For a taste of Spain, visit Cafe Deli by El Mesón for both authentic and traditional fare such as tapas, paella, cold cuts, and more. On top of that, you will also find Oriental dishes such as pork noodles soup and pad grapow as well as other Western specialties such as burgers and pastas.
There are 3 different outlets; Desa Parkcity, Bangsar and 163 Retail Park. We recently visited the latter for a spot of daytime dating while kids were in school. We absolutely loved the casual setting, delicious food and friendly service we experienced during our visit.
Since we visited on a weekday, their set lunch promo was on and it was too good to give it a miss. You can choose either a tapas dish and mains OR a mains and drink for only RM25! All these dishes are also available on their a la carte at other times of the day.
Croquetas (RM22*) - deep fried croquettes with truffle mushroom. Jamon Serrano (RM24*) on tomato bruschetta. Simple and good! Thai milk tea (RM12); Refreshing mango lemonade (RM12).
Spaghetti al Funghi (RM32*) - spaghetti with a 60° egg, button mushrooms, shiitake & porcini mushrooms in truffle cream sauce. Rich, umami flavours, definitely one of the best pasta dishes I've eaten out in a while. Suitable for vegetarians too. Must-try!
Ultimate Pork Burger (RM25*) - premium pork patty served in buns, with salad, pickle, caramelised onions, fries and smoked paprika sauce.
We also ordered an additional tapas dish from the a la carte menu, the Josper grilled Iberico lagrimas (RM28). Lagrimas is the delicious meat in between the ribs. Served with Thai dipping sauce.
We also had the Eggs Benedict (RM26) from their breakfast menu. The breakfast menu is served daily until 3pm. The organic kampung eggs were beautifully runny, and was served with brioche, spinach and mushrooms as well as some crispy lotus root on the side. For those who love their Big Breakfast, you'd be happy to know that they serve real pork bacon here.
For dessert, head over to the cake counter and check out what's available for the day. We had the San Sebastian burnt cheesecake (RM18) which was lovely and rich. I saw that they had Russian honey cake (RM18), which is slightly less common in KL; had it once in another cafe and loved it, so had to order it here too. It certainly did not disappoint. Yum.
Cappuccino (RM12)
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* prices indicated is the a la carte price. The set lunch promo is available on weekdays only (excluding PH) from 11.30am to 3pm. Visit their website to view the menus.
Reservations highly recommended as restaurant can get very busy during peak hours.
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Non-halal.
Opening hours: 9am to 10pm.
Location: Cafe Deli by El Mesón, GF-16, Ground Floor, 163 Retail Park, No 8, Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. (Parking RM2 per hour)
