La Boqueria — Restaurant in Tokyo

Engilsh is below 総評　星3.8、お酒とおつまみを楽しむ店 夕食で訪問、二人で結構飲み食いして一人7000円と比較的割安だった。内装も綺麗で落ち着いており、ウェイトレスも気さくで雰囲気のいい店だった。 前回赤坂のBIKINIでサルスエラがとても美味しかったため、他の店はどうかと東京都内の店を検索し、その中でサルスエラが置いてある店の一つがここだった。そこまで点数は高くなかったが、雰囲気もよさそうだったのでこの店を選択した。 結論としては、料理自体が食べ応えがありうまいという店ではなかった。パエリアなら吉祥寺のドスガトスの方が美味しいし、サルスエラは圧倒的に赤坂のBIKINIがうまい。ワインも種類がたくさんあるわけではないが、カーサ・モレナの赤ワインと白ワインは美味しく、注文した一部の料理と相性は抜群だった。以下にその相性の良かった料理を挙げていく。 まずはピルピルだ。名前だけを見ると何の料理かさっぱりわからないと思うが、バスク地方の郷土料理のことで広義には白身魚であるタラのオイル煮を指す。アヒージョとは異なりゆっくり調理することでタラの皮に含まれるゼラチン質が溶け出し、オリーブオイルを乳化する。それをそのままスプーンで頂く料理だ。塩味の効いたオリーブオイルを、乳化した魚介系のゼラチンとして味わう、不味いわけがない。とはいえオリーブオイルの苦手な人はやめておいた方がいい。 次はベラ・ロディだ。これはスペイン料理ではないが、イタリアのロディ地方伝統のチーズだ。6か月という短い熟成を経たフレッシュなチーズを薄く削りサーブする。ふわふわとした食感が面白く、ナチュラルチーズのようなまろやかで優しい味わいがとても面白い。カーサ・モレナの赤ワインとは相性が良く、レーズンを思わせるフルボディの赤と淡白なチーズはとても合う。 最後はイベリコ・ベジョータで、スペイン産の生ハムだ。よくイタリアのプロシュートが注目されるが、やはり生ハムはベジョータだ。ドングリを食べたスペイン産のイベリコ豚のことで、とろけるような脂身の甘味は、赤でも白でもワインによく合う。しかし残念なのは、赤坂のBIKINIほど厚切りではサーブされず、少し物足りないと感じた。

総合点では赤坂のBIKINIには負けるものの、お酒をのみに寄るには割安で楽しめる、そういうお店だった。

Overall 3.8 stars, a place to enjoy drinks and snacks Visited for dinner, we both had quite a bit to drink and eat, and it was relatively inexpensive at 7,000 yen per person. The interior is clean and relaxing, and the waitresses are friendly and the atmosphere is great. Since I enjoyed the salsuela at BIKINI in Akasaka last time, I searched for other restaurants in Tokyo, and this was one of the places that served salsuela. The score was not that high, but the atmosphere looked good, so we chose this restaurant. As it turned out, the food itself was not as satisfying and delicious as I would have liked. Dos Gatos in Kichijoji is better for paella, and Bikini in Akasaka is by far the best for salsuela. There is not a large variety of wine, but Casa Morena's red and white wines were good and paired well with some of the dishes we ordered. The following is a list of dishes that went well with the wines. First is the Pilpil. The name alone may give you no idea what it is, but it is a local dish of the Basque region, and in the broadest sense of the word, it is a white fish, cod, cooked in oil. Unlike ajillo, the gelatin in the skin of the cod is slowly cooked to dissolve and emulsify the olive oil. It is then served with a spoon. The salty olive oil is tasted as gelatin in the incoming seafood, and there is no reason why it should be bad. However, if you don't like olive oil, don't try this. Next up was Bella Lodi. This is not a Spanish dish, but a traditional cheese from the Lodi region of Italy, where fresh cheese is shaved into thin strips and served after a short six-month aging period. The fluffy texture is interesting, and the mild and gentle flavor of the natural cheese is very interesting. It goes well with Casa Morena red wine, a full-bodied red reminiscent of raisins, and the light cheese goes very well with it. The final dish was Iberico Bejota, a cured ham from Spain. Italian prosciutto is often the focus of attention, but bejota is still the cured ham of choice. Iberico pork from Spain is made from acorns, and the sweetness of its melt-in-your-mouth fat goes well with both red and white wines. Unfortunately, however, it was not served in as thick a slice as the BIKINI in Akasaka, and I felt it was a little undercooked.

Although it was not as good as Akasaka's BIKINI, it was a good place to stop by for a drink at a reasonable price.

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Good place for enjoying atmosphere!! Very beautiful place. You can enjoy various wines here. They don’t serve many kinds of menu compared to other good restaurants. And the portions of a plates are a little. Especially one pan of paella is super small.... but the taste is not bad. The staffs are very kind. There are big Christmas tree and big chandelier there!! You can have a good time here but if you want to be satisfied with food, I recommend you to have food in advance or you go to after done...

Visited as a group, and had lunch at the back of the restaurant. The food was nice, with the amount being perfect to being a bit on the large side, and everyone else seemed to enjoy it as well. Not a place I would visit often as a student due to the price, but still a nice...