"Size matters not."
(Well, not much).
Pro Handmade dishes at this price.
Con (for some) It's the definitiion of a light lunch.
Pay
Per Person €11.50 for three courses and one drink. El Tenedor discount may be available.
Find
Website Here.
Access One shallow step from the street.
In Short
Hopes? Lunch flavours live up to the images.
Reality? A stylish, beautifully presented light lunch.
First Impressions? They do it with mirrors.
A USP? Open kitchen, see lunch coming.
The food in three words? Tasty, smart, smallish.
Can they get the staff? Three floating about.
Service with a smile? Good, no time wasting.
Friend friendly? No V-friendly material on the set menu.
Rating for dating? Absolutely. Decor, soundtrack, space, food.
Tip? 8%
Change one thing? A caña-sized beer felt a bit mean.
Going back? It's certainly an option.
Compare & Contrast
Similar sensibilities at Lamian.
Conventional MdD at Krachai.
In Pictures
On Google Images
What's the story?
Sunne offers a stylish, tasty lunch that shows there's ambition and talent in the kitchen.
This is good. For a good value hint of what earns Michelin stars, try this place.
It's a simple smart interior. The chef's working at the end of the dining area. One of us felt it was a but smoky, but the other didn't notice. It's nice to see your lunch coming and it's not the only place round here that's taken this trick onboard. If we're going to have a quiet moan, playing Sade at volume 11 was a minor misstep.
But almost everything about Sunne works. Most importantly, they're serving food that looks and tastes good. So many places can only manage half that deal. So, well, it's quite surprising.
Lubina. This isn't ceviche as there's no lime going on. Instead some decent fish and some delicious - really delicious minced salad with, we think, sesame oil (forgot to ask, so corrections very welcome). Delicious,although I would have liked the fish a bit more seasoned, as critics say. Or with a bit more salt, as the rest of the world says. Oddly the customer next to me seemed to have the same dish, but with a yellow sauce added. Not sure what's going on there, but had the faintest feeling I might have missed out on an ingredient.
Ice cream This is the point where that bargain price tag does start to show. Dessert's simply not getting the depth of attention of the first four dishes. You'd need a pastry chef for that, and the price would have to go up, so they have to keep it simple. So wannan Ice cream cone? Yes? Avellana or banana?
We didn't have to linger in a lather of indecision. Banana. Some would say, you'd be nuts to have avellana. This tasted and felt made not bought in a 5litre plastic tub. The cone properly biscuity, which was a good detail and felt like someone cared. But while it saves costs - no washing up for one, it's not the tidiest to dispose of if you don't want to finish it. We finished it.
Service was prompt and efficient. It's a very nice touch to be asked at the end if we enjoyed lunch. Polite question, honest positive. Bread came on a nice board with a decent oil in a beautiful glass dish. A sign of ambition: you make the crockery display your dishes to their advantage. Decor is smart and the open kitchen, with a black-clad chef working away like the clappers, is a proper talking point.
Sunne merits a return visit. The menu del dia has done its job well.
(Well, not much).
Pro Handmade dishes at this price.
Con (for some) It's the definitiion of a light lunch.
Pay
Per Person €11.50 for three courses and one drink. El Tenedor discount may be available.
Find
Website Here.
Access One shallow step from the street.
In Short
Hopes? Lunch flavours live up to the images.
Reality? A stylish, beautifully presented light lunch.
First Impressions? They do it with mirrors.
A USP? Open kitchen, see lunch coming.
The food in three words? Tasty, smart, smallish.
Can they get the staff? Three floating about.
Service with a smile? Good, no time wasting.
Friend friendly? No V-friendly material on the set menu.
Rating for dating? Absolutely. Decor, soundtrack, space, food.
Tip? 8%
Change one thing? A caña-sized beer felt a bit mean.
Going back? It's certainly an option.
Compare & Contrast
Similar sensibilities at Lamian.
Conventional MdD at Krachai.
In Pictures
On Google Images
What's the story?
Sunne offers a stylish, tasty lunch that shows there's ambition and talent in the kitchen.
This is good. For a good value hint of what earns Michelin stars, try this place.
It's a simple smart interior. The chef's working at the end of the dining area. One of us felt it was a but smoky, but the other didn't notice. It's nice to see your lunch coming and it's not the only place round here that's taken this trick onboard. If we're going to have a quiet moan, playing Sade at volume 11 was a minor misstep.
But almost everything about Sunne works. Most importantly, they're serving food that looks and tastes good. So many places can only manage half that deal. So, well, it's quite surprising.
Chicken Bao. Heading Vietnamese this, with cucumber and mint topping the very tasty minced chicken. Not an originial combination as such, but very nicely done one. Really good and we'll allow them to present it on a chopping board, although are there not whispers that you're not really supposed to serve food on wood anymore?
Lubina. This isn't ceviche as there's no lime going on. Instead some decent fish and some delicious - really delicious minced salad with, we think, sesame oil (forgot to ask, so corrections very welcome). Delicious,although I would have liked the fish a bit more seasoned, as critics say. Or with a bit more salt, as the rest of the world says. Oddly the customer next to me seemed to have the same dish, but with a yellow sauce added. Not sure what's going on there, but had the faintest feeling I might have missed out on an ingredient.
Vacio/Veal with Red Mojo As long as you're not averse to meat, this is something of a work of art, helped by that swishette of red mojo sauce. Couscous with beef is unusual combination, but this is very good. The meat is rare, almost blue in fact. Again, could use a bit more intensity of flavour and maybe an extra garnish or two, but this is an €11.50 MdD, not a €40 Michelin dish. But, see what happened there? Yep, it's in the same sentence as the M-word. Deservedly. The chef has ambitions and isn't afraid to use them. Bravo.
Salmon Another finely presented dish, we don't underestimate the thought, creativity and skill that's going on here. The fillet's in the middle of yellow swirls, and looks like a fishy atomic nucleus surrounded by citrus electron wavefunction plots. Look, when the design of a dish reminds you of quantum mechanics it's doing something very right.
The swirly things might be mango, but again, happy to be corrected. There's more acidity down below, with pickled vegetables - mostly carrot and onion - and texture comes from crumb on top. The fish itself is just cooked, or ever so slightly under, but it's all good, and is a fine portion. Coming as just a part of this menu, it compares spectacularly in terms of value and quality with our other recent fish experience.
Ice cream This is the point where that bargain price tag does start to show. Dessert's simply not getting the depth of attention of the first four dishes. You'd need a pastry chef for that, and the price would have to go up, so they have to keep it simple. So wannan Ice cream cone? Yes? Avellana or banana?
We didn't have to linger in a lather of indecision. Banana. Some would say, you'd be nuts to have avellana. This tasted and felt made not bought in a 5litre plastic tub. The cone properly biscuity, which was a good detail and felt like someone cared. But while it saves costs - no washing up for one, it's not the tidiest to dispose of if you don't want to finish it. We finished it.
Service was prompt and efficient. It's a very nice touch to be asked at the end if we enjoyed lunch. Polite question, honest positive. Bread came on a nice board with a decent oil in a beautiful glass dish. A sign of ambition: you make the crockery display your dishes to their advantage. Decor is smart and the open kitchen, with a black-clad chef working away like the clappers, is a proper talking point.
Sunne merits a return visit. The menu del dia has done its job well.
