Traditionally I take Alex out to dinner someplace fancy for his birthday. (Years past: The Metropolitan Grill in Seattle, Grey Stone in San Diego, and my memory is lapsing for last year) but this year Alex chose Jaleo a Tapas bar. There are a few locations in the D.C. are but we headed to the one that was a short drive away in Crystal City. The restaurant is fairly large and we had no problem with getting a reservation. We did get seating in a corner which had a large curtain hanging to separate us from a till, however you could still hear all the beeping and the constant coming and going of the servers was a little strange and ruined some of the ambiance.
Alex had really wanted to try the paella, so we ordered their seafood version. They recommended that we order some tapas in addition so we started off with three delicious tapas:
Trigueros con romesco Grilled asparagus with romesco sauce and two from their specials menu. We also each ordered a glass of their sangria
The Paella was a lot of food for two people with the additions of the tapas but it was amazing! There was tons of seafood and the flavor was amazing.
We topped the meal off with a tradition flan that was incredibly creamy and silky in texture.
I would definitely go back, probably not order the paella since it is a bit pricey for your average night out to dinner. But our meal was fantastic!
A word of warning... don't wear slippery shoes. I had just bought a new pair of shoes *see earlier post, and the bottoms are supper slippery. Needless to say I almost took out a table in the bar...awesome.
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