Living up to half of its name, Subsolo is a subterranean restaurant (read: basement) in-between Wynyard and Town Hall. Thankfully there were plenty of lights as well, so at least we could examine our food here :P
After much debate, we decided to share everything. Thus, our parade of food descended from waiters' hands in the following fashion:
Though we had ordered both styles of patatas, I had neglected to take a photo of the creamy patatas aioli ($9), which outshone its ("fiery") tomato-coated patatas bravas ($10) sibling (below) in flavour. The tomato sauce of the latter was actually pretty spicy, which normally wouldn't be a problem, but there was something sharp about the whole dish that made it a little offputting.
Patatas bravas with fiery tomato sauce ($10.00) |
The pork belly with Calvados apples & Jerez cabbage ($24) was one of my favourites. The brittleness of the crackling made it difficult to cut in half, but it was well worth the struggle to share the tastiness of this dish. Pork belly has the tendency to go dry if not done well, but the apple and red cabbage helped immensely to moisten the meat.
Pork belly tapas ($24.00 for 4 pieces) |
The Spanish meatballs on Romesco sauce with cheese ($18) were good but not that memorable. I don't recall having issues with the mince (little nerves/ hard bits that have to be spit out), which I think is a great trait to find of one's meatballs.
Spanish meatballs ($18.00) |
By this time, my appetite was satiated. However, the food kept coming, the others kept eating, and I had a bit more room in my stomach, so what choice did I have but to push on??
The Valencia ($39) is Subsolo's signature paella dish. It's an all-in-one dish with chicken, chorizo, mussels, chunks of fish, and calamari. Lots of rice below, but there was plenty of meat to go around, even if it was solely placed at the top.
Valencia Paella ($39.00) |
Since I figured the chicken & pork chorizo paella ($34) would be the same as the Valencia, except without the seafood, I decided not to dig into that one. Our non-seafood eaters were pretty happy with it, in any case.
Chicken & pork chorizo paella ($34.00) |
Pork belly and chicken fillet skewers ($36.00 and $32.00 respectively) |
the paella looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat you said the pork belly + chorizo skewer was exceedingly dry and tough makes me sad. Such a good combo, ruined!!!
ReplyDeleteu guys go to a good restaurant and spend 30$ p/p, drinking tap water and not tipping no matter how good everything is...can't stand this kind of people
ReplyDelete1. What's wrong with drinking water?
Delete2. Simply because I don't disclose how much I tip, doesn't mean that I don't tip.
3. Tipping is not a cultural norm in Australia. There is a plethora of articles documenting the debate over whether or not tipping should be expected.
Please see below for examples:
http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/eat-out/tipping-the-australian-way-20130228-2f7vz.html
http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/do-restaurants-really-expect-australian-diners-to-leave-a-tip/story-fnagkbpv-1226949430669
http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/australians-respond-to-stevan-premuticos-ceo-of-dimmis-resdiary-suggestion-that-tipping-should-be-an-obligation/story-fnagkbpv-1226943211483
Streaky approach seems simple, the other is quite difficult.The streaky it looks good.ジュゼッペザノッティ靴通販
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