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Having lived in Europe for many years and been to Spain a fair few times (and speaking Spanish), I previously dismissed Chico Chica having seen that the staff did not seem Spanish. So despite living very nearby, it took me over 6 months to venture in here.I'm very pleased to report that I'm mistaken and have to eat some humble pie.The food was delicious. Using a reliable base of Spanish recipes and quite a lot of imported Spanish products, it elevates and modernises these with some innovative fl
I'm very pleased to report that I'm mistaken and have to eat some humble pie.
The food was delicious. Using a reliable base of Spanish recipes and quite a lot of imported Spanish products, it elevates and modernises these with some innovative flourishes.
Me and a friend ordered a selection of tapas and just about everything was bang on.
The salad of beetroot, tomatoes, cucumber and leaves were a nice and simple but very tasty start.
This was followed by a fantastic scallop carpaccio, which was spot on with the granita, lemon curd and ponzu. This dish would not be out of place in a restaurant verging towards a Michelin star.
Morcilla (blood sausage) was served with fried cubes of potato and topped with two fried eggs. Quite a classic combination, but nonetheless as good as I've had in Spain.
The special of baby squid in a tomato sauce flavoured with Spanish sweet paprika and had little chunks of fried aubergine, which really brought something else to the tasty fresh stuffed squid.
The one dish I was not a fan of was their patatas bravas (fried potatoes topped with spicy sauce). The bravas sauce simply tasted over poweringly of Tabasco, which is really not how good bravas sauce is made. This is a shame, as the potatoes were nicely fried and topping them with melted Manchego cheese was a nice take on classic patatas bravas.
At this point we were almost full but being the glutton I am, decided to order the Hansburger. Not quite sure about the name, nor was the meat as unctuous as you'd expect of something with Wagyu, but the crisp bun topped with black sesame seeds and sweet kimchi were just fantastic. Here's where the sum of parts led to a very delicious tasty whole. I'd go so far as to say as this Hansburger could easily give the famous Little Bao a run for its money.
Couldn't manage anymore food by this point, but the table next to us had a plate of very yummy looking churros con chocolate, which had ice cream as well.
All this food for two and a glass of wine came up to just over HK$600, which I think is rather good value. Service was nice, without being fussy or pretentious.
I'll very happily be back, with the hopes that this could be one of my local go to restaurants!
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