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2010-08-18
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Went here for a date at the weekend and must say, very impressed with the place.The thing is with Spanish restaurants, to get a good appreciation of the various dishes on offer, you have to order many dishes which can be a problem if there's only two of you eating. For that reason, we had the set menu of four courses for 188 which even with drinks and service on top, represented really good value.To start we had the cold tapas plate of Iberico ham, ratatouile salad and the chilled gazpacho soup
The thing is with Spanish restaurants, to get a good appreciation of the various dishes on offer, you have to order many dishes which can be a problem if there's only two of you eating. For that reason, we had the set menu of four courses for 188 which even with drinks and service on top, represented really good value.
To start we had the cold tapas plate of Iberico ham, ratatouile salad and the chilled gazpacho soup which came in a pretty neat shot glass. This came with a pot of bread and butter, which I found a bit strange as usually English/Western/French restaurants serve bread with butter whereas our Mediterranean counterparts tend to offer olive oil. Regardless, a self-confessed butter-holic and Brit I gobbled it all up. The bread was crispy on top and dough-ey in the middle but I usually prefer my bread granary and a bit of texture and I found it a bit plain for my liking.
The ham was rich without being overly greasy and the ratoutille salad was zingy and fresh.
The next course of hot tapas included grilled octopus with aoili sauce and a mini lamb kebab which I thought was cute and provided me a suitable fix for my lamb craving, something I rarely eat enough of in the UK let alone in HK. It tasted like a much refined version of the types I eat on a boozey night out and certainly without the grease, infact in true UK fashion I dolloped a whole load of aioli (think garlic mayo) on it and it tasted great! The octopus was OK - a tad chewy for my liking.
My partner choose the confit duck with garlic potatoes which was delicious whilst I had the mackerel with herb crust which was only OK and lacked the punch and impact of the previous two rounds.
There was then a long wait for desserts for around about 10 minutes or so but we had the mixed plate of chocolate bar, vanilla ice cream and apple pie. Pretty safe selection of desserts here which are all tastey in their own right but lacked synergy as a unit. The chocolate bar was like a set ganache and very hard to eat with a spoon as it was set very cold whereas the ice cream was almost beginning to melt. The apple tart was nice slivers of apple and pastry topped with roasted cinnamon which my only gripe would be there wasn't enough of it!
Total bill came to about 770 for 2 people, who had a bottle of water, 2 cocktails, a beer and service on top which I think is reasonable for nice surroundings. If we got our drinks order in earlier we could have saved on HH prices - So get in early before 8 !
Very romantic and atmospheric restaurant with good food and good value menu! Would definitely return again and maybe try some of the dishes offered a la carte too!
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