Monday, October 13, 2008

La Zuppa

Our very cool Chilean friends invited us to this restaurant in North Vancouver. It is a small, intimate restaurant with live Flemenco dancing and music.

The environment is lively and yet relaxing. A nice combination that makes you want to drink some wine and chill out. It is a bit difficult to speak to your dinner mates while the show is on, due to the heavy foot stomping of flemenco, but it didn't bother me. One of the friends that we went with found it a bit annoying though, so if you are sensitive to noise, this place may irritate you. The performers did rely on money from the audience so be prepared to make a small donation, that is well worth it. The service was friendly and fast. At the end of our dinner, we were not rushed to leave at all, in good Latin tradition. They would have even wanted us to stay longer to join in on some singing and dancing.

We started off by ordering a pitcher of Sangria. They do not skimp out on the wine and I assure you, you will not be disappointed with this drink. As a main course, we had four tapas to share between the four of us. A rack of lamb that was well done and served with fig spread. We also had garlic shrimp that was very juicy and well seasoned, cod fish and a Chilean classic, empanadas which done well. Tapas are small dishes so do not expect to be completely full afterwards, however the food tastes good and it gave some room for their desserts. We tried the flan and also a tiramisu cake and had it with expresso. The desserts were home-made and fresh.

The total cost of the meal for four with drinks and dessert included was around $140 which is a bit pricey.

This is a very good place to go for an intimate date or a double date. I will definitely come back again when I am in the mood for an international experience.

La Zuppa on Urbanspoon

1 comment:

Sergio Gonzalez said...

Do you know what happend with Juan Carlos and Vicky?