Review of Beet Rawvioli at Orteá by happygoat

I ordered a raw dish called beet rawvioli (pun with ravioli), and it was really misleading since it had nothing to do with real Italian ravioli. It was almond paste wrapped in beet slices topped with pesto and other sauce.

First of all, it was in main course, but this clearly looks like a starter. And second, what am I going to do with so much sauce? I mean, sauce is eaten with something else, not on its own, right? This just-sauces dish cost me 8€, which I think was outrageous.

In the end I didn’t feel like I’ve eaten since I just had some almond paste and sauce with beet slices… I know raw dishes are hard to have variety, but please don’t do something that doesn’t make sense and above all, name them in a misleading way.

If I can offer some consolation, almond paste and the sauce tasted good.

As for the cake, it wasn’t bad; but again, 4€ for a piece is a stretch.

Oh, and I was about to order tagliatelle, which was more expensive (9.5€) but I am glad I didn’t. A couple that sat a few metres away from me were eating this dish (I think, not 100% sure) and even though I cannot say for sure since they were not that close, it looked really dry and sad as a dish.