Monday, March 30, 2009

Alegro Spanish Street Food, Clark Quay


I was initially informed about the existence of this place (3D River Valley Road, #01-13 Clarke Quay) from a Spanish fair at Isetan some time back when I purchased one of their borcadillo de Serrano and was handed a name card. I recall being quite impressed with the sandwich down at the fair and decided to give this supposedly street food kiosk a try. I didn't expect to be underwhelmed by the selection of what they had to offer. Apart from the borcadillos with the jamon Serrano and chorizos, I was hard pressed to find something else of interest and had to settle for just that. In the end, the former sandwich didn't taste as good as I remembered it from the fair in this dense baguette and the latter came across as rather pricey for a sandwich with what, 3 thin slices of chorizo and some tomatoes? Granted that the flavor permeated through the thick bread and carried across somewhat, the subtleties of the taste was mostly lost on me tonight. Even the churros didn't quite feel like the other time.

I doubt I'll ever return if that's all there is and I'm pretty sure this is a poor showcase, if any, of Spanish street food. By that, I refer to both the variety and the quality. I can always get fried calamari and french fries elsewhere.

2 comments:

Heya, been reading your blog for quite a while now, great reviews! =)

Just a suggestion: Perhaps you would like to add the prices to some of the food?

Keep eating, keep blogging!

Hey Harris,

The sandwiches were $7.50 each and the churros were $4 and a buck more for the chocolate dip.

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