Tapas at Next2, Shangri La

On the last Thursday of January, Rach and I decided to treat ourselves to a bottle of wine and some nice food. We went to the Shangri La, just a short boat ride up the river from the Chatrium.

We sat on the decking outdoors and watched the sun set.

They had a good range of tapas at 185B a plate. We chose...french fries with aioli, bruchetta, mixed garlic mushrooms, house cured salmon with soured cream and meatballs in tomato sauce.

The salmon was some of the best I've ever had. Thick, generous slices served with thin cut melba-like french toast, lemon wedges and soured cream. Very good indeed. The bruchetta was also incredible. Melba-like french toast and finely chopped tomatoes, onion and garlic. Very garlicky, very tasty! The fries were a bit of a disappointment as they were missing the aioli (the only reason they sounded so good!) and when we asked for some, we were given thousand island dressing...definitely NOT the same thing! The mushrooms weren't great either, quite tough, not garlicky enough and no good sauce to dip our toast/fries in. The meatballs, however, were great.

We also ordered a bottle of rose d'anjou between us which, I have to say, was delicious. Haven't really had an rose since I've been here but this was light, sweet and fresh and a nice change to white. Very yummy!

Dessert was reasonably good. Rach had a trio of chocolate which included chocolate ice cream, a warm chocolate cake and a triple chocolate mousse. 

I had an oreo cheesecake. Good but not a knock out. The evening was lovely and I enjoyed the food. Between us, it came to just under 4000B (which is pretty expensive) but we fancied a treat and the bottle of wine, salmon and bruchetta were definitely a treat. I'd definitely go back, but would be a bit more selective about my tapas choices I think. 

7/10