Picante not living up to its name: Not spicy enough!
I had lunch at Picante today and the incredible thing is that after all these years people are still lining up for lunch! Well we were lucky actually because we got a table immediately even though we had to park the car in the parking lot that’s next to Picante (not free of charge). As soon as we sat down people started lining up in the restaurant, in the little waiting lounge and even outside. Like I said, we were lucky. My friend had seafood soup curry spicy level 4 and complained that it wasn’t hot enough. I ordered chicken-vegetable level 5 and even that was not very hot - which means the folks at Picante do not live up to their name: “Picante” is Spanish for “spicy” and I am still always surprised at the popularity of Spanish names for brands, shops, cars etc. in a land as far as Japan! Then again, Spanish is the most beautiful language in the world, no doubt about that. Anyway, today’s soup curry base was “38 long years of wind”, a powerful name for a light and salty but good soup. The fun thing about Picante is that depending on the weekday they serve a specific soup base. So let’s say if you like the “summer in NY” taste you will know when you should go there (Monday). The service today was fast, friendly and efficient and I even got a free apron, so past flaws in their service are forgiven and forgotten, lol. N13, W3
私は英語とスペイン語の先生です。




















