135 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW 2000
A slice of Madrid in the CBD
“Encasa Deli is the latest undertaking by the owners of Encasa Restaurant on Pitt Street, moving into Spanish groceries, deli smallgoods and sandwich lunches for office workers on the run.”
As a special treat for my birthday I was taken out for lunch by Madam Wu of Music Munchies Review — one of my favourite presents is being taken out to eat. I’ve been to the Encasa Restaurant many years ago which I remember as having reasonably priced set menus for large groups where no one left hungry. Encasa Deli seems to be a cosy lunch time spot where you can pick up a tasty bocadillo or some Spanish groceries for that matter. I remember surviving on my fair share of these sandwiches when travelling through Spain back in 2006. The Canario ($10) of roast pork leg, queso fresco, roast capsicum mojo and tomato has tender fatty meat that melts in your mouth. It’s quite tasty and filling enough to share. The Boquerones ($9) is my preferred sandwich of white anchovies, confit piquillo peppers and roast garlic aioli. It’s not too salty and its flavours work well together. The size of the sandwiches are quite filling due to the amount of bread used. If dining in I’d be happy with smaller pieces of bread just topped with ingredients like the pintxos from San Sebastián. The Marinated olives (around $5) were good and decently sized and the large serving of Papaya juice ($5) was refreshing but could be considered slightly watery. Hopefully they’ll have wine available by the glass in the future which would go so well with a platter of charcuterie. Seating is limited and next time I’d sit on the high stools as I found the hessian bags too low and uncomfortable — must be my old age setting in.
SNAPSHOT REVIEW:
PROS: Tasty sandwiches which are reasonably priced, Lots of Spanish products available
CONS: Limited seating and low set hessian bags are quite uncomfortable, Wine not yet available
MUST TRY: Boquerones of white anchovies, confit piquillo peppers, roast garlic aioli; Revisiting to try other sandwiches
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Marinated olives (Around $5) with goats feta and haloumi, paprika and walnuts I think
Canario: Roast pork leg, queso fresco, roast capsicum mojo, tomato ($10) — tasted better than it looks
Boquerones: White anchovies, confit piquillo peppers, roast garlic aioli ($9)
WORTH TRYING :-)
Fairly decent in size to fill you up
Papaya juice ($5) — if you thought it was big check out that body product
Bocadillos menu
Spanish dictionary
Drinks menu — would be good if prices were listed though
Seating at the back on hessian bags isn't particularly comfortable
Limited seating options
Counter display of lots of tempting choices
Lots of Spanish products
Fresh fruit pulp by Fruta available
9 comments:
I reckon I'd be in here several times a week if this was closer to my work :(
Totally agree that the Boquerones was 'the one'! Cute little spot.
ive walked past it a lot of times and never knew it had a mini supermarket in there!
if only the sign wasn't in comic sans...
Loving the look of produce for sale :)
Ok... lunch tomorrow!
hi tina, definitely a place affordable enough to visit a few times a week
hi madam wu, hope to visit again to try other sandwiches
hi sugarpuffi, get yourself in there and check it out. weird and wonderful things you won't get at your normal supermarket
hi madeleine, hehe and brushscript and tekton it seems
hi sara, i wouldn't know how to cook with most of it but i'm sure those in the know will find it a good place to stock up
hi penny, let me know how you go
Thanks for the photos of the stuff on the shelves. I'm certainly not going for a bocadillo any time soon but I might get some pantry goodies.
hi gaby, hope you find some yummy ingredients to work with :-)
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