Thursday, July 7, 2011

Cafe Ba ba reeba

I really wish I took some pictures of the food but I am a little addicted to hanging with friends which drains my battery but I am sure I will go again soon and I'll update with pics. First off, the food is amazing. I loved everything that I ordered. To start off I ordered a pitcher of the peach sangria and it tasted great. I don't know how much alcohol is in it, but it tastes great. After 2 pitchers of wine, I decided to give up on trying to catch a buzz and just started to order food. First dish that came out were the spicy potatoes. I personally think a lot better than cafe iberico because the potatoes actually have a slight kick to them. Then we had roasted dates wrapped in bacon. Im usually not the biggest fan of dates, but these were perfect. The bacon added the perfect smokiness to the dates and the sweet savory flavor combination was perfect. Next I ordered the beef tenderloin and blue cheese. We ordered the steak medium, but I definitely recommend it medium rare. The steak was great and it was accompanied by house made potato chips. To go with the steak I also ordered the spinach and manchego stuffed mushrooms. I was really excited about the mushrooms but when they came out I was extremely disappointed. I was expecting something large enough to share with people, but they were 4 tiny little mushrooms. The mushrooms were all a little bigger than a quarter and it was hardly stuffed with any spinach. And for our last plate of tapas we had the serrano ham and tomato bread. I was also really excited for this dish, but when the dish came out, it seemed as if the bread and tomato sauce had been sitting out for a long time. The bread was all soggy from the tomatoes and there was no way of picking up the bread with your hands. I ended up just eating the ham on its own and it was great. After all of this we decided to order some dessert and I must say, their dessert is just as good as their main tapas. The chocolate truffle cake was nice and rich and the Dulce de leche cake was amazing. I recommend cafe ba ba reeba to everyone and make sure you go with a lot of people so you can order many different things to share. The sangria, food, and atmosphere are all great and I plan on returning very soon. I personally think that ba ba reeba has a little more american/spanish fusion twist that I personally like. Cafe Iberico is also great, but the atmosphere of ba ba reeba is just much more inviting.

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