Bodega

Theres a price to pay when you want to eat good food. To even contemplate getting a seat at this Spanish, South American inspired eatery you need to queue up before their 6pm opening and even then you may not get a seat. We were lucky enough to grab the last 4 seater table and squashed ourselves inside the cosy home of Bodega.



Serving tapas to the crowd, it comes in both small and larger servings. Some interesting dishes on the menu such as quail egg muffin with dukkah and oregano, to the more familiar mushroom and garlic.

There were some highlights and some not-so impressive dishes. The classic mushroom and garlic was done to perfection, similarly with the perfectly sealed scallops with morcilla (black sausage). The bland looking pork belly was scrumptious with the grilled onions and sweet apple sauce. However the roasted beetroot with goat gorgonzola (blue cheese) stuggled to get the right balance of flavors.





jamon and mahon cheese croquettes


mushrooms and garlic


Seared scallop with morcilla (black sausage), braised cabbage and pickled cauliflower



roasted beetroot, goats gorgonzola, walnut and mache


steamed pork belly with grilled cabbage and apple sauce



Affogato


The absolute show stopping dish was definitely the banana split deconstruction. I've heard raving reviews about this dessert and it did not disappoint. Fluffy banana mashmallows served with cream flan, dulce de leche ice cream, ginger biscuit and banana puree. The salty nuts, creamy flan, sweet caramel dulce de leche ice cream, flavoursome banana puree with mashmallows were a match from heaven.



Banana split


fennel ice cream with almond sponge, nectarine and puffed rice


Bodega
216 Commonwealth St
Surry Hills
Tel - o2 9212 7766