Bodega: Spanish Sizzle? Or Down in a Fizzle

"I had hope. My God. I live on it. Anyway, you ended up disappointing me more than, um- more than any of the other silly..."

Plainly put the Bodega was a real let down. I really had high hopes considering Bodega ran with the reputation of being one of the few Spanish places in Korea. So much potential, but executed poorly.

You enter a Spanish restaurant expecting a lot of warmth

and color. On the contrary, it was dead and dull. It looked

like the management wasn't quite sure whether to build an

up-scale restaurant or a classic bar.

A look at the menu. Nothing special going on here.

A typical dinner including a glass of wine, appetizer,

entree and desert can cost around $50.00

Not bad, but considering the cost of living here it could

be considered expensive.

Complimentary tapas thanks to our sheer foreignness perhaps.

The consensus? Good. Nothing more and nothing less. A clean

beginning to the meal. Someone did mention that it was not very

authentic.

Salmon salad. Looked great...just wish I could say the same

about the taste. Really bland.

Both the lamb and sirloin were delicious. Nicely seasoned and juicy. The only problem was that they were both terribly undercooked. Do Koreans not understand the difference between medium and rare? Inexcusable considering there were a total of 4 tables during dinner service.

An over cooked salmon steak with an overpowering olive

flavor. None of my friends enjoyed it.

Soup de jour: Onion Soup. Buttery, buttery, buttery....why

don't you just give me a stick of butter with some onions.

We ordered 1 of each desert, hehehe. In a clockwise direction:

Flan, rice pudding, Santiago cake and chocolate mousse. The

chocolate was rich and creamy. Everything else was average.

I love how in a country that works primarily with rice, it was

the worst out of the 4.

A laptop sat 5 feet from me that was hooked up to a big screen

playing Spanish music videos.

Really? -_-;

Verdict: Poopy

Besides the carne entrees (which were undercooked) the

food was nothing to be heralded about. On top of that the wait

staff were totally inattentive and clearly inexperienced. It took

one server 5 tries to lift and place a soup mug.