Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - Cafe Madrid

Café Madrid
4501 Travis St
Dallas, Texas 75205
214.528.1731


This is another cool place off Knox. Cafe Madrid is a neat little Spanish place that serves Tapas. They also had live music.

We went ahead and did our Tapas-fest of insanely ordering everything we could. lol
And two glasses of Sangria. :)
We started off with a basket of bread and mixed Spanish olives. Then the different types of food just kept coming. :)

Bread and Olives

Then we had the Piquillo sweet red pepper stuffed with goat cheese, the spinach and cheese croquettes, and the shrimp in garlic sauce. The shrimp was ok for shrimp, but those spinach croquettes are food for the Gods. OMG.

Spinach Croquettes, Stuffed pepper and olives

 Grilled Shrimp

All the while we were eating, we were serenaded by a Spanish guitar player. Next course: The Spanish potato omelette, and the Chorizo in garlic and wine sauce.

Ok now.. seriously. If you EVER check this place out, get these two dishes. There aren't words to describe the absolute delishiousness. That is all.

Spanish Potato Omelette

 

Chorizo in garlic and wine

The dessert was noteworthy too. The Salvadore Dali Plate.
3 different choices: helado de turron (vanilla ice cream with some kind of tasty candy chips in it), Strawberries and creme, and flourless chocolate cake.

The Salvadore Dali Plate

I'd give it 5 stars just for the potatos and sausage!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - Cafe Izmir

Cafe Izmir

3711 Greenville Ave.

Dallas Tx, 75206

214.826.7788

I liked this place. They say it's "Mediterranean" food, but it reminds me of greek food. It might mean the same thing for all I know.

Tuesday night they have discount Tapas and 15$ pitchers of Sangria. The Tapas were great. Don't waste your time with the Sangria. It tasted like wine flavored water. We drank an entire pitcher.. about 3 glasses each and I didn't even get the slightest buzz. I'm never looking to get flat out drunk, but I like the alcohol to relax me a little, and I don't think there was alcohol in that at all.
 

We were seated at a tiny little table in the very back. The waiter was great and seated us earlier than we thought we'd get in. The tables are tiny though, and you're packed in... practically in other people's laps. The noise level isn't bad.
I took a photo out from our little cubby, and this Aussie guy next to us was like "WTF"? lol

Slightly annoyed Aussie guy. lol

We started off with an order of Hummus.. which Valentina swears is the best Hummus EVER.

After we annihilated the Hummus, we ordered an array of Tapas, which are like little appetizers.

Greek Olives, Tabouli, and Russian Chicken Salad


I ordered: Greek Olives, Russian Chicken Salad, marinated Asparagus, Chicken kabobs, and Piroshki.

Valentina ordered: Greek Olives, Tabouli, Grilled Vegetables, Chicken kabobs, and Piroshki.

Piroshki, Chicken Kabobs, Asparagus, Greek Olives


Those Piroshki are HEAVEN on a plate. Meat and vegetables in a thin fried crust. They're very similar to egg rolls. I ordered extra and took them home for lunch for the next day.

The chicken kabobs were tasty and a little spicy.

The asparagus were good but slightly undercooked.

Greek olives, always a winner. Valentina has to weigh in on the grilled veggies. She took those home, so I never heard if they were any good.

Grilled vegetables

After dinner we had two Turkish coffees and something called the Izmir dessert special.

Turkish Coffee


The coffees were lovely.. sort of chocolatey. And the dessert was great. MmMM..
It was ice cream layered over cake, baklava, and strawberries. We shared one, and it's a good thing, or we wouldn't have made it out alive.

Izmir Dessert special


Oh that dessert was terrible.. we sent the leftover back to the kitchen. ;)

Seriously though, we probably would have licked it clean if we hadn't been in public. ha!



3 1/2 out of 5 stars.