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Dinner inc bottle of wine €25-30
Gratis: olives, digestive
In not so many words
Hopes?
A relaxed, easy dinner.
Reality?
Spot on. And some great dishes.
First Impressions?
Sort of colonial beach-bar chic. Good music.
A USP?
A rather delicious sandwich.
The food in three words?
Feels like Palermo.
Can they get the staff?
Yep, no waiting, no messing.
Service with a smile?
Yep. The boss came out to check a couple of things with us. Excellent.
Would you take your friends?
Yep.
Rating for a dating?
Atmosphere is pretty good, I guess. Was getting a bit loud by the time we left.
Tip?
Yep, well earnt.
If you could change one thing, what would it be?
Up the Dulce de leche factor.
Going back?
For more of the same, yes.
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Here we go again. Another collection of great dishes, friendly service and appealing decor. Honestly, what else can we say?
We picked La Pródiga out of places in Malasaña with an El Tenedor discount. If we worked in marketing we'd come up with a slogan; Book with El Tenedor and fork out less. (By the way, Team El Ten, that's copyright us now, OK?) This was a staggering 50% on everything on the menu which can only be a loss-leader, but makes it great value. There's genuine Argentinian flavour here, although it'd be even better if that extended more to the drinks. One Argentinian red is on the winelist, but with a wholesaler just around the corner at Conde Duque, more vino - and some beers - are surely worth looking into.
Foodwise, these Criollo Potatoes brought out a large plate of baked potato wedges with added cooked peppers, a chilli sauce and spiced oil. We liked this. A lot. In fact, enough to order a second helping later on. In short, spud-we-like.
Empanadas have featured on h:m before. La Prodiga offers a choice of two in one order. We went one meat, one veg. Excellent flavours in both, although maybe two more minutes in the oven might have crisped the pastry a little more.
From the tostas/toasted sandwich board, Matambre cost only €3.40. It might not look a million dollars, but it's a terrific shredded steak sandwich with melted cheese and tomato topping finishing it off deliciously. This is spectacularly good value. Bad news - the name implies it's the hunger killer. Mind you, we could easily have polished off another one, so - good news. It doesn't live up to its name.
Moreishness is not in short supply here. No doubt about it. The moreish, the merrier.
That second spudburst came out at the same time as 250g of beef, prepared Argentinian style. Perfectly well cooked, but we're not in Argentina, so this can't reach the heights you find there. Nothing to complain about, though. It came with some more spicy peppers, but I'd have like some traditional chimichurri.
Sweet.
So did we get our just desserts? Or did we just get our dessert?
A chocolate coulant is a given almost everywhere these days. Some dulce de leche icecream was a very welcome addition as it works so much better than vanilla, I think. A couple more desserts to choose from would be welcome. Some apple or pear, a dulce de leche crepe, maybe.
Service? Plenty of it. Two staff behind the bar, two in the kitchen. Everything came and went promptly and very amiably. Bonus points for the boss popping out to mention the Matambre wasn't on the menu, so wasn't discounted. Did we still want it? Attention to detail when there's only €1.70 at stake, but all the more laudable for it.
Worth a try, then? Certainly. Enough stuff for all tastes to eat pretty well, so a return visit is on the horizon.
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