La Cocina at USJ 10

Hi people.

Anyone here up for a spanish cuisine? Fancy for a Paella? Unlike its Mediterranean counterpart, Italian cuisine, spanish cuisine took awhile to be accepted here in Malaysia. Not many restaurants serving spanish cuisine. La Bodega is one of them. Even i have never been to La Bodega. My usual place to curb my craving for spanish dish is La Cocina. Last time it was in USJ 9 in front of Murni Discovery now they moved to a bigger place at next door area USJ 10. 

Like a true spanish restaurant, their main focus are spanish dishes with few dishes of italian & fushion. Of course, when we talked about spanish dishes, most food lovers would think of Paella & tapas. And they have quite a number of that as well. I'm sure you will get lost in the tapas menu. 

Tapas menu

Paella menu

I've visited this place twice before i made this post. My usual order would be the set of 2 tapas, a Paella & a dessert. Usually, the only Paella i ever seen are seafood based but here they have multiple choice of lamb, seafood & chicken. Even squid ink infused paella. Awesome. Our choice of tapas are Gratinated Eggplant & fried calamares. The choice of Paella was Cordero & to finish off our spanish meal we had creme catalana crepe. 

First of, the tapas. I was never a big fan of eggplant until months ago. Here, the eggplants was cooked in a somekind of bolognese sauce then sprinkled with parmesan cheese. It was quite good when eaten with on the house bread provided. Eggplant soaked the sauce which makes it more pleasant. I like their fried calamares. Well cooked with light but well seasoned batter. The combination of garlic & mayo makes it a perfect combo. 

The tapas

For those who planning to order Paella, be ready to wait around 20 minutes before you can get your Paella. The cooking process took quite a while so make sure you have your tapas to occupy you or in this modern day, your phone. Cordero paella made of chunky lamb pieces with herbs. It was quite pleasant but a bit tad salty. The lamb was soft, tender & well marinated. The saffron was sufficient in this dish. Kinda like fried rice but spanish way. This dish is meant for sharing since it was quite big. 

Paella Cordero

Lastly, the dessert. It was our day that they gave us another same dessert free on the house. A thin crepe with orange cheese filling then drowned in a pool of creme catalana, kinda like spanish custard. Drizzled with orange jam. It was very nice. The filling was sweet, sour & salty with the custard was mildly sweet. 

Creme Catalana Crepe

So for spanish cuisine lover, you have another option besides La Bodega. I'm not sure if this place is on par with La Bodega but certainly worth to try. 

La Cocina

USJ 10/1E, Taipan Business Center