This is a wonderful restaurant staffed by nice folks...I am at a complete loss as to why I am the first to review it here...I can only hope my take does this establishment justice
It's a Bib Gourmand restaurant, a distinction well earned, as the food is exceptionally good and for a very fair price
We started off with the house amuse bouche of cold asparagus soup with crunchy onions. A pleasant dish, and the crunchy onions were a nice touch
For appetizers, we had cheese, Santoña anchovies with roasted peppers and Russian cod salad
Tabla de Quesos
Antxoas de Santoña
Rusa Bacalao
The cheese plate was solid
The anchovies delicious as expected
The cod salad was VERY good, creamy and delicious
We continued on with the ham croquettes, fried Langostinos in wonton wrapper and truffled scrambled eggs with seasonal mushrooms
Croquetas de Jamon Iberico
Langostinos en crujiente de wonton
Huevos trufado y setas de temporada
The croquettes and langostinos were well executed/pro forma. The truffle was well balanced in this comforting dish. She would have preferred the mushrooms be more cooked, while I thought they were fine
For the main course we shared the cod, tuna and duck...hey you only live once!
Bacalao
Atun
Magret
Their cooking techniques yielded the tuna as unusually moist and luxurious
The same could be said for the duck
The cod was also excellent
Each main was a winner
...taken together, they were quite a feast
We ended with dessert, opting for the banana cream, which included pop rocks and lavender ice cream. The chocolate dessert was also recommended and it was a tough decision
Cremoso de plátano con su chispa y helado de violetas
This was an unusual dessert that was pleasant and well worth our trying
Throughout the meal, we took advantage of some of their half-portion and per-piece pricing, enabling us to cover a significant portion of the menu without breaking the bank
Our meal was accompanied by two bottles of quite good and reasonably priced wine
Service was well managed, friendly and effective
It was a very nice evening meal...La Mama is a solid Highly Recommend
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