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Many people I know subscribe to the idea that anything pork is automatically better. I would beg to disagree.El Meson's breakfast is mediocre, at best.It's bacon and pork sausage is all that it's got going for it, and even so, it's not that great. Bacon was dry, and the pork sausage was not the high-grade chunky type.Baked beans tasted like they came out of a can, and the bread was uninspired.Eggs were decent, but anyone that can't do good eggs should not even be in a kitchen.

A third trip to this place; there's just so much to try on their menu! Crispy fried trotter. A tender and juicy cut, well complemented by the apple sauce. Aubergines in red pepper sauce. Forgettable. Linguine with rabbit, olives, garlic confit and herbs. Not the star of the evening; the rabbit was even tougher and chewier than usual. Oxtail braised in Moscatel with matchstick potatoes. A hearty portion, but the meat tasted lacklustre, while the potatoes could have been less salty. Blood Orange

El Meson, supposedly Spanish for The Tavern, is a breath of fresh air at Telawi, offering non-halal tapas and other European specialties. It's like a cross between El Cerdo and La Bodega. The Andalusian bean soup with pancetta is a thick, hearty starter, with lotsa kidney beans and cured pork belly at the base of the bowl. Calamares Rellenos (squid stuffed with minced meat sauce). An interesting change from the typical squid recipes. Imagine fresh, not-too-chewy squid immersed in a gravy that l

We hurried back here to try the tapas that we had missed the first time around. Manchego and serrano croquettes. An addictive snack, not overly oily or salty. Iberico pork strips with honey and paprika over a bed of caramelized potatoes. The pork was nice and tender, but the star was the melt-in-the-mouth, subtly sweet potatoes. Prawns wrapped in pancetta with apricot sauce and julienned crispy leek. On the other hand, this one WAS slightly too oily and salty. Still worth trying though. Iberico

We hurried back here to try the tapas that we had missed the first time around. Boquerones (fried Spanish anchovies wrapped with bacon). We had mixed feelings about this. It had a nice smoky taste but was rather dry and hard. Piquillos Rellenos (Spanish peppers stuffed with beef and minced pork). Our favourite for the evening. The soft, sweet peppers were oozing with loads of creamy, flavoursome meat. Calamares a la Plancha (griddled baby squid). Super-fresh stuff, prepared in a lovely recipe t

A third trip to this place; there's just so much to try on their menu! A top-notch platter of cold cuts, featuring Iberico ham, serrano, parma, pancetta and salami, with melon and olives. Could have eaten this all night long. Pickled herring with garlic confit on toast. Slippery, salty and sourish. Gazpacho (chilled tomato soup with grated egg and serrano). Superbly refreshing and surprisingly flavourful, considering how bland gazpacho can sometimes be. El Meson's Special (skyy berry, malibu, m

A not really good breakfast by El Meson is when the last time i went for their Breakfast. Now they have replace the poached egg with scrambled egg, good for my liking. This breakfast is come with Scrambled egg, bacon, homemade pork sausage, hash browns, baked beans, sautéed mushrooms and toast. Among all, the only i felt is nice is the scrambled egg, pork sausage and baked beans, the rest i find the resistance of chewing the food has become a good sports for my mouth early in the morning. It wou

Porky breakfast at El Meson is heavily overrated. The pork sausage was decent but didn't taste much different from an extra salty chicken sausage; bacon was a little too tough, toast was unimpressive, and mash was a little too soft and not enough crispy.Sauteed mushrooms were nice and juicy, and big points for offering poached eggs as an option.It would be a decent breakfast if it weren't so pricey.

I bought this Groupon deal for RM12.50, but the actual menu price is RM29. It comes with 2 eggs, bacon, homemade pork sausage, hash browns, baked beans, sautéed mushrooms and toast. It was pretty filling as I couldn't finish all of that without seeking assistance from my boyfriend. The poached egg was too cooked to my liking, not to mention a little dull in taste. The bacon was too dry, hence the resistance as I tried to chew. The pork sausages weren't too bad. Hash browns wasn't spectacular (Mc