 總係差d野。俾我係OP搵下搵下, 見到個個都話LEE 間 value for money, 我最鍾意試菜, 即刻叫fd 同我試啦。友人打黎去book 位, 話無酒飲, 但free cockage...仲開心。本黎諗住買支spanish wine...但搵唔到, 結果買左支隔離既意大利... 我知道都match 到既 間野其實都隱世, 都要上斜落斜左一陣先搵到, 其實最簡單就係 pxxxxxxc coffee 轉落去。坐低, 我都好唔客氣同我個fd 講, "其實我諗左食咩"... 真係一d矜持都無... 有酒... 又點可以唔食ham... tapas bar 係casual dining, 都係枱細細, 所以叫左個48mths iberico ham 送下酒先($4xx/100g), 而且就算有iberico ham, 都唔多地方有48months。ham 算係幾有油香, 咸度唔係死咸... 但可能...佢切既位置比較上, 有時食到比較乾。而且切都比較厚, 但我同朋友都好enjoy 食哂個ham, 就再叫d tapas la, 叫左個Grilled Tiger Prawns, 通常tapas 都用細隻既蝦仔, lee 度用虎蝦, 爽口彈牙, 個蒜片辣椒欖油係靈魂，提鮮加惹味。試得西班牙菜, 點可以唔叫Suckling pig 同 paella, 個Suckling pig皮脆, 但個人黎講, 我覺得肥左d, 而且某d 位好咸,… 食到尾, 有少少夾硬食咁…Paella, 好體貼地有tapas size, 蝦, 蜆都好鮮, 而且d飯入哂味, 我覺得好好味。店內環境好typical 以紅色做主打, 我自己覺得好hip, chit chat成晚好開心。
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It was said that the Head Chef Gary here has worked under the Fadango kitchen for a few years, a Michelin Guide recommended restaurant specializing in Spanish cuisines. A quick glance through the menu saw a mention of Cicchetti as well, which is the Italian equivalent of Italian tapas, not too different to Italian Stuzzichini. Seems like small portions of food for sharing with drinks is the concept here. The Menu is priced on the Lower side in Town -Someone guess who, once mentioned this is not bad in HK context. I have to agree that the price range here is unforeseeably reasonable. Many Tapas, or Chicchetti are in the $48-58 range only. Self Bringing Your Own Mio Camuzet Bourgogne -Actually after we arrived here and sat down, before the wait staff mentioned sheepishly, their Liquor License is under review so they cannot serve alcohol again. So I quickly ran downstairs in the midst of summer to ETC nearby to grab an emergency bottle. Have always loved this Wine Producer, even if this particular one is generic Burg stuff.. Just not too sophisticated compared to their other appellation bottles ~ 6.9/10 Iberico Pork Burgers - $68The taste was ok only, it does have some porky taste but not quite Iberico oily flavor. But looking at the price tag of $68 for 3 burgers, I can’t even complain. It also wasn’t that grilled enough.. My dining Companion mentioned the 22 Ships version is far superior. ~ 6/10 Salted Cod Fish Balls with Piri Piri Sauce – $68Piri Piri sauce is more Portuguese or African related, but since Spain is a neighboring country I am ok with the concept (as opposed to a Pil Pil sauce which is more Basque-Spain). However the Piri Piri sauce was kind of weakish in recognizable flavours, and to give it the benefit of the doubt probably toned down to locals taste. The death knell sounded when we bit into the so-called Salted Cod Fish croquettes - I could only taste potatoes and non of the Salted Cod fish normally associated with this dish. I know it’s not an expensive dish but I would rather pay more to get a better resulting plate. On a positive side, at least it wasn’t fried oily on the surface ~ 4/10 Grilled Asparagus with Garlicky Piquillo Peppers Butter – $48The Asparagus came with a judicial amount of sea salt flakes, and came with the Peppery and Garlicky butter on the side which was quite enjoyable and thoughtful, finally a dish which worked and I liked, if not a bit small on portioning. The food here has more potential – you can see the heart in some dishes but may be they are trying to work within restraints of a budget? It is more a Drinks place than for Food or Snacks, but perhaps that is the intention of the owners operating this space and the food were definitely on the lower end of the pricing range as a gesture. But that remains it’s biggest attraction for now in terms of the geographical LKF and SOHO crowd than for the real foodies! It’s definitely not bad vs pricing policy, but each to their own.. It’s more like a Bar personally. Price: HKD $150 – $200 Per PersonEase of Access: 3/5Food: ♕♕♕ 1/2 Address: 中環荷李活道49號鴻豐商業中心2樓2nd Floor, 49 Hollywood Road, Hung Fung Commercial Building, Central, Hong Kong. New SOHO.Ph: 2623 2773
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對於Tapas bar愈來愈盛行，我是叫好也來不及，因為個人很喜歡吃Tapas, 份量不大可以吃多幾款，而且氣氛隨和，適合與一眾好友來吃！環境方面，走的是 Casual 酒吧路線，餐廳中間一張大長枱，客人可選擇站著或坐下，氣氛輕，如果在附近工作，應該會常來Happy Hour 吧。如果想坐得舒服一點及看街景的話，可選靠窗的位置，能夠望到嘉咸街，擺花街街景。先來個小吃拼盤The board，包括各款地道小食如 芝士、Iberico ham及西班牙香腸等等。火腿咸香而油潤，餘韻悠長，用來配合Sangria最適合。來這裡不得不吃 Suckling pig El Caído Style，調味非常的好，先慢煮後燒，因此肉質嫩滑而多汁，是要來多幾客的菜式。另一名物是蒜片虎蝦Garlic Tiger Shrimp，以高溫的橄欖油浸煮虎蝦，肉質爽脆，加上的蒜片及辣椒，令蝦肉更加惹味。還有叫人驚喜的迷你漢堡，有吃於一般的牛肉漢堡，這裡用的是Iberico ham來做漢堡扒，入口更肉汁豐富，肉質鬆化，是不可錯過的菜式。同樣地這裡的肉丸也是用Iberico ham做的，因此味道特別濃郁，配上新鮮蕃茄醬，平衡了油膩感，是出色的配搭。Paella 材料豐富，吸收了醬汁的飯粒，比起海鮮更加美味。吃過幾款小吃質素也不錯，而且價格相宜，一般也是數十元，在中環想找個氣氛輕鬆，價格相宜的餐廳，這裡是不錯的選擇。
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在中環找個寧靜又不多人的地方食個午飯，可真是不容易。上星期行過荷李活道，抬頭看到El Caido,已忍不住想一試，今天找到飯腳一齊試一試。兩個人點了6款tapas,再加pasta of the day (garlic and chili spaghetti)。同事點了crab cake, potato ball and sucking pig，三款都很香口。最欣賞crab cake,蟹肉味濃。我選了蘆筍，croquette and deep fried prawns. 最美味莫於croquette,有別於一般的，非常creamy,又香滑。如果配杯cocktail或sangria ，一定會更好味。
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