Constancia

CONSTANCIA

Empanadas Home Made Argentine Style Pasties filled with Beef, Chicken, Spinach Cheese or Sweetcorn Provoleta Sizzling Italian Provolone Cheese, served with Chimichurri Sauce and toasts Lomo Argentino The most tender 10oz.

prime fillet steak from Argentina's grasslands New Zealand Lamb Delicious Cutlets served with New Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes and Raisins Iberico Pork Acorn Fed Iberico Pork Cutlet served with New Potatoes and a Carrot, Walnuts Raisins salad Don Pedro Modern Vanilla Artisan made Ice-Cream, served with crushed Walnuts, Chocolate Sauce and Maker's Mark Bourbon   Anglo Argentino Homemade Brownie served with Dulce de Leche, a scoup of Modern Vanilla Ice-Cream, and Chocolate Sauce

http://www.constancia.co.uk

Constancia Argentine grill, Tower Bridge Road / Tanner Street

Argentine grill opened in spring 2009 at the corner of Tower Bridge Road and Tanner Street.

The site was formerly occupied by The Raven at the Tower pub.

CONSTANCIA - Argentine Grill

" It is in the heart of Bermondsey, once  London’s tannery and leather district, that Constancia makes its home.

The finest meat in the world, our land’s full bodied wines, home made desserts with a personal touch, and our devoted attention await you."

Constancia, London Bridge & Bermondsey

Bermondsey is continuing its association with all things moo, with Constancia Argentinian restaurant serving some serious steak in the middle of the old leather tanning district.

Sad for the cows, good for the carnivores, and don't forget to top up your steak with some extra sausage and cheese, such as in the mixed grill.

Sweet toothed Londoners get a treat too, with a dessert menu laced with Dolce de Leche, a South American toffeeish sauce.

For those who neither meat nor sweets can tempt there is also a good selection of Argentinian wine, to help you get into the spirit of things.

Constancia | South London | Restaurant Reviews | Hot Dinners

Constancia captures the spirit of the pampas | London Evening ...

Argentinean parrillas (grills) are nothing new — there are a dozen links in the Gaucho Grill chain and doubtless more to come — but it is the individual enterprises like Buen Ayre in Broadway Market and this new one, Constancia in Bermondsey, that capture the spirit of the pampas.

I have nothing much to say after a mouthful of steak other than "That’s nice" and then I look elsewhere on my plate for diversion.

That is my scientific explanation of why the 10oz prime Argentine sirloin steak and the 11oz prime Argentine rib-eye steak which took the leading roles in the Parrillada Constancia (£23 per person, "minimo 2 personas") were so fresh-tasting and also tender and biddable but not in an abject way.

With two excellent chorizo sausages, apparently made locally following an Argentinean recipe, plus morcilla (black pudding) and a separate chafing dish of melted provolone cheese with oregano, there was plenty to share plus the means to leave the steak cooking to the point we deemed perfect.

Steaks on their own start at £12 for an 8oz prime Argentine sirloin and rise to £21.50 for a 10oz prime Argentine fillet (medallón de lomo), which apparently has more flavour than tame British fillet but having your very own charcoal brazier gets you straight to the heart of this cuisine.

Constancia Argentine Grill | Restaurants in Bermondsey, London

There’s the Tanner Street location, with its bovine connotations, while the ‘olde London’ Southwark atmosphere seems just right for meats grilled on an ancient-looking parrilla grill.

Yet Constancia’s bland exterior, wedged beneath a modern residential block, accurately set the tone for the evening.

Decor is as you’d expect from a homely Argentine restaurant: wood, raw brick, a few gaucho allusions (mounted horse head, lasso) and that hefty grill.

With its chains, encrusted bars and blackened brick surround in plain view, it promises big flavours.

Constancia charges less than many of its competitors, but that hardly makes it cheap – it would be worth raising prices by a few quid if the result was meat with that true Argentinian magic.