Moussandra - Spanish cuisine and tapas

I love the Spanish. Seriously. I mean, ever since Fernando Torres joined Liverpool, I've been all about the Spanish. I even learned a song in Spanish:-

Su brazalete demostró que era un Rojo, Torres Torres
Nunca caminarás solo, Torres Torres
Compramos al chico en la España
El coge el balón, marcará otra vez
Fernando Torres, el número nueve del Liverpool

I had my first taste of Spanish food in Boston, and I got hooked on paella. That stuff is awesome. So when I found out about this place in KL Plaza, Jalan Bukit Bintang, I had to go try it. And so, I went with He Xiang and her boyfriend, Eugene (a little awkward considering I hate being the third wheel. Which reminds me, we're recruiting a 4th! Non-vegetarians, please enquire.) to check out this place. Its location is rather shady, considering KL Plaza isn't really that popular anymore. It's kind of like the exiled cousin of the shopping centers along Jalan Bukit Bintang.



I made reservations earlier in the day, but really, there's no real need to. Then again, I went during CNY week where traffic in KL on a weekday was really smooth. There was one other couple who was there (NB: That girl wore one of the shortest dresses I've ever seen). I like the setup of the place. It's got a pretty neat ambience for both a nice couple-y dinner or dinner with friends (or dinner with a couple where you're the third wheel).



Anyway, the food is pretty pricey. I mean, it is downtown KL and it is supposedly exotic, so you kind of expect it that way. Here are the menus - tapas and main courses.





As you can see, they have a good variety of tapas, even when we disregard the vegetarian tapas. We settled on Datiles Con Bacon, and Albondigias St Climient and some other vegetarian thing I don't remember. He Xiang, if you could kindly remind me what I did not eat, that'd be great.





The balls of the lamb. Pretty good, but nothing that special. It's a workable appetiser, but not something you HAVE to get.



Now, this Bacon thing was amazing. Seriously. Even its smell was phenomenal. If you do go, and you do get this, make sure you smell it before eating it. We unanimously agreed that this was the best thing we had that day.

For our mains, we decided to order 2 things and share 'em. We chose the Paella (with no vegetables) and the Mixed Souvlaki.



The Paella was very good, imo, fit for a meal for 2 people. Since it's very good, I gave it the nickname Paella ala Xabi Alonso since Xabi is a very good player. If it was phenomenal, I'd call it Paella ala Fernando Torres. Clearly, I've run out of jokes and am making stupid ones just to pretend that I'm funny. Anyway, they were generous with the meat in the Paella, which is, naturally, a good thing. The rice was done well, sticky enough and meshed well with the meat.



Going along with my footballers analogies, the meat skewer is kinda like Luis Garcia. (Btw, for those of you who know football, this is a fantastic analogy). The meat is really, really good (i.e. very, very talented), though if I were picking at nits, the beef was a little tough. The chicken and the lamb portions were very well done, very tender. Problem is, the portion is a little on the small side(i.e. We don't see his talent enough b'cos he's so inconsistent). Although we were sharing for 3 people, it still seemed as if the meat wasn't enough.

All in all though, I thoroughly enjoyed my meal. The tapas, Xabi Alonso Paella and Luis Garcia Souvlaki were overall, very good. Definitely a place I'd go to again without hesitation. Hopefully without having to be a lamp post. And hopefully, being able to come up with better jokes in the future. My overall score for it is 8.5/10.