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| - Firstly, I need to give a shout out to the incredible waiter (and her associates) who provided some of the best service I've had at a restaurant. My glass of water was never empty, the table crumbs were promptly wiped away and clean plates and utensils were regularly brought out.
Needless to say, the service was impeccable and the food was great too!
Location/Atmosphere:
The restaurant is set back from the street, just west of Weslodge - not east, as one review suggested. The overall ambience is dark and intimate (albeit with fairly high ceilings), with a nice covered patio. The decor is tastefully hip - lots of needlepoint accents, but nothing too oppressive, (no moose antlers or owls here).
Dishes:
There are a lot of options on the menu and I found it a bit overwhelming so we asked our waiter to arrange a tasting course.
We left in a comatose so I can't remember all of the dishes. Some of the standout dishes included the following:
- Bacon-covered Dates (DÁTILES CON TOCINO IBÉRICO): really really good, although one could argue that bacon + dates + cheese will always be good. Still, it was better than I was hoping and it has some Guindillas peppers to boot.
- Ibérico Pork Flank cooked sous vide style served with a sweet Piquillio Pepper Jam (ECRETO IBÉRICO CON PIMIENTOS DE PIQUILLO Y MERMELADA). The pork was incredibly tender and the sweet pepper jam provided a nice contrast.
- Octopus on potatoes with paprika and olive oil (PULPO A LA GALLEGA). Another one-two punch of flavours. This was one of my favourites.
The meal ended with PAELLA PATRIA, a seafood paella dish served on a large plate. It was really nice mix of saffron with shrimp, mussels, cuttlefish, scallops, snap peas and monkfish.
We also had a few other dishes including house baked bread with fresh tomato and olive oil, Serrano ham and Manchego cheese. We also had some blistered peppers with sea salt (PIMIENTOS DE PADRÓN).
For dessert, we had Churros and Fried Milk.
Overall, for three people including 4 cocktails, it was about $200+ with tax.
Bottomline:
Fantastic service, great food.
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