15.232 Bacalao a la Plancha

By katch4246 on 24 August 2024

Cycle 15 - Item 232

24 (Sat) August 2023

Bacalao a la Plancha

2.5

at Spain Club

(Lotte World Mall)

-Jamsil, Songpa, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W and IZ

At the mall to watch Alien: Romulus with IZ - liked parts of it (lead actress was excellent, actor playing the "artificial person" was also great, initial set-up on the mining colony was promising, easter eggs to earlier movies were fun (e.g., Reebok sneakers)), but the very premise of the story (i.e., recovering the xenomorph from the blast site of the Nostromo) could not have happened as depicted, and the final antagonist (i.e., the "Offspring") was too ludicrous to believe.

Aliens is my 6th favorite movie of all time.

Solomillo de Gratinada (1.5): bland beef, bland mushrooms, bland potatoes, bland cheese - the worst dish that I've experienced at this restaurant, thus far, by far.

The bacalao dish was fine per se. The fish was nicely cooked, nicely salted, complimented 4 ways with mashed potatoes + sautéed garlic + pickled cabbage + roasted red peppers. But the portion of fish was ridiculously small, maybe 50 grams - absurdly overpriced at 29,500 won.

In the end, the total bill of 150,800 won was way overpriced.

I will consider other dining options next time.

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