“I, if I am Spanish, they just called me son of a bitch“, that’s how categorical the streamer Ibai Llanos showed himself in one of his latest forays into YouTube. Or at least that’s what he considered when trying a potato omelette in a London restaurant.
Surrounded by friends, the Basque influencer binge on Spanish cuisine at the Tapas Revolution restaurant. Located in the center of the English capital, the restaurant specializes in snack cuisine with a Spanish essence in which there is no shortage of classics.
Black pudding, ham croquettes, torrezno from Soria, anchovies in vinegar, cachopo, Iberian ham, Manchego cheese… The repertoire with which Ibai and his partners delight in Spanish food touches all common places in our kitchenexcept the paella.
The curious thing is that the general assessment of most dishes that they taste is more than correct, approving the anchovies in vinegar, the Iberian ham, the cheese and even the torreznos, although they clarify that they have nothing similar to the soriano torreznos.
However, it was the potato omelette the one that unleashed the wrath of Ibai and his tablemates. We know that the potato omelette, despite its essence, is not an easy recipe and that it is not easy to make happy those who want it with onion or those who prefer it without onion.
The point is difficult to reach, especially outside of Spain, although that does not mean that in all bars and restaurants in our country it borders. However, the Tapas Revolution tortilla would have given command the Invincible Armada again to try to conquer the United Kingdom.
“Host, it’s harder than a stone“, he exclaimed when trying an excessively thick potato omelette, curdled and that, to make matters worse, had the potato very poorly cooked, leaving it especially hard. In addition, the rest of the table also complained about the temperature, excessively hot.
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Reason why Ibai, in addition to remembering that “if I’m Spanish, they just called me a son of a bitch [por esa tortilla]”He insisted that”This is for them to ask Spain for forgiveness“.
The sad thing is that the tortilla of yore is served in the restaurant that the chef Omar Allibhoy, Born in Madrid, but of Asian origin, he opened in 2011 and is now one of the most popular Spanish cuisine franchises in the United Kingdom and, even more intriguing, came to work with Ferran Adrià at ElBulli.
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