An impromptu Sunday night dinner invite from my significant other brought Tapino into my life. I had no idea I was about to eat some of the best food of my life. Let me say also that this was my first experience with tapas and that I'm by no means an experienced wine drinker, though I'm enthusiastic to learn.
The atmosphere was chill. It was classy, no doubt. I may have been a tad under dressed in jeans since I had no idea where I was going (downtown girl through and through) but was not treated any less by the waitstaff. Chill downtemp/trip-hop was playing. We were seated inside. There was good mood lighting (even if they did have fake candles at the table).
What ensued was a stream deliciousness. Everything was delicious. Everything. My favorite were the bacon wrapped dates and the short rib. We drank a bottle of AZ stronghold. We ordered about 11 different plates between 2 of us. We did not leave hungry but were not stuffed.
The service was excellent. Very pleasant waitstaff. My guy was a little irked that the wine was slightly chilled, I guess its suppose to be room temp. It was still delicious to me.
The whole experience was so awesome. A great pre-cursor to a hot sex. Heh. I will definitely be back.