𓎸Flamenco for your taste buds — Spanish feast in Chueca

𓍼 𓍼 𓍼 As you step into Gough Street in Central, a dazzling Iberian blue suddenly catches your eye - Chueca, this restaurant named after the literary and artistic district of Madrid, is performing a Spanish carnival on the tip of your tongue on the street corner with passionate colors and rich aromas. The chef’s carefully designed Tasting Menu ($580/person) kicks off with five distinctive appetizers: 𓆹 Chef's Rusa The dense potato salad, tuna mayonnaise, and sherry-marinated salmon roe are dotted on top like amber, and the salty, fresh and mellow taste bursts in your mouth. 𓆹 Tuna Tartare The double smoothness of tuna tartare and avocado puree, with seaweed added and supported by crispy ikura biscuits, feels like the Atlantic tide gently lapping between your teeth. 𓆹 Iberico Ham & Tomato Bread The 50-month-old Iberian ham from Arturo Sánchez has fat that melts like silk. Paired with slightly charred crystal bread and tomato puree, it tastes like the sunshine of Spain. 𓆹 Ham Croquettes The croquettes have a light and crispy outer shell and are filled with a rich Iberian ham white sauce, which gives you a savory and salty taste when you take a bite. 𓆹 Padrón Peppers The simple but time-tested fried green peppers are drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, and the aroma of oil and salt brings out the fragrance of the green peppers without being spicy. 𓆹 Carabinero Rice Must-try recommendation! With Spanish red shrimp as the soul, the sweet shrimp paste is melted between the rice grains, dyeing it a rich orange-red. The sofrito base of onions and tomatoes gives a sweet and sour depth, and the tenderness of the squid adds layers of flavor, making the taste unique. 𓆹 Basque Cheesecake The Basque lava cheesecake has a slightly burnt outer layer and a runny inner layer. The salty and sweet cheese aroma is intoxicating. 𓆹 Flan de Nata The homemade cream caramel pudding is sublimated into a velvety texture, with a rich and smooth egg and milk aroma, a balanced bittersweet amber caramel on top, and paired with sour and sweet mixed berries, it is the perfect ending to this feast. 𓆹 Strawberry Basil Smash 𓆹 Peach Tea Strawberry Basil Smash awakens your taste buds with the herbal freshness of strawberry and basil, while the sweetness of peach puree and the aroma of lemon juice in Peach Tea linger on your lips and teeth. Chueca interprets Spanish tradition in a modern way, which is rich and full of flavor from visual to taste. At a price of $580, you can enjoy such a complete flavor journey, which is a rare sincere work in Central. If you want to experience a flamenco-like taste dance, this is not to be missed. 𓍼 𓍼 𓍼 📍 8-10 Gough Street, Central