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After
a Chinese meal, some people are more interested in finding
out what's inside their fortune cookies than wondering
about what the heck they just ate. Not me. That was
a three-course meal. With wine. For six euros.
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Yes,
while Japanese food has somehow managed to establish
itself as being somewhat upscale in our part of the
world, there's no such pretence with Chinese - only
a seemingly inverse correlation between the number of
stray dogs and restaurants in the area.
To change that perception, I'd trust no one more than
Grupo Tragaluz, and it's indeed the Mandarin cuisine
which is getting a Rosa María Esteva-Tomás
Tarruella make-over. Lodged at hotel 1898, next to her
double-decker Bar Lobo/El Japonés establishment,
we say ni hao to La Xina, her latest venture.
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Lush,
as you'd expect - this time all dark wood
and red lacquer, reflecting the light from the
fire dragon lantern snaking across the room -
and with the Tragaluz seal, I need no cookies
to predict a bright future for this one.
La
Xina - now open
Pintor Fortuny 3, Raval
Lucky numbers: 93 342 9628
Menu EUR 22 plus drinks
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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS |
Cross of Iron... do you know it? Well, do your homework, 'cos it's
tonight's theme at Club Tropicana. Lotus Theatre, Bailén 22, 24h.
EUR 12. |
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Satisfy
your gastronomic curiosities without putting
on weight at Curts
de Sabor, Espai Cultural Caja Madrid,
Pl Catalunya 9, 19:30h. Free. |
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Not only she's beautiful, but also plays banging party music: Italian
DJ Fucked From Above 1985, tonight at Globo, Nou de la Rambla 113,
24h. EUR 8. |
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Kill two birds with one stone: Ismael Iglesia's Red Skywalker and
Fermín Moreno's Zeropean open tonight at the ADN Gallery, Enric
Granados 49, 19h.
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