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Cuisine: SPANISH
Area: BIRMINGHAM

Popular tapas bar with a good Mediterranean menu. Uncomfortable seats detract from the experience but nevertheless a top-class pre-theatre meal venue and an oasis of calm only a stone's throw from BrindleyPlace.
Address Ikon Gallery, Brindleyplace Birmingham
Postcode B1 2HS
Tel 0121 248 3226
Website
Hours 1200-1500 Tue-Sun, 1700-2200 Tue-Sat
Lunch Tapas £1-£7.50, Paellas £9-£14, Dessert £3.25-£4.95
Dinner Tapas £1-£7.50, Paellas £9-£14, Dessert £3.25-£4.95
Cards DELTA, MC, MAESTRO, VISA
Price £20 - £30
Facilities VEGETARIAN CHOICE, DISABLED ACCESS, CHILDREN FRIENDLY, LICENSED, OUTDOOR EATING, SUNDAY LUNCH


Updated  Thursday, January 01, 2004

* Please note we do not give any assurances that menus/prices are current. Apart from anything else we do not have the resources to do this. The updated date indicates the last time we added/amended the menu. To be sure of correct prices and dishes please ring the restaurant concerned.

RACIONES

Patatas bravas (potatoes fried in olive oil with hot salsa) £3.50
Patatas allioli (potatoes fried in olive oil with garlic mayo) £3.50
Judias verdes (green beans, pine nuts and onions) £3.65
Alcachofas con queso (artichoke hearts, garlic, butter and toasted cheese or jamon Serrano) £3.95
Esparragos trigueros (Asparagus, oil, salt and manchego cheese) £4.75
Champinones al ajillo (wild mushrooms, garlic, thyme and red wine) £4.45
Habas a la montanesa (baby broad beans, artichokes with thyme and goats cheese) £4.35
Canelones (pasta tubes stuffed with veg pate in tomato and béchamel) £4.65
Sardinas al ajillo (grilled sardines with garlic and lemon) £3.65
Bacalao con lentejas (pan fried cod cheeks with onion, garlic, lentils and tomato) £4.75
Calamares a la plancha (pan fried salt and pepper squid with garlic and chilli) £4.85
Gambas al ajillo (shell on prawns with garlic, chilli, cream) £4.95
Trucha a la Navarra (grilled trout wrapped in jamon Serrano) £5.65
Gambas a la plancha (whole tiger prawns baked on a salted griddle) £6.45
Vieiras y gambas (scallops and prawns – grilled) £6.96
Rape con salsa verde (grilled monkfish with a cream tarragon sauce) £7.45
Chorizo al Jerez (spicy Spanish sausage, sherry, tomato salsa) £3.85
Morcilla (Spanish black pudding in a bean stew) £3.95
Higados de pollo al Jerez (chicken livers, capers, sherry and cream) £3.95
Albondigas (pork meatballs with tomato sauce) £4.45
Pinchos morunos (brochette of lamb with garlic and spices) £4.45
Butifarra con judias blancas (grilled pork sausage with white beans) £4.45
Cerdo con almejas (fried pork marinated in paprika and oregano with clams) £4.85
Rinones a la sidra (lambs kidneys in cider with paprika) £4.85
Chuletas de cordero (grilled lamb cutlets, tomato, rosemary, onions) £4.95
Pollo con pimientos (chicken breast with sweet red pepper sauce) £5.25
Pato a la naranja (pan fried duck breast with an orange sauce) £6.35
Codornices con higos (A brace of boneless quail in fig and chocolate) £6.55
Solomillo al Roquefort (8oz beef fillet with blue cheese sauce) £7.95

PAELLA

Spanish rice dishes for a minimum of two people – if not preordered please allow up to 50 minutes – you will be advised of the cooking time

Catalana - £10.50 per person. Vegetarian dish with saffron, Courgettes, aubergines, spinach and chick peas
Marisco – £12.50 per person. Fish dish with squid, prawns, langoustines and mussels
Carne - £12.50 per person. Meat paella with chorizo, chicken, morcilla.
Mixta - £12.85 per person. A mixed meat and seafood paella
Con Costra - £12.85 per person. With rabbit, snails and egg crust

POSTRES

Helado (organic vanilla ice cream) £3.85
Bizcocho borrachos (Spanish tipsy cake – sponge soaked in honey) £3.85
Bunuelos de manzana (pancakes with apple and cream) £4.65
Sorbete (organic lemob sorbet with cava) £4.75
Tarta di limon (lemon tart with cream) £4.25
Crema Catalana (a traditional baked custard) £3.95
Pastel de trufa y chocolate (Chocolate praline truffle cake) £4.95
Creama de arroz con pera (almond rice pudding with poached pears) £5.25
Tabla de quesos (selection of Spanish cheeses) £5.75


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