Kochi Aidad is a collective name for a cafe and a tavern, located in the Tallinn port area, on Lootsi street. Opened in 2012, they have catered many home and away visitors. Both the cafe and tavern have daily offers for busy and on a budget customers. The tavern also offers fresh beer, made on location. Foods are mostly traditional-Estonian, but some are more modern.
I headed to the tavern to have lunch. I chose a fresh almond chicken salad (värske mandlikana salat). The waiting time was very short, might have been under 10 minutes. They usually bring black bread to the table as well, but I wasn't offered any this time. Free tap water is also available.
The salad looked simple. Lots of lettuce, some cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced strawberries, and chicken breast pieces with sliced almonds. It was all dressed with what I believe was Felix Special Mango Chili Sauce (picture below). There wasn't any more seasoning on the salad, and the chicken was bland as well, didn't seem freshly made, and was overcooked. Almonds only provided some crunch, when I expected them to give some flavour too. There were, however, condiments and seasonings in a basket on the table - soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, mustard, salt and pepper. The meal came in at 6.50€, which is rather expensive for the quality, the quantity was sufficient.
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| Felix Special Mango Chili Sauce, source www.felix.ee |
Final verdict: 5 out of 10. Not too bad for a casual lunch, but I definitely wouldn't reorder the salad. I will probably revisit though, because of the convenient location, daily offers, and a lovely historic atmosphere.
Info at www.kochiaidad.ee and their Facebook page www.facebook.com/KochiAidad
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