Dinner at Euzkadi in NYC

Quach and her bf Nick came to visit and we had a double date at Euzkadi - a Basque tapas bar on the Lower East Side.  Generally the good was very tasty and authentic.  The sangria wasn't very good and the prices were a little high, but overall it was a good meal.  Obvi Dan and I shared everything we got - minus dessert.  We each got our own :)

(Top) Roasted vegetables with grilled endive (Bottom) Grilled tuna with orange scented lentil salad.  Quach and Nick got this and I didn't try either, but they seemed to enjoy it.

Pulpo a la Brasa - Grilled octopus with potatoes, olives, red onions, celery and basil.   The octopus was PERFECT.  So thick and meaty with great flavor.

A special of spicy grilled shrimp.  Tasty but wish it were bigger, and not all that spicy.

Pollo a la brasa - grilled chicken with rosemary herbal pesto over sauteed potatoes.  Another excellent meat dish.

(Top) Vieras a la Navarrica - seared scallops in sofrito and serrano ham.  Didn't try it but they seemed to enjoy.  (Bottom) Chorizo al oporto - sauteed sliced chorizo with red onions and port wine.  The BEST thing I ate that night.  Chorizo cooked on its own is usually super tender because of the high fat content, but the sauce just made it 100x more awesome.

Cordero a la Plancha - roasted lamb in a mushroom raisin demi-glace.  Very well cooked and excellent sauce.  They forgot to put this order in though so we got it after all the other food, at which point I was already pretty stuffed

Some vanilla custard dessert that Dan got.  Very hard and not that easy to eat

Bunuelos - fried donut-y balls with chocolate filling and vanilla ice cream and strawberry slices.  Tasty but nothing special.  Also the dough was overcooked and too hard