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wovlad · Post by **wovlad** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:52 pm

jonnybwfc wrote:Thought the Bolton La Tasca was pretty ordinary when I went a few years ago.

An earlier caller mentioned Dimitri's "tapas bar" in Deansgate ... I went there reluctantly after the girl pointed out it always seemed full with a queue outside. And that was worse than La Tasca.

No offence to readers, but I don't think the Brits are the best judges of Spanish food, which is understandable if your experiences of Spanish food are limited to Costa del Sol and stuff either side of Las Ramblas in Barcelona.

A visit to San Sebastian (and up in the Basque region) will set you right, and render all other Spanish food you've eaten as pretty poor.

Outside of San Seb, the best tapas I've had is in Sydney - cute place overlooking Bondi Beach, called Mojo's ... real Spanish chefs serving fresh stuff in teracotta bowls - quality.

Try El Rincon, just off Deansgate m/cr best restaurant Tapa's I've had outside of Spain. Its a family business & they can cook

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:19 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Just back from the Tung Fong in Worsley. May I just reiterate what thoroughly magnificent nosebag that place serves up.
I do love that place, You a fellow Worsleyite Bruce or just a tourist?

Two miles away, Boris.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:28 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Just back from the Tung Fong in Worsley. May I just reiterate what thoroughly magnificent nosebag that place serves up.
I do love that place, You a fellow Worsleyite Bruce or just a tourist?
Two miles away, Boris.

Wherabouts? Don't worry bud won't be knocking your door down on a Saturday night!

jonnybwfc · Post by **jonnybwfc** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:40 pm

wovlad wrote:
jonnybwfc wrote:Thought the Bolton La Tasca was pretty ordinary when I went a few years ago.

An earlier caller mentioned Dimitri's "tapas bar" in Deansgate ... I went there reluctantly after the girl pointed out it always seemed full with a queue outside. And that was worse than La Tasca.

No offence to readers, but I don't think the Brits are the best judges of Spanish food, which is understandable if your experiences of Spanish food are limited to Costa del Sol and stuff either side of Las Ramblas in Barcelona.

A visit to San Sebastian (and up in the Basque region) will set you right, and render all other Spanish food you've eaten as pretty poor.

Outside of San Seb, the best tapas I've had is in Sydney - cute place overlooking Bondi Beach, called Mojo's ... real Spanish chefs serving fresh stuff in teracotta bowls - quality.
Try El Rincon, just off Deansgate m/cr best restaurant Tapa's I've had outside of Spain. Its a family business & they can cook

Thanks for the tip-off wovlad ... will give it a try, next time I'm up that way ...

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:13 pm

jonnybwfc wrote: A visit to San Sebastian (and up in the Basque region) will set you right, and render all other Spanish food you've eaten as pretty poor.

Spot on jonny! I travel to San Sebastian on business quite often. It's rated by Spanish gourmands as the best city in Spain for food and drink - and rightly so.

Ivan Campo's home town too!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:15 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
jonnybwfc wrote: A visit to San Sebastian (and up in the Basque region) will set you right, and render all other Spanish food you've eaten as pretty poor.
Spot on jonny! I travel to San Sebastian on business quite often. It's rated by Spanish gourmands as the best city in Spain for food and drink - and rightly so.

Ivan Campo's home town too!

Mr Campo also being a regular fixture down at El Rincon.

Rated R Superstar · Post by **Rated R Superstar** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:30 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Rated R Superstar wrote:
Rated R Superstar wrote:After reading through this thread I decided to give La Tasca in Bolton a try. I enjoyed it immensely, it was superb.
Looks like I'm going again on Tuesday night
Did you have the all you can eat option?

Yes. Great stuff

Although the waiter did spill a beer over me by accident. So they knocked some money off the bill (It didn't matter much to me I wasn't paying

)
I ended up feeling quite bad for the guy, I thought he was going to cry....

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:29 am

El Rincon featured in the Indie's 50 best Sunday Lunches t'other week.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:21 am

communistworkethic wrote:El Rincon featured in the Indie's 50 best Sunday Lunches t'other week.

Goin El Rincon tomorrow, few beers round manc, El rincon for some nosebag, then hopping on the train up to Reebok! cant wait!

Dan.M · Post by **Dan.M** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:31 am

Went to El Rincon yesterday.

Wow wow wow wow.

Nice bottle of Rioja and a few dishes between the three of us.

Fantastic -first time I've been, and i'll be back.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:18 pm

Looks like our closely guarded secret's out now Bruce. El Rincon's officially "the place". Ah well, it's the best so it had to come out. Viva El Rincon de Rafa.

Dan.M · Post by **Dan.M** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:23 pm

I must say - this thread needs a sticky! It's one of the best in this room.

And I'm not just saying that because I'm a big lad....

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:50 pm

We are off to Wagamama's tonight, but might try and have a go of El Rincon.

Just saw on the previous page that HRG suggested mongolian grill / ghengis khans, fooking gorgeous!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:52 pm

Dan.M wrote:I must say - this thread needs a sticky! It's one of the best in this room.
And I'm not just saying that because I'm a big lad....

Ah well Dan, that's what makes The Wanderer the best site. Not sure how many stickies we can go but Sotwa will sort it out if we've room.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:40 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Looks like our closely guarded secret's out now Bruce. El Rincon's officially "the place". Ah well, it's the best so it had to come out. Viva El Rincon de Rafa.

Aye, it's all your fault.

If anyone's up Glezzga by the way, then I heartily recommend The Ubiquitous Chip, up in the west end.

Went there last night and it was absolutely superb. The venison haggis to start (with an accompanying Glayva) is just awesome.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:14 pm

keveh wrote:We are off to Wagamama's tonight, but might try and have a go of El Rincon.

Just saw on the previous page that HRG suggested mongolian grill / ghengis khans, fooking gorgeous!

If you haven't been to Wagamamas before........ Go to El Rincon!

Dr Hotdog · Post by **Dr Hotdog** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:05 pm

I've probably mentioned this before on this thread, but if you fancy venturing out of the city centre (of Manchester), nip down to Chorlton and find a Turkish resturant called Turkish Delight on Barlow Moor Road. It's close to the juntion with the four banks (Barlow Moor Road and Wilbraham Road).

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:42 pm

What happened to that Turkish restaurant over the way from Ikon? Went there once and it was fairly good.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:06 pm

I would recommed Maison Bleue on Victoria St, heading down George VI Bridge towards Grassmarket for anyone venturing to Edinburgh.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:14 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:What happened to that Turkish restaurant over the way from Ikon? Went there once and it was fairly good.

Are you sure you don't mean kebab shop? :p

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