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2012-12-16
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AMAZING! We got the "Taste of Spain" tasting menu here for my husband's birthday and it was absolutely perfect. Perfect amount of food and perfect Spanish flavor. The chef's presentation is modern but his flavors are delightfully traditional. The chef's dishes are very well executed and he's always there. If you want food from someone who has studied extensively and uses military precision in the kitchen then you should eat at BCN.BCN is better than some of the Michelin Starred places I've ate a
We got the "Taste of Spain" tasting menu here for my husband's birthday and it was absolutely perfect. Perfect amount of food and perfect Spanish flavor. The chef's presentation is modern but his flavors are delightfully traditional. The chef's dishes are very well executed and he's always there. If you want food from someone who has studied extensively and uses military precision in the kitchen then you should eat at BCN.
BCN is better than some of the Michelin Starred places I've ate at in my life and they are not just "good for Hong Kong" which actually means "bad" but, they are great on the world stage.
Our appetizer of iberico jamon, manchego cheese, chorizo, and tomato toast was classic and comforting. It's hard to get just how deep and wonderful these meat and cheeses are unless you eat them slowly sipping on a rioja or if you've been to Spain before.
The second dish was trio of tapas and you should save the foie for last because it will melt you. These are all one bite deals and it would be folly to eat any element of the individual tapas seperately. The salted cod croquette was very smooth and rich, there was no fishy flavor, just the pleasure of salt. The octopus was tender but still had a great bite.
Next we got a special little modernist dish of garden foam with black olive "soil." It was just so cute and creative... I ate it with a big smile.
Our gazpacho soup is very refined. It was so creamy, chilly, and bright at the same time it compelled me to close my eyes while eating it.
The noodle dish was next and you shouldn't judge it by it's looks--- this dish is deep. There are complex seafood flavors that can rival any kind of umami from monosodium glutamate.
The finale of the savory dishes looked like a little page of Easter Island. A gorgeous and tenderly browned piece of suckling pig stands next to a pool of beef reduction between pureed sweet potato bumpers. The skin was a deep pleasure to eat, it was so crispy and filled with a rich pork aroma. I loved dipping the meat inside in the sauce.
Our dessert was two truffles with a crispy chocolate shell and orange peel on top. It was just superb and closed the loop of simplicity that seems to be the chef's mission statement here. We also got to taste a spherified apricot, which melted in our mouths with a zingy POP!
This is singularly the best Spanish restaurant in Hong Kong and probably China.
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Order a bottle of Rioja with your food, it's peeeerfect.
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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