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| - Bottom Line: Amazing Spanish tapas bar with top notch cocktails and service
Drinks:
We asked the waiter to surprise us with some cocktails and just described what we were looking for. We ended up with the SeƱor Moltisanti - a refreshing, not-too-sweet citrus-y creamy cocktail. The second was the Heisenberg, a slightly smoky and less sweet.
Food:
We started off with some bar snacks - some pickled vegetables and bread. The pickles were really well done. The bread was, well, bread - sliced and served with olive oil.
Then we proceeded on with a tasting meal. We went into it blind and could not be happier.
- Foie gras: A+, really really tasty and a great way to start off the meal.
- Swordfish: A-, served as thin slices with smoked olives, sweet peas, crispy jamon (Spanish ham).
- Anchovy boquerones with chips: B+, the chips contain some dehydrated lime zest and works really well with the anchovies though you'll end up with chips left over.
- Shishoto peppers: B+, a good palate cleanser, salty
- Vegan no-show salad: A+, a surprise hit. The salad contains pomegranates which really work well.
- Wild mushrooms with sugar snap peas, ham and mint: A, really nice mushroom medley.
- Grilled razor clams: A+, incredible. I wouldn't have normally ordered this so I'm happy they included this dish. The razor clams have a different consistency then the typical clams you'd eat. It's a bit chewy but not too rubbery. It's also smothered in a, what I presume to be in a wine/butter sauce. Definitely dip bread in it.
- Grilled Octopus: A+, really really tasty. It wasn't too rubbery and really had the perfect texture. It was served on a bed of dandelion greens which were a bit salty.
- Dessert: Basque Cake & Sherry Cream: A++. Already bursting at the seams after dinner, unbuckling my belt wasn't enough to create space for dessert. I decided to give it a shot though, and like magic, my body created a separate dessert compartment in my stomach to let me indulge in this heavenly dessert. Words can't describe how amazing this was. There is a bit of a corn bread quality to it.
Service: A+: Water and wine were always refilled promptly. Servers were friendly.
Tips:
- Make reservations a few weeks in advance if you're going on a weekend
- Get the tasting menu course
- Cocktails are delicious
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