This entry took me a while to write up because (1) I am lazy (2) I am lazy and (3) I am very lazy! I have passed by this establishment way too many times but never really got the chance try it. Since I felt like Spanish Tapas on this evening, why not give this place a try. So what do I think of it? I was 1/5 satisfied with the food but I was
5/5 happy to have a wonderful dining companion with me this special evening! I can go on forever about how much fun this evening and how the
both of us took pictures of the food with
undivided concentration; but let me get back to the review first. It was to my surprise that the actual dining area was rather small, almost half of the establishment is dedicated to the bar area with about a dozen of tables for diners.
(1) Eggs & onion dipsIt was literally eggs and onion dips, how unoriginal! Truly no surprises in my opinion.
(2) Goose liver pies with port wine sauceWe were attracted by the name of this dish and the presentation was interesting enough that we took quite a while to take pictures of it from different directions. However, taste wise we can't even find hints of the goose liver flavors, perhaps overtaken by the rich port wine sauce??
(3) Chorizo sauteed with onionsToo salty, too oily and too chewy! Enough said.
(4) Pata negra iberico hamBased on my humble knowledge with cured ham, pata negra or
Jamón iberico ham (which consists of different variations as well) is of better grade than the slightly varied Jamón serrano. If we were to try, why not try the better grade right? It was to be ordered by the grams and was cut right in front of us.
It was good. Not too salty and very thinly cut. The flavor was very intense as it should be;
a great way to stimulate my taste buds before the mains!
(5) Sea-bass, scallops cevicheDefinitely not something we expected; I mean not how we imagined it would look like. It was more like a dip to me, a very lightly flavored dip to be exact. I could not remember how the diced sea-bass and scallops tasted like, likely because there were not surprises.
(6) Seafood paellaWhere can I find good paella in HK??? Not here (nor at
Hemingway's by the Bay @ Discovery Bay) for sure. It was rather dry but at least it was served in the right paella pan compared with
Hemingway's! Plenty of ingredients and flavors were alright, it was the dryness of the whole thing that they really need to work on!
(7) Steak FritesLooks alright? Yeah, it tasted alright as well. We ordered Medium Rare and it came Medium Rare. Meat was tender enough that we gave it a passing rate. Fries on the other hand, no, it failed because it was rather stale and plain.
(8) baked chocolate cake & caramelized baked apple tartOne word:
SWEET! Sorry I mean 2 words:
TOO SWEET! Both the baked chocolate cake and caramelized baked apple tarts were way too sweet for my liking. The apple slices in the apple tart seemed to be soaked in sugar for a long while that even with the ice cream the sweetness remained. The sweetness of the apple tart and chocolate cake took over my sense of taste to a point that I thought I would get a sugar overdose!
