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| - Morcilla is on my short list of Pittsburgh favorites. It's a great date night spot, friends gathering, or a treat-yoself dinner. The restaurant had a warm ambiance with wooden decor, hipster lighting, and jamón hanging. For dinner, we ordered the Serrano ham, tomate, chorizo, side of olives, machego queso, the potatoes, and squash. It was way too much food for two, but we ordered with our eyes. The a la carte charcuterie tapas came out individually (shame, cause I'd love some charcuterie plating) but the portions were so much bigger than I hoped for! Every meat has topping accents. For example, the Serrano ham has Spanish almonds.. the tomate was dipped in basil oil... and the chorizo had dates and blue cheese. I love that it's not plain and naked. My favorite out of the three was the tomate. My friend loved the Serrano ham. We both thought the cheese was too stinky with the chorizo! Guess we aren't on the expert level of stinky cheese. The side of olives was great! And I really loved the taste of the squash. The potatoes with spicy mayo sauce was very dry. It was the only dish we didn't enjoy.
Morcilla is everything I need in a tapas restaurant. Ambiance, wine list, delicious tapas, amazing charcuterie! I'm excited to try out the rest of the menu on my next visit.
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