Bellota-Bellota, Iberian ham restaurant in the Eiffel Tower district, offers its new menu

Bellota Bellota is THE specialist in high quality Iberian pigs: the pata negra. For the brand, the pig raised in oak forests on 10,000m² is king, having learned to "pass the hunger" during the burning summers, feeding on 800 kg of acorns (bellotas) during long autumns and storing the fat for the following winter.

Although Bellota Bellota offers other products of very high quality, the brand is known and recognized by pata negra lovers. Thinking of going to a simple grocery store in Bellota Bellota, we discovered a tasting counter, a restaurant open continuously to satisfy the desires of gourmets.

High tables, Spanish azulejos and exposed bricks, the room puts us in the mood. As for the new menu, good Spanish wines and exceptional products await us... The best of the house? The volcanoes of exceptional ham - including the guiluelo, divine - but also a small novelty: the volcano of cooked white ham, a paleta cocida to fall down! We were also tempted by two new taramas - with trout roe and five berries, accompanied by a slab of salmon smoked with alder wood, from Byzance. Beautiful starters that are as tasty as they are delicious!

On the main course, Bellota Bellota offers a pluma, deliciously seared a la plancha, served with pimietos del padron, and accompanied by a novelty: rump steak from Galicia, cooked a la plancha, and to share. A delight!

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We finish with a plate of cheese, mancego, obviously, with peppers and truffles/9 months of maturation, accompanied by a dessert from Marylou Patisserie!

And for more privacy, Bellota Bellota has a hidden, almost secret floor... the den of true ham lovers. In the basement, in the well vaulted cellar, there are four tables for meetings between connoisseurs. Note that workshops and other master classes are offered in small groups to discover hams and Iberian meats.

Other tables exist, like the one on the Champs-Élysées, but the confidentiality of the table on rue Nicot makes it our favorite... No regrets, make a reservation, you will enjoy it.