Sticking around
Pro First class creative cuisine.
Con Tasting menu deserves an extra detail or two.
Pay
€€€€+
Per Person About €45-€50 for 5-course menu plus beer/wine. El tenedor offers may be on.
Find
Website At El Tenedor.
Access Step free into market.
Space 103 at Barcelo Market. Link here.
Light Bites
Hopes. Genuine creativity, please?
Reality. Most polished eating out we've had this year.
First Impressions. Light, woody, spacious.
USP? The quality at the price.
The offer in three words. Ad astra michelin?
Service! Excellent.
Friend friendly? Menu certainly offers potential options.
Rating for dating. Food works perfectly. Lighting and decor maybe a little on the light side.
Tip? Yes.
Change one thing? Details and extras add impact.
Revisitability. Hoping to try lunch soon.
In Pictures
On Google Images
Digested
Bichopalo's offering a rewarding, original and interesting 5-course selection from its menu at an excellent price. The inspìration and influences are evident, but if you're going to be inspired you might as well be influenced by the best. They have been,
Mussels with Japanese-influenced sauce were on the money - a spectacular citrusy spicy number. Excellent.
Egg cooked at 65º with mushroom cream and shitake soil is undoubtedly going to divide the crowd. Some might be wary of the low temp egg, but if you're OK with it this is an excellent savoury combination. Worth a taste or two of the soil before you do the big mix. The flavour intensity is to be applauded.
Dorada with canario-japanese mojo was our highlight of the evening. We'd have had seconds if it'd been an option. An absolute top notch combination of flavour and texture, it demands trying and we're putting on the HR Recommended list right now. It'd pass muster in any of the Michelin* restaurants we've visited.
Pork cheek with green curry is an admirably bold choice, the meat texture not being what you'd expect and pork isn't typical with Thai. A hint of rice might be nice for balance. Cheesecake with truffle was a simple finish and could have benefit from a touch of crunch and saltiness to enhance the excellent main flavour.
We're being picky though. The big, important takeaway here is the BP is putting the maximum into its dishes. No blandness, no compromise, no pandering to convenient commercial expectation. A little more polish would work well. Charge a little more and add, say, some olives (we're in a market!) and maybe a mini pre-dessert sorbet or similar. 7 dishes for €40 would sound even better than 5 for €35, we reckon.
Service is superbly attentive and informative, we had a couple of La Virgen lagers and four glasses of well-chilled white wine for €18.
Food ★★★★☆ Service ★★★★☆ Decor ★★★★☆
Pro First class creative cuisine.
Con Tasting menu deserves an extra detail or two.
€€€€+
Per Person About €45-€50 for 5-course menu plus beer/wine. El tenedor offers may be on.
Find
Website At El Tenedor.
Access Step free into market.
Space 103 at Barcelo Market. Link here.
Light Bites
Hopes. Genuine creativity, please?
Reality. Most polished eating out we've had this year.
First Impressions. Light, woody, spacious.
USP? The quality at the price.
The offer in three words. Ad astra michelin?
Service! Excellent.
Friend friendly? Menu certainly offers potential options.
Rating for dating. Food works perfectly. Lighting and decor maybe a little on the light side.
Tip? Yes.
Change one thing? Details and extras add impact.
Revisitability. Hoping to try lunch soon.
In Pictures
On Google Images
Digested
Bichopalo's offering a rewarding, original and interesting 5-course selection from its menu at an excellent price. The inspìration and influences are evident, but if you're going to be inspired you might as well be influenced by the best. They have been,
Egg cooked at 65º with mushroom cream and shitake soil is undoubtedly going to divide the crowd. Some might be wary of the low temp egg, but if you're OK with it this is an excellent savoury combination. Worth a taste or two of the soil before you do the big mix. The flavour intensity is to be applauded.
Dorada with canario-japanese mojo was our highlight of the evening. We'd have had seconds if it'd been an option. An absolute top notch combination of flavour and texture, it demands trying and we're putting on the HR Recommended list right now. It'd pass muster in any of the Michelin* restaurants we've visited.
Pork cheek with green curry is an admirably bold choice, the meat texture not being what you'd expect and pork isn't typical with Thai. A hint of rice might be nice for balance. Cheesecake with truffle was a simple finish and could have benefit from a touch of crunch and saltiness to enhance the excellent main flavour.
We're being picky though. The big, important takeaway here is the BP is putting the maximum into its dishes. No blandness, no compromise, no pandering to convenient commercial expectation. A little more polish would work well. Charge a little more and add, say, some olives (we're in a market!) and maybe a mini pre-dessert sorbet or similar. 7 dishes for €40 would sound even better than 5 for €35, we reckon.
Service is superbly attentive and informative, we had a couple of La Virgen lagers and four glasses of well-chilled white wine for €18.
Food ★★★★☆ Service ★★★★☆ Decor ★★★★☆