Bocado

Bocado is a great restaurant on Winter St in Downtown Worcester. It is a tapas and wine bar. Tapas are small plates of food indigenous to Spain. My family took me out to Bocado for dinner a couple of nights ago and it was delicious. Everything about Bocado is great. They have a large menu so even the pickiest of eaters can find something they want. My family and I did the Bocado Experience for two which comes with two plates of charcuterie and cheese, four plates of hot and cold tapas, a paella of our choice, and churros with chocolate sauce. We had to have sangria since it is a quintessential Spanish libation. Bocado offers four different styles of sangria. We had the Sparkling Sangria which is made with lemoncello, lemonade, fresh raspberries, and lemons. It tasted like an alcoholic pink lemonade. It was very good and I highly recommend ordering it again. Here are the dishes we ordered.

fried goat cheese with honey and almonds, and pheasant sausage. The pheasant sausage tasted just like chicken sausage.

Next is a Vegetable Terrine made out of roasted eggplant, red and yellow peppers, sun dried tomato, artichoke, Parmesan and mozzarella  with asparagus-sweet pea coulis, and tomato oil.

With the Vegetable Terrine, we had the tortilla española, which is a spanish frittata with potato and onion. the Tortilla came with tapenade, which is sort of an olive spread, and red pepper crème fraiche.

 Here is the sangria

Next we had the gambas al ajillo, a traditional Spanish tapa of sauteed shrimp with garlic, parsley, and olive oil.

With the shrimp, we had almejas con chorizo, which is sauteed littleneck clams with chorizo, garlic, tomato and saffron.

We had the classic paella, which is made from saffron rice, shrimp, chicken, calamari, chorizo, mussels, little neck clams, sweet peas, and tomatoes. It is served in a paellera, which is a pan specifically made for paella. The paella is usually cooked and served in the paellara.

For dessert we had the classic Spanish favorite of churros with chocolate sauce. These are pure decadence. They are great way to finish off an amazing Spanish tapas meal.

The prices at Bocado are a lightly bit out of the average college student's budget, but for a birthday dinner or a special event it is perfect. Overall, the food at Bocado was amazing. I definently recommend checking this place out. Buen Provecho! Enjoy!