Ancient Spanish-Inspired Tapas at La Vara - NY CHOW Report

At La Vara in Brooklyn, Spanish food scholars Alex Raij and Eder Montero create tapas inspired by a 700-year stretch of history when it's believed Moors, Jews, and Christians lived in harmony in Spain. CHOW.com Contributing Editor Pervaiz Shallwani filed the following report on July 31, 2012.

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[crazyblindseer]

i have no idea what half the stuff was but it looks delicious!

[TheMajurca]

It's ironic that in Spain tapas are one of the cheaper things that you can eat.

[GRyan]

I like to substitute the almond gazpacho for doritos consemmé.

[dieselboy]

Brooklyn is a borough of NYC. Your point? I live here, I should know.

[PilotOfTime]

no one expects the Spanish inquisition

[arisu]

That slice of almond cake is just too tiny. D x

[dieselboy]

it's NYC... it's always expensive. :/

[Fancylooks]

Well, that may be Spanish inspired food or inspired in Spanish tapas, it may be delicious, but that is not even similar to the kind of food we have in Spain as normal tapas, it doesn't have the shape of tapas, it is more like little dish servings... I guess the cookers are Spanish but that is too modern, too strange, too far away from the real thing. The Galician almond cake... never ever it is served like that... traditionally speaking. I wouldn't consider this as Spanish food.

[MrThecanuck]

Someone bail that country out. Looks good.