The surface of Colmado Wilmot
Colmado Wilmot
You’ll suppose a 14:30 reservation on a Thursday in Turo Park could be enjoying it protected. Alas no, wedged up between the door and fridge we watch as servers bustle up and down in entrance of us. A few of them seemingly on the identical quest, to get bread, to fetch a cheque. Barely impending the journey of 1 server he seems to be up briefly and asks us to direct our consideration to “la chica”. La chica explains that the couple at our desk is paying. Within the meantime, an aged Catalan trio is turned down for not having a reservation. A overseas lady ditto however not earlier than snarkily commenting “If they will cost such costs, they need to have higher service.” She swivels on her heel and departs.
From left, Ensalada de tomato, pan con tomate, esqueixada.
We distract ourselves by evaluating the dishes being set down on the tables. The peeled tomato salad with capers is a particular winner.
Lastly, we sit down at our small marble desk. The menu begins with eggs. Fried or a pincho de tortilla, mixed with every little thing from sobrasada and cider txistorra to eel or boquerones. Then traditional starters esqueixada, ensaladilla. Mains 5 every of meat and seafood. Snails characteristic, as does cap i pota and the hyper-local canyut (a small razer clam particular to those components).
The laden fridge at Colmado Wilson with fixings for the Gilda and tomato salad.
has solely been open for five months. Their Instagram is 2 posts on the grid and a relentless repost of different individuals’s tales. Social Media wiliness isn’t needed within the selection streets off to the aspect of Turó Park and beneath Galvany Market.
We order, tomato salad, croquetas, esqueixada, medio racio of meatballs, tortilla with xistorra. Pan con tomate – all the time. Two glasses of white. The starters arrive earlier than the wine. The coveted tomato salad has gone from massive peeled chunks to pores and skin on slices, suggesting that the kitchen too isn’t maintaining. We nook our male server with the sheer power of our eyeballs, he amiably drops his activity (getting somebody the verify) to deliver over a bottle for us to strive.
The tomato salad we have been anticipating to get, pictured within the center.
That’s the overall vibe of Wilmot. The servers are pleasant when you may cease them, and the meals is nice, accurately in flavour however suffers from being rushed. The meatballs are lukewarm within the center although the gravy is unbelievable flavourwise. The txistorra hasn’t been allowed to crisp up earlier than the cider was added and it’s limp and flabby consequently. We dare not tread into dessert waters so we go for cortados every. Fortunately noting that they’ve been sourced from the native roasters El Magnifico.
So there it’s. No matter delays we skilled have been compensated by exceedingly good workers, who for instance allow us to take our coffees out on the terrace so one among us may smoke. If something the conclusion is that this pocket subsequent to Turó Park is underserved. There’s Bar Omar over on Carrer D’Amigo and Bambarol two streets over on Santaló. Each are Catalan however Bambarol is considerably frayed on the edges design and Bar Omar is extra night with drinks. Wilmot is vibrant in components, cosy in the primary eating room, properly designed and who doesn’t need to sit amongst hanging Joselito chorizos bathed within the blue gentle of the glass-fronted fridges which are stacked with anchovies and ventresca? Judging from how busy it was. Nobody.
Colmado Wilmot
C/ de Calvet, 28,
08021 Turó Park
www.colmadowilmot.com
