Amplia variedad en postres
Con esta idea nos dirigimos al nuevo local del maestro @oriolbalaguerchocolates, excelente repostero y su mujer Marta Rams. Pero no escogimos el mejor día… Escogemos la barra de @quatre_coses_oriolbalaguer para poder degustar aún con mayor placer los platillos y tapas que proponen. Oriol y Marta no estaban y el servicio no ayudó… Preguntamos por algunos detalles de los platos y un camarero de sala le pasa el turno al otro hasta que tienen que dirigirse a cocina para dar respuesta. Lleva poco tiempo abierto y puede llegar a entenderse la dispersión a la hora de concretar las explicaciones de las propuestas. Pero la dispersión continua…
La comida está correcta. Nos decantamos por la ensaladilla con sepia (de lo mejor) y probamos las croquetas y los buñuelos. Buenos. Sin más. Mismo rebozado para unas y otros. La tortilla sorprende por su jugosidad y el allioli en espuma que la recubre. No nos ofrecen pan. No nos sugieren las berenjenas (de las que he oído hablar tanto posteriormente en blogs y páginas gastronómicas) y nos quedamos con las ganas de ver garra en barra, rock and roll, rollo de tapeo y disfrute que no logramos en esa primera visita.. Nos esperanzamos con la tatín de manzana de postre pero no nos sorprende tampoco demasiado. Hojaldre y manzana caramelizada. Poco más.
Nos recogemos, sinceramente, un poco tristes por no haber disfrutado de la experiencia… La propuesta vale la pena, es necesaria, pero nos falta “punch”. Lo mejor, la exposición de pan y pastelitos dulces de Oriol a los que no nos resistimos y que nos reconcilian con su buen hacer en cocina.
Volveremos. Sin duda. A veces las primeras veces no son las mejores…
The idea behind the name (“four things”) alludes to the fact that the things that are most appealing are always the hardest to find. A place where you can snack on four things, where you can go out for a bite, where you can drink good wine and choose from a few well-made, and well-presented dishes.
An extensive dessert menu.
It is with this idea in mind that we head to the new establishment from the maestro@oriolbalaguerchocolates, the excellent pastry chef and his wife Marta Rams. But we didn’t choose the right day… We decided to sit at the bar of @quatre_coses_oriolbalaguer, in order to enjoy the small dishes and tapas on offer to the fullest. Oriol and Marta weren’t there and the service didn’t help matters. We asked for details about some of the dishes and were passed around from one waiter to another until they finally had to go get the answers from the kitchen. It hasn’t been open very long, and so this confusion with regard to the explanations of the dishes might be understandable, but unfortunately the confusion continued…
The food is correct. We decided on the ensaladilla con sepia (cuttlefish) (one of the best things) and we also tried the croquetas and the buñuelos. Good, but that’s it. The same breading was used for both. The tortilla was surprising, both for its juiciness and the foam aliolion top. They never offered us bread. They never recommended the eggplant – about which I have since heard so much on food blogs and websites) and we were left with the desire to see a little more edginess at the bar, more rock n’ roll, more tapeo, and more of the fun that was missing on this first visit. We got our hopes up with the dessert of tatín de manzana (apple tart), but it didn’t do much for us either. Puff pastry, caramelized apple, and little else.
We left, truthfully a little sad at not having enjoyed the experience. The offer is worth trying, it is even necessary, but it was lacking in “punch.” The best part was the display of breads and pastries from Oriol, which we were unable to resist, and which reaffirmed his culinary prowess.
We will definitely go back. First visits are not always the best…
