La Tasquita de Enfrente

It’s primarily Spanish, some Basque, some Catalan, some Madrid-style staples. The kitchen is tiny and there are just eight tables. The walls are alive with art - paintings, pencil sketches, old photographs. The menu changes daily, scribbled onto a whiteboard in colourful marker pens. It’s primarily Spanish, some Basque, some Catalan, some Madrid-style staples, but there’s Russian and Italian influences, too - salad with roe and Tiramisu. From chef Juanjo López’s Spanish repertoire, there’s eel with caramelised pear, prawn escabeche and a beautifully cooked-in-foil scarlet prawn with all of the guts and juices! A beautiful glass of Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée kicks things off, and the panna cotta is the panna cotta to measure all others by, the best I’ve ever had!