Asador - Joo Chiat Place - Good Spanish Food in Joo Chiat Place ; Pricey

Yesterday, my family had a sumptuous dinner at Asador which is located at  Joo Chiat Place (off Still Road). The streetside parking nearby is plentiful even for a weekend, and the restaurant occupies 2 shophouse units along Joo Chiat Place, which is just beside Everitt Road and Joo Chiat Road. All in all, there were more misses than hits, though I must say that the booking and the front of restaurant staff were excellent. Kudos to the team.  

We ordered the following and I put up the pictures which I felt were above average in flavour. 

Sourdough bread with smoked butter 

Excellent starter. The bread was piping hot just out of the oven and the butter was soft to the knife. Superb.     

9 / 10  

Salmorejo 

Salmorejo 

San Marzan tomatoes with preserved tuna and smoked burratina 

(cream cheese) 

The texture and the flavour were just nice and while the dish wasn't piping hot, it was the tuna with the burratina which were a nice complement to the San Marzan cherry tomatoes. Savoury but not sour nor spicy. It was perfect for using the sourdough bread to mop up the gravy. 

Very good.

8.5 / 10  

Costillar de Ternera

Costillar de Ternera  

Grilled Angus Beef Short Ribs 

This was done sous vide and then grilled. I felt the beef ribs to be too tender at first bite. There was a certain  softness to the texture gain which is unusual for beef. Hence again both my wife and son didn't take to this dish. The taste was rather sweet and again rather odd to our palette which normally associates Wagyu beef to a certain texture (more robust) and flavour (charred or smoky). 

Average 

7 / 10

Almejas 

Almejas

Japanese Clams with Basque Salsa Verde

This was a rather odd dish, there was an overpowering spicy flavour to the clam meat, the texture was good - not rubbery just right in terms of softness and chewiness. The Salsa Verde tasted very much like the Thai green curry gravy. I liked it though my wife and son didn't

Good 

7.5 / 10

Calamar 

Calamar 

Palamos squid with caramelised onions 

Another sous vide dish. The squid was too soft and not chewy enough. The caramalised onions gave off a too sweet for my liking flavour. In the end, I was eating the squid topped off with the Salsa Verde Thai style gravy.

Ordinary 

5 / 10 

We had a couple more dishes, one was the Huevos Rotos (frites) which was totally just carbo loading to fill the tummy. The other was the smoked Sazerac or eggplant which was very sweet and not worth writing home about.

Huevos Rotos 

Thick Cut Fries, Runny Egg and Chorizos 

(Street Food) 

Verdict ?

Good

Price 

Expensive  ($245 for 3 pax) 

Service 

Very Good  (very attentive) 

Location

Off the Beaten Track  (OK for central folks like us, even 20 minutes drive is far away!)

Visit Again ?

Not Likely - nothing exceptional to bring us all the way to Joo Chiat. 

• Asador Singapore
• 52 Joo Chiat Place
• S'pore 427775