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I posted a while back about a new tapas bar in my neighborhood. Back on Saturday, March 25, I actually went to Sabores for dinner. It wasn’t quite up to the standards of Jaleo (you’ve probably heard of Jose Andres), but the food was pretty good. I ordered a bowl of white rice, a dish of garbanzo beans cooked with spinach, a dish of mushrooms cooked with olive oil, and a dish of asparagus with romesco sauce. Jaleo does romesco sauce better, but the beans and mushrooms were good, the asparagus was fully adequate, the rice was quite okay for something bland, and the romesco sauce wasn’t horrible, just not great.
If I had known that bread would come with the beans and with the mushrooms, I might not have ordered the rice. The bread was edible, and lightly warmed, just not really excellent bread.
Then I wanted to finish with a sweet sherry in lieu of dessert. There was a wine list including a “red wines and sherries” section, but it seemed to list only red wines like Tempranillo, not sherries. The waiter found a bottle of Pedro Ximenez sherry, which seemed nearly empty, and then came back with a glass of very dark sherry. It seemed to be the dregs of the bottle, syrupy sweet and without much alcohol. I drank it, and it did have some flavor, but wasn’t what you would expect from a good sherry. On the other hand, they didn’t include it on the bill, so I can’t very well complain.
If you happen to live in south Arlington, Sabores is a place to get some pretty good food that doesn’t cost a fortune, and it doesn’t inflict ugly music on its customers. If you don’t live in south Arlington, you probably won’t make a special trip here to dine at Sabores.
If I had known that bread would come with the beans and with the mushrooms, I might not have ordered the rice. The bread was edible, and lightly warmed, just not really excellent bread.
Then I wanted to finish with a sweet sherry in lieu of dessert. There was a wine list including a “red wines and sherries” section, but it seemed to list only red wines like Tempranillo, not sherries. The waiter found a bottle of Pedro Ximenez sherry, which seemed nearly empty, and then came back with a glass of very dark sherry. It seemed to be the dregs of the bottle, syrupy sweet and without much alcohol. I drank it, and it did have some flavor, but wasn’t what you would expect from a good sherry. On the other hand, they didn’t include it on the bill, so I can’t very well complain.
If you happen to live in south Arlington, Sabores is a place to get some pretty good food that doesn’t cost a fortune, and it doesn’t inflict ugly music on its customers. If you don’t live in south Arlington, you probably won’t make a special trip here to dine at Sabores.
