So all in all, it’s a very desirable place to sit down and eat, offering a good-value lunch menu of two (€10) or three (€12.50) courses, including a glass of wine. More notably, the food is a welcome break from the norm. I tucked into freshly grilled king prawn salad drizzled over with a kind of raita, mussels in a Thai style sauce that was OK—a little bland, if I’m honest—and could have done with a handful of fresh herbs on top, and a luscious almond ice-cream with a nozzle of orange flavoured mousse on the side. The trouble was I still felt hungry at the end, though to be fair, my pal who’d had the risotto said she’d filled up just right.
So I returned to eat á la carte that was likewise full of promise, this time brimming with big Southern States flavours. Properly crunchy and piquant crab cakes served with a fennel slaw and crème fraiche, juicy fried green tomatoes topped with nicely spicy Mexican corn salsa, and superb pulled pork sandwiches. It’s all great, just the sort of food this city has been crying out for, and would be reasonably priced too if the portions weren’t quite so skimpy.
PICNIC: C/ Comerc 1; tel. 93 511 6661; Dishes between €5 and €12; Mon-Fri 1pm-4.30pm, 8pm-12.30am, Sat-Sun 12noon-5pm.
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Pulled Pork
Posted by Kat April 28, 2011 21:40:35