Espuma (H8) (Changed Hand)

Without a prior booking, you'd have to queue up for walk in for at least 20 mins I think. Caveat - if you went at 12:00-12:45 I would think your chances of going straight in is pretty high. As we did...LUCKILY. If I had to wait and queue up for this rubbish I would suffer from my own conscience.


Decor and Ambience
I have no complaints on this count. Nice stained glass centrepiece, and generally a comfy vibe. But if they had to put an Iberico ham as decoration, they should probably use either a real one, or a fake one of the right size, and not a fake miniature...

Food
This place has had mixed reviews, and I was right to expect the least from Espuma. There is just no justifiable reason for its high popularity on Openrice. This place is EXTREMELY MEDIOCRE. Do not waste your time and money here, I'd say. 

To be fair, I suppose their desserts aren't as awful, but still not worth any wait. 

1. Drinks

Fruit tea

I didn't taste this, I think it should be ok? Looks decent at least.

Cappucino Mocha

This was ok, milky rich and frothy. The chocolate syrup underneath was not too sweet either, altogether not bad. (7/10)

2. Seafood paella

Seafood paella

Actually I hope they didn't call this seafood paella. It's more like seafood "arroz" - meaning seafood rice. Nothing remotely like the authentic paella, except for the al dente texture of the rice. Otherwise it's too wet, not flavoured right, not enough heat, not particularly fresh seafood. Just awful. (2/10)

3. 

Parma ham and spinach tortilla

This is just so bland....even with the ketchup we requested it couldn't make for a passable dish. Please please do not order this. :( (3/10)

4. Desserts

They gave it a fancier name...forgot. Only decent thing we were able to finish.

This is the only dish we were able to finish...well except for the cream and some brownie cubes. The waffles were normal, not great, but at least fresh and warm. Macadamia icecream always goes well with waffles and brownies ~ (7.3/10)

Again they gave it a fancy name...

I haven't had many mochi waffles before, but this certainly discourages me from trying others. So chewy and rather flavourless, even with the red bean paste and green tea ice cream. No no. (5.5/10)

To be honest, you probably have to expect about this quality given the affordable pricing. None of the tapas exceed $80 if I recall correctly. The desserts though were just priced right, around $50 for a half-set (the portions as we had above). Not particularly cheap there.

I would like to repeat my wonder at how this Espuma got such high standing on Openrice. This reminds me of the importance of being earnest, of having independent and critical thinking, and of having low expectations. Important pointers for my fellow foodies.