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    Pata Negra

    ...after shopping at the new IKEA on Sukhumvit, we looked around at the numerous possibilities for lunch and stopped to eat on the ground floor: a disappointing decision as it turns out. Pata Negra is owned by the same folks who operate El Mercado restaurants and a bakery. We started off with tasty roast potatoes in a variety of sauces and a salmon tartare...the fruit (green apple and pomegranate seeds) didn't match up well with the salmon (imo). We continued with a paella Valenciana (uninteresting flavors and overcooked rice) and a seafood pasta...bland and tepid. The chorizo croquetas were nice, but not enough to encourage a return visit. We ordered tarts from their bakery for later: blah...not up to the standard of Paris Mikki, Paul or the Oriental bake shop...only large bottles of imported water were available. Hardly worth the 25 minute wait for the food to be served. Never again.

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    That lot does look disappointing but not as disappointing as the check, all paellas have to have a crust end of

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    Never going to be good in a mall innit.

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    Thanks Tom!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    We ordered tarts
    Now that's a change

    Thanks for excellent pix and warning TC

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    saved me a visit
    my fam love spanish food, and im quite fan too, but its massively overpriced in bangkok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by reinvented View Post
    my fam love Spanish food
    ...2 French cooks in the kitchen and a French woman at the cash register; I searched their deli area for aged Manchego: all French cheeses...I don't know why they're bothering with faux Spanish cuisine...

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    believe the owners are a couple one French, one Spanish

    but agree

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    That lot does look disappointing but not as disappointing as the check, all paellas have to have a crust end of
    Indeed, best part of a paella are the slightly burnt bottom areas. The Valencia province is where I lived in Spain, and of course being Spain's rice growing province, the home of paella. Fiesta time during the summer (week long events in most towns and villages) there are the inevitable paella competitions. I didn't go into Valencia city that often, though when I did, made a point of having a lunch at La Pepica, a renowned paella restaurant right next to the beach. LA PEPICA – Desde 1898. 125 anos de tradicion arrocera My preference though is for fideua, where a short form of pasta is used instead of rice. Superb!

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