Spanish on 4

[TrongpaiExpat]

I finally got the chance to give Silom's soi 4 new restaurant 'Spanish on 4' a try. I have been walking by and noticing that there's a good amount of steady business. There's a sister location on Suk 11. Several people I know have told me that they found the food excellent but on the expensive side.

The clientele is mostly farang thou at the table next to me were a group a Japanese men who seem to have ordered every item on the menu and were polishing off bottles of wine too numerous to count. The menu is in Spanish and English, no Thai. I am not very well versed in Spanish food but figured out a few items on the a la carte menu that looked good. The items are "Tapas" and I guess if you don't know what that means it's best described as appetizer portions. See first links for further explications.

I ordered a glass of Spanish merlot that had an interesting woodsy finish. I ordered a salad of tomatoes and artichokes and pork medallions wrapped in bacon covered in a red wine reduction. Nice bread came with the order. The salad was seasoned to perfection. The pork was tender and tasty. I could have ate more but wanted to try one of the Spanish desserts and got some sort of almond/orange tart with raspberry sauce and a dollop of whipped cream on ice creme. Oh, it was so good I got a woody just eating it.

The bill came to 880B. I guess by Bangkok standards that's on the high side but the quality is worth it in my opinion. They add 10% service charge.

The only criticism I have and it's mostly the same all over Thailand is that your given a menu and in a few min. a waiter is standing next to you ready to take your order. They even do this with menus with 100's of items. The service here is a bit too much for my tastes. The very instant that my plate was empty, or wind glass drained it was bussed away. I began to wonder if they were short on plates and glasses. One of the owners seems to pace back and forth near the bar, I wish he would just sit down. Nice enough guy, but jittery.

Links
http://gospain.about.com/od/fooddrin...definition.htm
http://www.tapascafebangkok.com/
http://bkmagazine.com/feature/spanish-4

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I agree with your assessment, including the jittery owner. The food is pretty good but a bit expensive - and the service it a tad too attentive. I spent several months in Spain as an exchange student in the 1970s, so I dare to confirm that their "tapas" are fine.

However, I guess their business is not really that good, namely when compared with Telephone and Balcony nearby. That's possibly why the owner is pacing up and down the bar all the time ...

...I guess their business is not really that good, namely when compared with Telephone and Balcony nearby. That's possibly why the owner is pacing up and down the bar all the time ...

The Manager urgently needs to consider changing the menu to Hamburgers, Cottage Pie and Toad in the Hole if he is to compete for the Telephone/Balcony clientele.

Plus have a liquidiser on hand for those patrons who cannot manage anything which has not been turned into a puree and can be consumed via a straw.

:blackeye: :blackeye:

[TrongpaiExpat]

...I guess their business is not really that good, namely when compared with Telephone and Balcony nearby. That's possibly why the owner is pacing up and down the bar all the time ...

The Manager urgently needs to consider changing the menu to Hamburgers, Cottage Pie and Toad in the Hole if he is to compete for the Telephone/Balcony clientele.

Plus have a liquidiser on hand for those patrons who cannot manage anything which has not been turned into a puree and can be consumed via a straw.

:blackeye: :blackeye:

The food menu at the Balcony does not have 'Toad in the Hole' and has a lot more on offer than British pub grub. Perhaps you have not visited lately? I find the the western selections to be very good including the pub grub. Even my BF who is quite persnickety when it come to Thai food likes Balcony's Thai selections very much. They don't list their menu on the web page, but take my word for it, I am there a lot, it's quite extensive.

http://www.balconypub.com/index.html

...I guess their business is not really that good, namely when compared with Telephone and Balcony nearby. That's possibly why the owner is pacing up and down the bar all the time ...

The Manager urgently needs to consider changing the menu to Hamburgers, Cottage Pie and Toad in the Hole if he is to compete for the Telephone/Balcony clientele.

Plus have a liquidiser on hand for those patrons who cannot manage anything which has not been turned into a puree and can be consumed via a straw.

:blackeye: :blackeye:

The food menu at the Balcony does not have 'Toad in the Hole' and has a lot more on offer than British pub grub. Perhaps you have not visited lately? I find the the western selections to be very good including the pub grub. Even my BF who is quite persnickety when it come to Thai food likes Balcony's Thai selections very much. They don't list their menu on the web page, but take my word for it, I am there a lot, it's quite extensive.

Actually, you're right, I haven't been there for a while..

..the noise from the skittles, dominoes and shove ha'penny annoyed me the last time...

..and i tripped over a zimmer on the way out.

I'll try again soon.




:headbang:

ps: don't think I didn't notice "persnickety"

[TrongpaiExpat]

Back on the topic of tapas. The Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok has a tapas buffet on Sat 1800 to 2100 for 900B. Anyone tried this and can advise? Anyone left reading this forum that is not a troll, abusive poster or just plane nuts?

http://www.millenniumhotels.com/th/g...apasyVino.html

[Brad the Impala]

Back on the topic of tapas. The Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok has a tapas buffet on Sat 1800 to 2100 for 900B. Anyone tried this and can advise? Anyone left reading this forum that is not a troll, abusive poster or just plane nuts?

That would be plain nuts, unless they were airborne.

I am disabled by my absence from the land of smiles from contributing much in the way of hot news on this or other contemporary topics, but I read with interest of the changes in much visited venues or of travel reports on untravelled roads.

[cdnmatt]

I love tapas. There's this one Spanish restaurant in Toronto we always used to go to. There would be say 5 - 8 of us usually, and we'd order say 12 - 20 of those tapas things, which would just get shared around. The staff would bring 3 or 4 out at a time, and it was always good for a dinner out.

[TrongpaiExpat]

That would be plain nuts, unless they were airborne.

Plane Nuts (1933) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024454/

Too obscure, I know.

Thanks for the kind words, now I am off on anther journey. Report to follow, if there's anything interesting.

[Smiles]

Trongpai, was that 880B bill for two, or you alone?
You use the first person throughout the OP so I'm assuming for one. If for two, then 880B is not all that bad for a dinner in Bangkok for decent western-style cuisine.