Jacques Reymond - and Barr'd

This is simple actually - don't waste your fucking time anywhere else. Just go to JR's. Everything is always perfect.

On the other hand there is Barr'd. A small tapas/bar thing in Ivanhoe East. I'm not entirely sure but I thought tapas was meant to invite you to eat more, relax, enjoy the conversation....let me check the definition.....

"The serving of tapas is designed to encourage conversation because people are not so focused upon eating an entire meal that is set before them."

I guess that's right. There was no way we were going to eat the entire meal that was set down before us. And that's not a good thing. There was some fish thing that failed to taste at all like fish. The dips were good - but they were either Black Swan or Chris's dips from the local supermarket. The bread that accompanied the dips was crap. Then there were these fancy chicken strips which were just mini chicken parmigiana bits. Come one guys - first of all it's not even close to being Spanish - which in my very simple mind I thought tapas should be, or at least be close to. Secondly, if I got some McCains frozen pizza strips, slapped a bit of cheese on it, some tomato sauce from a jar, fired it under the griller for a few minutes and charged $9.00 - my mother would slap me for being a prick.

Save your money - don't go to this place or places like it for 6 weeks. Then take all your shiny dollar coins to Jacques Reymond and really enjoy yourself.