so, it has been, like, forever since i have posted a blog to this particular blog. i fault my adult add and the fact that i am a total blog whore (blore? whog?). i join every blog that i am invited to and immediately dive in with earnest blogging away about some subject that has piqued my interest or tickled my fancy until, inevitably, i lose interest and my participation wanes. alas, my self-absorption has reared its pretty little head again and i have been dying to blog about my own personal interests and occasionally intriguing life experiences.
i recently celebrated a birfday and my roommates threw me a whimsical unbirthday party in wonderland.my parents, who are taking care to keep me cultured, took me out to barca and to raw to see the oscar nominated foreign film shorts. we ordered from the tapas calientes! menu at barca. i have to admit, the food sounds better than it tasted. i have been to some amazing tapas restaurants so perhaps i am being unfair but this place got fantastic reviews and frankly, i was not altogether that impressed. i hate to be a traitor but i think barcelona's fare is actually better. that being said, the crabcakes were pretty yum and my dad said the bacalao tasted just like his portuguese grandmother's homemade version. the giant pitcher of cava sangria was also a hit. i suppose i'll just have to go back and order the rest of the menu to see if it was a fluke.
Esalada de Bacalao////9 Bacalao, Chickpeas, Red Onions, Roasted Corn, Olive Oil & Sherry Vinegar Vieras con Jamon Serrano////9 Seared Sea Scallops Wrapped with Spanish Ham over Garlic Bean Sauce Chorizo Asado con Gambas al Ajillo////9 Grilled Spanish Chorizo, and Garlic Shrimp Bollos de Cangrejo////9 Crabcakes with Spicy Remoulade
Setas del Monte Asadas con Mantequilla al Ajo////9
Wild Mushrooms Sauteéd with Garlic and Butter served with Crusty Bread
The shorts were great, riveting, heartbreaking, beautiful, the whole bit. My parents chose to see the foreign film shorts because they have subtitles but one of the films was from Ireland and therefore in English and sans subtitles. Whoops...I guess we didn't think that one through. Fortunately, it was only 12 minutes long. I loved them all but of course had special affection for the frenchie one, Manon on the Asphalt.
LIVE ACTION Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) - dir. Reto Caffi (Germany/Switzerland) New Boy - dir. Steph Green (Ireland) Toyland - dir. Jochen Freydank (Germany) The Pig - dirs. Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh (Denmark) Manon on the Asphalt - dirs. Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont (France)
i felt the same way about barca. not that impressed. i went there for lunch and the food was very good, but not delicious. i guess hartford really only has a few spanish restaurants so really any tapas seem fun and exotic.
my parents, who are taking care to keep me cultured, took me out to barca and to raw to see the oscar nominated foreign film shorts. we ordered from the tapas calientes! menu at barca. i have to admit, the food sounds better than it tasted. i have been to some amazing tapas restaurants so perhaps i am being unfair but this place got fantastic reviews and frankly, i was not altogether that impressed. i hate to be a traitor but i think barcelona's fare is actually better. that being said, the crabcakes were pretty yum and my dad said the bacalao tasted just like his portuguese grandmother's homemade version. the giant pitcher of cava sangria was also a hit. i suppose i'll just have to go back and order the rest of the menu to see if it was a fluke.
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i felt the same way about barca. not that impressed. i went there for lunch and the food was very good, but not delicious. i guess hartford really only has a few spanish restaurants so really any tapas seem fun and exotic.
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