We had two nights in Eilat and choose what we thought was a tapas bar
called Olla very close to the beach and hotel zone. On arrival we were greeted
warmly seated at a very nice table and Will and I both received a shot of some
kind of liquor that had a wonderful cinnamon herby flavor.
The men you seem to be more meat based and less stop us but we were happy
with the choices.
The fried crunchy cauliflower appetizer came with grilled tomato salsa
that was nice and a lemon tahina that was out of this world. Samuel chose a
nice focaccia which had a salsa as well as a garlic aioli that he loved. The
fish ceviche was also excellent and came on a crostini with salsa chili and a
beetroot cream as well as avocado.
The red wine we chose was a Barkan 2011 Assemblage that was really
amazing.
It was perfect with my beef fillet on a bed of potatoes with truffle parade
in a red wine beef stock which had candied jalapeno marmalade and mustard on the
side.
Will fared a little less well with a poultry scallopini that have potato
truffle puree, and while Samuel loved his pappardelle with beef ragu and
portabella mushrooms some of the meat was a bit grisly.
We weren't thrilled but we weren't disappointed and headed off without
dessert as we had a full day planned going to Petra in Jordan the next
day.
