Last Wednesday I took advantage of an offer sent straight to my inbox regarding 50% off La Tasca’s ‘Tapas to Share’ menu (basically, the tapas menu), on Sunday to Thursdays. Drove there with my mum. She had the beer! I’m so used to being ferried around I was a little bit heartbroken at not having alcohol. They got my Fruitiser order wrong as well, although what I had was nice enough.
Empty restaurant meant brisk service, but with non-pushy waitresses who allowed us to take our time. We ordered chicken and seafood paella, deep-fried calamari, mushroom croquettes, chorizo in red wine, king prawns and a mixed salad (again, they got the salad wrong, but again we let it slide. It was probably my dodgy attempt at Spanish).
- Calamari – not quite as crispy on the outside as we would have liked but excellent taste and definitely non-chewy.
- King prawns – big and suspiciously sweet – my mum loved these (I’m a bit too lazy about peeling prawns to totally enjoy them LOL).
- Salad – lovely refreshing mix of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pine nuts (I think) and avocado. Good and not overpowering dressing.
- Mushroom croquettes – nice. Not whole mushrooms, but a creamy mushroom filling inside a crunchy breaded outside.
- Chorizo – Good, but not the most flavoursome chorizo I’ve ever had. My mum was a bit scathing about the portion size, but I thought it was OK.
- Paella – Will make a mental note never to order the paella from the tapas menu at La Tasca, they’re never that good. Worst thing was the lack of chicken and seafood! Two mussels and a shrimp do not constitute enough seafood and the chicken was in absolutely tiny and few pieces. I’ve had the main course paella before and it was much much better (but not in the offer of course!)
Total bill for two – above dishes with a large Peroni and a Fruitiser came to £18.20 including discount but not service. Good value with the discount, edging on expensive for what you get without. Overall 8/10 taking into account the discount (bearing in mind we wouldn’t have gone there if it weren’t for that!).
