TASTE OF TAPAS AND TEMPRANILLO西班牙小吃和谭普勒尼洛的滋味

    位于芒劳里的西班牙餐厅“小马俱乐部”开张，西班牙的传统风味来到珀斯。蒂昂·特林德尔是酒吧开张的幕后策划人，他曾在海外生活多年，包括在伦敦生活，他决定“是开始做些事情的时候了”。“小马俱乐部”是他与他的弟弟合资开办的，蒂昂说：“是把欧洲传统引入珀斯的时候了。”

A touch of Spanish tradition has arrived in Mt Lawley with the opening of The Pony Club, tapas restaurant and lounge. Dion Trinder who is behind the opening, had spent some years overseas, including London and decided,"it was time to do something." The Pony Club is a joint venture with his brother Damien and says Dion, "it was time to introduce Perth to some European influence."

    俱乐部装潢现代而不失优雅（枝形吊灯）和魅力（马的小雕像和壁画装点在大堂里），还有儿童木马在门口欢迎客人。

The decor is modern with touches of elegance (chandeliers) and charm (equestrian touches of horse statuettes and the horse mural that defines the lounge area) to the child's rocking horse that welcomes you at the entrance.

    关于西班牙小吃，在餐馆前台做调酒工作的欢乐的麦当娜说：“西班牙小吃是指一种西班牙传统，就是在酒杯上面放一块面包，保护酒杯不会落苍蝇。”经过多年的发展，还把一些食物放到面包上用来下酒，现在西班牙小吃已经成为一种饮食风格，可以品尝多种菜式和风味。麦当娜兴奋地说：“西班牙小吃品种多样，是食物和葡萄酒之间的活力小吃。”

What of the tapas? The exuberant Madonna, who works front of house and with the wines says, "tapas means on top of and historically developed out of the Spanish tradition of putting a piece of bread on the top of your wine glass to protect it from flies." Over the years food portions have been placed on the bread to complement one's wine and today tapas is an eating style where you can savour and share a range of dishes with a range of flavours. Madonna enthuses, "tapas is about diversity, an energy between food and wine."

    除了挑选主食之外，“小马俱乐部”还有西班牙小吃供您选择，这些小吃反应了地中海的海鲜食物影响，如生蚝、三文鱼和对虾。我品尝了三种小吃，一种是白豆浓汤（含鲜美乳脂），随汤附送轻火烤制土耳其面包片，佐餐酒是 Raventos Blanca Cava葡萄酒（一种西班牙发泡酒）。西班牙加调料的口利左香肠煲外加番茄汁，有一种微妙的味道，巴斯·菲利普葡萄酒厂生产的加州红葡萄酒加上西班牙肉丸和上等番茄辣椒汁，有一种西班牙雪利酒的味道，而西班牙雪利酒又反应出玛格丽特河卡本内苏维浓的风格。麦当娜说，谭普勒尼洛葡萄酒“是西班牙小吃的最佳佐餐酒，是一个入口柔和味道又毫不含混的葡萄酒。”

In addition to the main course selection, The Pony Club offers a selection of tapas which reflect Mediterranean and seafood influences such as oysters, salmon and prawn fritters. I tried three traditional dishes. A white bean puree (wonderfully creamy) served with lightly toasted Turkish bread slices matched greatly with a Raventos Blanca Cava (Spanish sparkling wine). The chorizo hotpot in a chick pea and romesco (a light tomato sauce) had wonderful subtle flavours that stood up with a Bass Phillip Pinot Noir and the Spanish meatballs in a superb tomato chili sauce with at hint of Spanish sherry, Pedro Ximenez stood up with a Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. Tempranillo says Madonna "is a great overall match for tapas, it is easy drinking and a sturdy wine."

    这里可选的葡萄酒很多，老地方（西班牙、法国 和意大利）和新世界（澳大利亚、新西兰和美国）的葡萄酒可以用来作为西班牙小吃和主菜的佐餐佳酿。负责安排葡萄酒单的麦当娜说她对葡萄酒的热情源自母亲。她说：“妈妈总是喝上乘的葡萄酒，如汉斯克·希尔品牌的葡萄酒，所以我很早就听说过这种酒。”

There is a great selection of wine, old (Spanish, French and Italian) and new world (Australian, New Zealand and American) wines to match the range of tapas and main courses. Madonna who is responsible for compiling the wine list owes her passion for wine to her mother, 'Mum always drinks quality such as a Hensckhe Hill of Grace, so I learnt about this early."

    米歇尔是厨师，有大约15年的经验，包括在悉尼的利兹·卡尔顿工作，她说：“对待食物和葡萄酒的潮流正在发生变化，人们比过去更有意识，更了解葡萄酒和风味小吃。享用西班牙小吃就是和朋友一道欣赏新风味。”

Michelle the chef with some 15 years experience, including the Ritz Carlton in Sydney, observes that, "trends with food and wine are changing, people are more aware, across the board, people know wines and flavours.Tapas is about enjoying fresh flavours with friends."

    为西班牙小吃和谭普勒尼洛葡萄酒干杯！

Here's to tapas and tempranillo!