Barraca (Greenwich Village Restaurant)

Yesterday, I went to a Spanish restaurant in Greenwich Village, Barraca. The restaurant is participating in the NYC Restaurant week, and is serving a 3-course dinner at the fixed price of $42. After visiting Spain 2 years ago, we fell in love with Spanish food, especially paella, so we made a good use of this deal.

Barraca

It was happy hours as well, with $6 deals on sangria drinks. We ordered Rioja sangria.

Rioja sangria

It was a tempranillo-based sangria. It tasted great and matched well with the food. I think Rioja and Valencia are two most popular sangria in this restaurant, as those two containers were mostly empty.

First, for starters, we had two tapas: datiles con bacon and croquetas de jamon.

Datiles con Bacon

Croquetas de Jamon

Jamon croquette was fabulous. Its creamy texture and savory taste was enjoyable. However, bacon-wrapped date was a bit off-balance: too sweet and too salty at the same time.

Our main dish was paella de langosta.

Paella de Langosta

With the halved lobster on top, it was visually pleasing. It was also full of calamari, mussels, and artichokes. The rice was soaked with flavors from lobster, making us chase after every grain. It was a great paella done perfectly in Barcelona style.

For dessert, we had churros and flan.

 

Flan

Churros

With cookie crumbs and whipped cream on top, flan was very delicious. Churros was a bit disappointing. The churro itself was fresh and chewy, but the fillings were just plain caramel and nutella.

Overall, we enjoyed the dinner and experience. If we come back next time, we would just share a pan of paella and have glasses of sangria.

I highly recommend this place if you are looking for an awesome Spanish food in Manhattan! Hope you enjoy.