I had to go to LV for a client meeting and decided to stay the night to visit my little sister. So we made plans for dinner...ok, it was more like "where do you want to go (me)...I don't know, where do you want to go (her)...well, you live here so you suggest (me)...well there are lotsa choices (her)" and so on and so forth for about 30 minutes before we settled on Cafe Ba Ba Reeba.
It's outside of the mall on the Las Vegas Strip and it was a busy spot. We were seated promptly and the server was very knowledgeable and made some really good recommendations. We ended up order the following: padron chilies with coarse sea salt; bacon wrapped dates; platter w/manchego cheese, serrano ham and chorizo; sausage platter w/morcilla, chorizo, salchichon and butisfarra (I think); seared ahi tuna salad; beef empanada; and a couple of pitchers of sangria.
I know it sounds like a lot of food but the plates were small and it really was not that much food. Let's start with the details...
The padron chilies were not spicy for the most part until you hit one of hot ones that was maybe 1 out of 10.
The bacon wrapped dates were very good...sweet and salty and you couldn't eat just one.
The platter with manchego cheese, serrano ham and chorizo was good as well...I love manchego!
The sausage platter was very yummy but heavy...the sausages were all cooked in quite a bit of oil and you could see that at the bottom of the platter.
The seared ahi tuna salad could have used a little bit more dressing and ahi...I counted 3 slices of ahi.
The beef empanada was another favorite. it was baked and not fried like some other empanadas and the filling was very flavorful.
As for the sangrias...they were great for washing down all the little plates. We ordered the Black Raspberry and when that was all gone we ordered the Sparkling that was made with cava, licor 43 and another alcohol.
Both were good! My sister liked the cava since she's into bubbly at the moment. I thought they were both refreshing but I like my own sangria (I think it tastes way better...but that's just my opinion).
Overall, a good location, decent food and we will most likely go back and try the other stuff on the menu.
I saw paella and some other "a la plancha" items that sounded good...until next time then.
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