INSITU RESTAURANTE

The phrase ‘in situ’ in this context rightly suggests a place where everyone wants to be right now. This cosy restaurant has become a local favourite for intimate dinners a deux or small groups of friends to meet up and share a relaxed meal.

It claims to be fusion and there’s a fair amount of flavour on the plates though the overriding influence is clearly still Spanish with a few Asian additions. Try the caramelized red tuna with ginger cream and wonton crisps, the asparagus rolled chicken with yakitori sauce, or the failsafe sirloin steak with port wine sauce and thyme. Desserts are tasty homemade affairs including crepes, cheesecake and tiramisu.

If you haven’t been lucky booking a table for dinner (it gets very packed at the weekends, even with two seatings), try brunch on Sundays for eggs, granola, salads and pancakes with dulce de leche, honey, cream and fruit. Bellinis and Bloody Marys on the side mean you might just end up bogarting that table until they shoo you away.