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September 20, 2008

Barcino Gourmet – Fort, Taguig City

Filed under: Fort, Spanish — gourmandtales @ 10:29 am

Address: Unit 101/102 Forbeswood heights condominium. Rizal Drive cor West Cresent Park. Global City Taguig City

(02)4685942

Capacity- 65 to 70 pax

Parking- Street Parking Available

Spanish cuisine… one of the oldest foreign cuisine that started here in the country.. well, We were conquered by the Spaniards for a long long time. This is where some of our native pinoy food got some of its beginnings. For me, Spanish cuisine boast of big flavors. Stewing is one of the base of Spanish cooking aside from their penchant in curing different meats which I think is one of the traits we learned from them. Spanish cuisine like Filipino cuisine.. a lot of their dishes are not freshly done, because of the cooking process…

Now, this restaurant has its humble beginnings in Ortigas a few years back, then bought buy a couple of young Spaniards… taking over the place and changing the concept a little. Who would have thought we would enjoy Spanish wines and tapas nightly. This place in Fort they decided to open bec the one in Ortigas is getting crowded. From a seating capacity of less than 50(in ortigas) they up it more to fit close to 70 people. But still maintaining the “factory/warehouse” feel.. with the boxes of wines scattered all over the place..

On the Table

Lengua Estofado- 290 – Slices of Beef tongue and sliced potatoes, stewed till tender, with olives and mushroom. Tomatoes, olive oil, sugar…. Love this dish.. the intense flavor coming from the long hours of stewing rewards the diner with excellent tasting Lengua.

Bread- 40 – The server will ask you if u want bread… not saying that they will charge u for it… hehe. Well, its was good bread.. Buti na lang…

Tapas Gourmet( the signature tapas dish with Manchego, chorizo, Serrano ham, and Russian salad) 560. A little overprice if u ask me, but well, u get good quality meats.. The Russian salad(potato salad) was a surprise.. but the pairing was still good.

Vallformosa. Semi-seco 500 – a CAVA / sparkling white wine, excellent with Spanish food… love the bubbly.. while eating the tapas… and for the price, definitely worth it..

Nice place to unwind, talk about things, sip ur CAVA and let loose. Wish there would be more places like this:)

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