You may or may not know it, but I really love eating. I enjoy cooking and I, according to my boyfriend, I’m quite a good chef. Being a Spaniard you can probably guess my favourite meals are Spanish, though I die for a good pasta dish and literally dream with pizza. I would eat Italian food every day!
I generally avoid Spanish restaurants in the UK, as they tend to be quite expensive and not as good as my home-made dishes. I guess when you know the exact ingredients in a dish it’s easier to calculate how much is it. Also my boyfriend worked in Spanish restaurant La Tasca back in Cambridge and I had enough of chicken and chorizo paellas in my life. You must have imagined how happy I felt when I stepped into Evuna NQ Manchester for the first time. I was absolutely delighted.
Can I have a pint of Alhambra, please?
Oh, yeah! A £10.99 tapas menu; here we go.
Boyfriend is Catalan, so Catalan bread for starter it was. Too much garlic for my taste, but he loved it. Let’s say he’s right, as he’s the Catalan after all. I ordered Croquetas (just delicious) and Bravas chips, which weren’t part of the deal but just little more expensive. He went for chorizo, a chicken dish -he didn’t seem to like it, but I thought it was quite a decent dish- and calamares.
Food was quite good for the price, but what really made our day was the ambient. We had visited Evuna Deansgate in the past, so we had already tried their food. While Evuna Deansgate is more an intimate restaurant, ideal for a dinner with your guy, we find Evuna NQ a much vivid place. Maybe it’s because of the time (saturday around 2pm), but it felt more like a morning place. If you are shopping around Arndale and market street, Evuna NQ seems perfectly located for a shopping break. A meal and some drinks. Then, back shopping.
In the past we tried Carrileras, which we found lovely, and Spanish omelette (a little dry for me). We also tried their white wine Trascampanas, a Rueda wine to die for!
What I want to try next time? Not a meal, but a drink. I saw their Sangria and, why not, it’s been ages since I don’t have a glass of sangria. Let me tell you a secret. We Spaniards don’t really drink Sangria. It’s the tourists that drink it the most. However, when I was finishing my degre in Madrid my friends and I used to drink Tinto de Verano, which is quite like Sangria. So, now, when I drink Sangria, my mind goes back to my early 20’s. And it feels amazing.
Have you visited Evuna NQ Manchester? What other Spanish restaurants in Manchester do you know?
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