At the weekend, Perry (my fiancé) treated me to a wonderful meal in Kingston Upon Thames... (I've got to hand it to him... the boy did well!) It was totally unexpected and so romantic - which made it all the more memorable!
He took me to 'La Tasca', which is a Spanish tapas bar and restaurant. They specialise in small dishes of tapas, and advise you to get 6 dishes between two of you. It sounds like a very little amount of food... But once you start eating, you get full very quickly! So the portion sizes are perfect!
With Perry and I both being such food lovers, we were in our element when the menus were handed to us! There was literally so much choice on offer and it took us a good quarter of an hour to figure out what the verdict would be (that's a sign of a good restaurant, because usually we order straight away!)
Once the food arrived, we both stared at each other with expressions that read, "this food looks so good - what dish should we try first?"
The dishes we chose in the end were:
1. Slow cooked Pork cheeks with pedro ximenez (served with fries)
2. Chorizo and morcilla (simply sautéed on the plancha with black pudding, peppers and onions)
3. Pascado blanco Frito (deep fried white fish in a special recipe San Miguel batter)
4. Croquetas de espinacas (hand crumbed croquettes filled with goats cheese, spinach and béchamel sauce)
5. Costillas de cerdo (la tascas famous baby back ribs glazed with a Spanish style bbq sauce)
6. Calamares (crispy squid sprinkled with sea salt)
Each dish was carefully and cleverly assembled to create the most delicious and authentic Spanish cuisine I have ever tasted!
Because the food was seasoned so well, I didn't want to drink anything too strong that would mask the flavours I was tasting at the time, so instead of drinking alcohol, I opted for a Spanish Apple Juice by 'Frobishers' which was incredibly fresh and satisfying!
I was also impressed by the overall decor of the restaurant, as there were colourful tiles along the walls, bright orange lamp shades, blue and orange hand painted plates and ceiling fans... All things that you would expect to see in a Spanish tavern.
It was nice to see some traditional aspects of Spanish culture in the restaurant and for a short time I really felt like we had escaped from London and walked into a Spanish paradise!
We will definitely pop back again, if we are ever in the area, because we are still visualising the food to this day!
M x
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