Tapas 26 Wows With Delicious Simplicity

New restaurant alert! We stumbled into Tapas 26 at 26b Dempsey Road, by chance.  It was so well-hidden and nondescript but we were ecstatic about having found the restaurant.  And this was possibly one of the better Spanish restaurants we had come across here in Singapore.

 

They have so much pride in their food. The food quality was excellent. I wanted a carabinero prawn and squid paella without the squid ink because the man requested it, and they obliged with this exquisite plate of goodness where you can taste the rich flavour of seafood infused into every grain of rice. I just wished I could taste some of that crispy bits from the bottom of the pan. In fact, it was so good I wished I could lick that bottom of the pan. Lol!

 

We also had the iberico jamon and truffle and cheese croquettas. The former was great, where the taste and texture of quality ham really came through. I did not quite enjoy the truffle and cheese croquettas and felt that the mushroom croquettas at La Pepa were much better as I was reminded of a mouthful of rich, velvety mushroom soup as I crunched into one of those delightful ball of awesomeness.  But the iberico jamon one was highly recommended.

 

 

 

 

The patatas bravas was fab...I thought there was not much of it for a large portion but really, looks could be deceiving. The churros was sublime. The 3 of us had to compete for that plate of churros. Oh and I could not miss out telling you about the exquisitely presented cheeseboard and the fact that they started our meal with some thinly sliced toasts with a homemade butter made from Spanish red peppers. That was simply wow!

 

I enjoy food that is so simple, yet exquisitely cooked and presented, and Tapas 26 delivered exactly on point with that delicious simplicity.

 

Highly recommended and well worth the trek up Dempsey Hill.

The patatas bravas 🥔 were fab...I thought there wasn’t much of it for a large portion but really, looks can be deceiving. The churros was sublime. 3 Of us had to compete for that plate of churros. Oh and I can’t miss out telling you about the exquisitely presented cheeseboard and the fact that they started our meal with some thinly sliced toasts with a homemade butter made from Spanish red peppers. That was wow!

Highly recommended and well worth the trek up Dempsey Hill. *Unsponsored PostThe patatas bravas 🥔 were fab...I thought there wasn’t much of it for a large portion but really, looks can be deceiving. The churros was sublime. 3 Of us had to compete for that plate of churros. Oh and I can’t miss out telling you about the exquisitely presented cheeseboard and the fact that they started our meal with some thinly sliced toasts with a homemade butter made from Spanish red peppers. That was wow! Highly recommended and well worth the trek up Dempsey Hill. *Unsponsored Posts. The former was great, where the taste and texture of quality ham really came through. I didn’t quite enjoy the truffle and cheese croquettas and know of a restaurant here in Singapore that cooked something similar, better. But the iberico jamon one is highly recommended. The patatas bravas 🥔 were fab...I thought there wasn’t much of it for a large portion but really, looks can be deceiving. The churros was sublime. 3 Of us had to compete for that plate of churros. Oh and I can’t miss out telling you about the exquisitely presented cheeseboard and the fact that they started our meal with some thinly sliced toasts with a homemade butter made from Spanish red peppers. That was wow! My verdict? – @tapas26sg was Belly Yummilicious

 

About The Writer:

This blog post was co-written by my brother Jerome and I. Although we are siblings who grew up 11 years apart, shaped by differing experiences to see the world from different perspectives, we do share a common obsession – FOOD.  We celebrate our passion for life with food.  However, our attitudes to food are quite different and the way we celebrate our love for food are also quite different.  Jerome lives to eat and hoovers everything edible that crosses his path.  As he shovels food into his mouth with that fork in his right hand, he takes photographs of what he eats, and posts pictures and notes up on Facebook with his left.  Often, his beautifully written prose about what he had eaten would be 7 paragraphs in length and would not have any punctuations in between because he had been too busy multi-tasking. 

I, on the other hand, eat to live. It is not just about my attempts to eat healthily. As I am a “cam-whore” and “social media hussy”, I spend about half an hour styling my food, taking photographs, writing notes and posting them across my social media platforms before eating them, right after the hubby has paid for the bill and is about to head out of the restaurant.  I enjoy reading all my posts about what I had eaten because I know that I had lived fully in spite of watching what I eat.  Welcome to the foodie world of the quirky Ong siblings.