Cerveceria Erajoma
Plaça Reyes Pròsper, 6 | 46010 | Valencia, Spain
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If you might be on the lookout for basic Spanish bar meals, you actually don’t have to look additional. This is a stunning, welcoming cerverceria with nice meals.
The restaurant is deceptively bigger than it appears the small bar that greets you to the proper of the entrance door has solely 8 stools. Not a big bar within the however a spot to sit down and watch the wonderful present that’s unfolding in entrance of you as a result of the seats overlook the small kitchen and bar space that serve the a lot bigger restaurant to the again of the house.
And that space is kind of massive with simply 40+ seats within the eating room. Nonetheless, the entire place feels small, acquainted and intimate. At the identical time, this house feels trendy however don’t let that idiot you, the furnishings are twenty first century however the service, ambiente and meals are effectively based in twentieth (in the most effective of all doable methods).
We have been going to Erajoma for years and years and each time it feels prefer it does the primary time we went. The workers, led by Jose, is at extremely welcoming in the most effective Spanish approach that means that if you’re native, come typically and even come again sufficient to be acknowledged, you might be fairly welcome. If you don’t not less than attempt to converse some Spanish, woe be unto you and rightly so. This is a spot to respect Valencia and it’s best to exit of your option to, even when which means training your Spanish phrases earlier than you go. The effort will likely be met with beneficiant welcome.
If you not less than attempt to converse some Spanish the welcome will likely be higher however when you depend on talking English this restaurant is probably not every thing that you’re used to however this isn’t freaking Applebee’s or Weatherspoons. It is a rightly native place and it’s best to make an effort.
If you do, it is going to be oh so price it. It is tough to go unsuitable right here. La carta is directly expansive and managed — conventional and conversant in some trendy touches. In brief, simply what you need in an excellent Spanish native.
Start with Ensalada Rusa. There are so many variations of this nice salad in Spain and theirs is spot on with completely cooked potatoes and never overwhelmed with different substances (there are rusas with peas, carrots, onions, tuna, crayfish, olives or purple peppers or some mixture of these).
This one is kind of easy with an excellent stability of potato, inexperienced bean, carrots and tuna. 
The extra typical Ensalada Valenciana is equally scrumptious. A easy inexperienced salad with lettuce, tomato, olives and onion tossed in a French dressing can also be an ideal begin. 
Verduras a la Plancha is simply what it says — greens on the grill. Super easy with squash, eggplant (aubergine), mushrooms and asparagus. There are two kinds of mushrooms (creminis and oysters) and they’re simply this aspect of caramelized, gentle, candy and umami abruptly.
The squash and asparagus virtually underdone however not. The thick slices of eggplant are excellent, charred exterior with a gentle creamy middle. 
The padron peppers are completely blistered with only a trace of coarse salt. 
For the Ensalada Rusa, the Pimientos de Padrón and the verdures order the half portion (media ración) if solely two of you might be eating. A full ración is quite a bit — you could possibly have an entire portion of the ensalada rusa and a half portion of the verduras and be stuffed.
The Jamón ibérico is nice and fairly moderately priced vs. many eating places. Sometimes when you might have good (or not nearly as good) jamon in a bar it isn’t sliced effectively. This is simply correctly — skinny sufficient which you could learn the menu by means of it. Soft, buttery, umami and a bit salty. This is the true deal. 
You can scarf all of this down with a beer or a glass of their home white, a Protos verdura. Crisp and buttery on the identical time the wine (in addition to the water) is served ice chilly and is so refreshing towards the backdrop of such nice meals.
The different excellent alternative is their model of pulpo gallega. The Galician model octopus can also be deceptively easy — pulpo, salt, olive oil and paprika. Here they serve sized tentacle fast roasted with a little bit of oil and served over home made mashed potatoes and dusted with what looks like approach an excessive amount of paprika (delicate and candy, not scorching). It just isn’t an excessive amount of paprika and the pulpo is heaven on a plate.
There’s a heat to Erajoma — a familiarity. You can really feel this within the low hum of cheerful speak, smiles, individuals toasting with cava and the wonderful aromas of scrumptious meals coming from the open kitchen.
This is un gran native and nice an excellent place to really feel that you’re actually part of Valencia.
