Sin Tapas in Madrid, Spain (En Ca' Kiko

After a whole morning of walking at the weekend market in Madrid, we stopped for a quick lunch at this tapas bar. We were lucky as a few minutes after we arrived, the whole place was packed and even the outside.

We just ordered 3 dishes but they were huge amount. The baguette with salmon and cheese was really good. The deep fired pork was sinful and the snails was reallty nice. We finished the salmon and snails and just ate a little of the pork. So, we doggy bagged it to enjoy more later. It was a good decision.

A view of the window displaying the various tapas and pastries.

I could not get the contact details of this restaurant and even for us, it was just a lucky stumble.

Until the next time, cheers.

Bodeguilla Los Rotos Restaurant in Madrid, Spain

We did not what to eat on a cold and wet afternoon in March 2013 when we were in Madrid. So, we stumbled on this place which was very near to where we stayed.

The place was not big and the menu was also very simple. At the time we were there which was around 3 pm, most people were just having coffee and/or some pastry.

From the menu, we could see that the one of the main dishes here was eggs and potatoes cooked on a skillet with the types of different meats or seafood.

So, we ordered 2 types, one with baby eel. I have been thinking of baby eels for so long and the other was pork, prawns with some fish eggs. As it was cold, we ordered a soup too.

I liked the eel very much but not my wife. The eggs and potatoes are very comforting for a cold day. Although the dishes were simple, I enjoyed it very much if you need some comfort food.

The restaurant details are as follows :

Address: Calle de Las Huertas, 74, 28014 Madrid, Spain

Phone:+34 914 29 33 52 

 

 

Osteria Real Blue Italian Restaurant at Solaris Dutamas/Publika

This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants in KL. Initially, I didn't want to write about this meal as the photos will not do it justice. As usual, we were very hungry and again almost forgot to take pictures.

Sherry, wife of the chef, Mirko, will normally make recommendations for us and so we need not look at the menu.She is Malaysian while her husband is Italian from Bolognese, hence the type of Italian food.

The bread which they serve here is good and the dipping sauce is what I call, Italian sambal. It is somewhat spicy and has a kick.

For appetisers, it was cheese.....the mouth was faster than the camera.

We also had some carpacio....yummy too.

For out pasta, we had gnocchi carbonara. Good!! We also had our raviolli with truffles and mushroom. This was great.

We had also the wild boar pie.....what can I say.

Of course, we had to have our veges too.

For dessert, their panna cotta is really good too. One would not be enough of course.

The prices are not cheap but you pay for the quality. You can get hold of them at http://osteriarealblue.com/ and their contact details are as follows :

Osteria RealBlue
A3-UG-06, Solaris Dutamas,
Jalan Dutamas 1,
50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Opening Hours: 12noon - 2.30pm, 6pm - 10pm (Closed on Mondays)
Tel/Fax: 03 6207 9799

Goldgasse Restaurant in Wiesbaden, Germany

As we arrived in Wiesbaden in March, it started to snow and we walked around a bit to look for a place to eat and stumbled upon this restaurant that was very close to our hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel. The place looked inviting although it was early for dinner, we were hungry as our body clock was still tuned to Asia time.

We ordered a simple meal and it turned out to be good. The quality of food and service was good.

Very fresh fish.

Bon bon noodles with truffles. Yummy.

Veal steak. Nice.

Aglio Olio spaghetti

There were 4 of us and the bill with drinks came to about Euro 85 which we thought was very reasonable.

The restaurant sits in a row of restaurants on Goldgasse Street and apparently all of them are good and the competition probably keeps them honest.

Until the next time, cheers.

Jogoya Japanese Buffett Restaurant at Starhill

I used to patronise this place when they first started quite a few years ago but later found that the food and service is not up to par to the the prices which they are charging. In May, somehow, we thought of visiting Starhill as we wanted to hear some jazz music and somehow ended up at this restaurant.

One thing is the place is large. It seems that they have a lot of things to eat but then, a lot of the food is not Japanese perse and they are also a lot of fusion food. This style is probably popular in Taiwan where they originate from but somehow is not my cup of tea.

I did not really take a lot of photos of the food and the place.

This is suppose to be a fusion chawan mushi but seriously taste awful

The sashimi quality was not that great

Unagi does not taste good

This was one of the items which I enjoyed

One other thing that I was not happy is that unless you are a member or something, most of the premium items you cannot order. So, there goes most of the good stuff.

I was quite surprised that the sashimi, oysters, etc quality was bad and not fresh at all. Also, one would say that more than 50% of the food is not Japanese cooking.

So, as it was Mother's Day weekend and we had to pay about RM 100 per head, I do not think it was value for money at all. Anyhow, this is only my conclusion.

You can obtain more information from http://www.jogoyarestaurants.com/ and their contact details are as follows :

Address: Starhill Gallery 181 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Starhill Gallery, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Phone:+60 3-2142 1268

Until the next time, cheers.

Umaiya Japanese Restaurant

This is one of my favorite Japanese restaurants. They have 3 outlets ie Damansara Utama, Puchong IOI Walk and KLCC. However only the first two serves a Eat All You Can (with beer) on weekends. This restaurant has a good following and the weekend do is always full. One can also opt for a prepaid card and depends on the amount you put in, earns extra credits on the amount of money put in between 5% to 30%.

We visited this place last in May 2013 and we went to the Damansara outlet as the Puchong one was already full.

The deco of the restaurant is quite modern and although dark for a restaurant is rather calming. The eat of you can menu is quite limited in its range but I suppose it does the trick, so to say.

Now to the dishes that we ordered this time round :

Grilled fish, mackarel and can't remember the other one.

Appetisers ie baby octopus and jellyfish

Fried chicken

Yakotori and grilled chicken wings

Nice tofu

Duck salad...really good

Fried tofu, fried salmon fish head, cold soba and deep fried soft shell crab

Several types of maki rolls

Fish head soup

Beef sukiyaki

Salmon and butter fish sashimi

Pickles

Fried tuna maki

Beef

Garlic fried rice

Cold soba

Another types of tofu and beef yakitori

The good thing about this place is that the servings are small and therefore you can enjoy more variety but the downside is you have to make many orders and deal with lots of plate and waiting.

Overall, I think it is a value for money and the food is not bad and service is also good. It is an additional bonus if you can consume lots of beer.

For more details of their outlets and promotions, go to http://umai-ya.com/ or their facebook page.

Until the next time, cheers.