Boqueria

Some good dishes and some underwhelming, paired with slow service, left me a little disappointed, although i still enjoyed my evening in this charming tapas restaurant. Good food guide restaurant of the year 2014 and London restaurant of the year 2016. I'll start with the best, beef tenderloin with foie and Pedro ximenez on toast, succulent meat and good flavour although a little on the thin side. Ham and chicken croquettes was good, crunchy creamy and golden. Patatas bravas, good again but I would expect the basics to be right. I was curious about the use of lemon sorbet with apple sauce and suckling pig. I think it worked to an extent, if you didn't go to mad with the sorbet, but I think would have been better without it. Presa ibérica was well below average, again a thin cut and overwhelming flavours of cumin and not much else. The trend remained with desert, the 'leche frita' which is deep fried milk dusted in cinnamon was good but maybe a little sweet. The triple chocolate tart had a strange jelly like texture and very plain, not really a tart either. If your in the local area I wouldn't say avoid it, but i certainly wouldn't go out of your way to eat here. Would I go back? Probably not.

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