cowabunga ii

Day 5 – Los Toros

Haagdijk 29, 4811 TN Breda
 

 

First Impressions – Different staff!! How would they know about the €10 tip!? The bloke with the long hair recognised me but I don't think he spoke much English. He reminds me of a character in Scarface or something - the one who can only speak a handful of foreign words but is fully committed to the cause. It was very busy so we sat near the front this time.

Interior – See day 1 for a detailed description of the interior. This time I noticed different pictures on the walls, I would have taken more photos but it was packed and I don't like people to see me taking them, (hence none of these photos are taken with the flash on). Pedro was playing guitar up and down the aisle and generally being a hindrance. When the waiter asked him to move he did, but he just messed about when the waitress asked. Quite funny though, he was singing pop songs but swapping the language to Mexican, and he whistled really well.

 

Service – It was busy, the waiter couldn't really understand what I was saying, I was trying to order ribs as a starter but he didn't understand me. Not his fault though I think I could have been clearer. This wasn't Scarface by the way this was the other one. It wasn't as personal this time but they had a lot of work to do so it's fully understandable. 

Food – €25 (steak) + €7 (ribs) – I ordered Los Toros Dos Carnes and 450g of ribs (to share, they were €14 but I put €7 as I only ate half). When the order was taken for the ribs he asked what sauce would I like. I told him to do the same ones as what you get with the mixed grill. He looked at me like he didn't really understand and then said "bitter sauce". I didn't know what that meant, or if there was any sauce last time. I just agreed and let him do it. They came out with a sticky sauce on and were fantastic again. Proper stuck to the bone and needed a concerted effort to remove said meat from said bone. ARE YOU READING GAUCHOS??
 

 

Los Toros dos Carnes is a metal dish, topped with onions, tomato, slice of pineapple, and finished off with a 150g cut of fillet steak, and a 150g cut of sirloin steak. The sirloin steak was packed full of flavour and was de-lic-ous. The fillet was just as good in it's own way, much softer with a melt in your mouth character. I am only going over old ground again as I have already eaten these meats, the best thing to write would be that the bits of cow and pig you get here are consistently brilliant.

 

Final Thought – It's always a risk eating somewhere you have already eaten well in. One one hand it could be just as good or a little better, leaving you with a warm glow inside for having the confidence to walk back through the door. On the other hand it could be pap, ruin your evening, and shatter any good memory you had of the restaurant in the first place. This was on the same level as day 1. If you want meat in Breda, then I would have no qualms about recommending Los Toros. I will add that I think having the mixed grill represents better value for money with the amount of food you get - but no complaints.

Apart from I didn't see any sort of bonus for my hugely generous tip. Now I am forced to skulk around outside until I see €10 boy and then go in and eat again.