SO what do I know? Just when I thought tapas were getting a bit old hat along comes a new restaurant specialising in them, Platillos in Sheffield's Leopold Square.
So many places serve them these days - the Cubana, La Vina, La Tasca, Wig & Pen, Milestone and the Mediterranean on Sharrowvale Road. And there's more.
I bet the Med's then owner Michael Morgan didn't realise how far he was ahead of the game when he pioneered them years ago.
So what's new? Well Platillos bosses, Malcolm Schooling and Craig Smith, have already seen how well they do at their Wig & Pen and reckoned the concept was just right for the Square.
They took themselves off to Barcelona and Madrid to chomp their way through tapas bars and have come back with a range of "new wave" dishes which are not necessarily Spanish but are Mediterranean or Latin in approach.
Now Platillos means 'little plates' but there is nothing little about this place, still the only one open on the square (apart from the hotel), although another place selling tapas is due to open.
Even a typical leaden Sheffield sky couldn't damp the enjoyment of seeing the fountain playing, trees swaying and the hard-bitten drinkers and smokers quietly shivering on the terrace. They weren't serving food outside on our visit but they are now.
Platillos is on two floors. Below is a cavernous bar, for 200, with trendy brick decor (echoing the Wig & Pen).
If you're worrying it might become an outpost of the West Street 'let's sink it down our necks' brigade, Malcolm points out his beer (Cruz Campo) comes at £3.50 a pint.
You follow your nose - there are tempting smells - up a staircase to the restaurant which seats 90.
The decor is modern and trendy, brick walls - one covered with a collage of family and friends - and blocks of colour, a stone fronted bar, exposed ducting and reasonably sized tables. One has a revolving 'Lazy Susan,' Chinese-style.
Cutlery is kept in giant paprika tins on the tables.
We found the menu, on one side of paper place mats, ranged from good to indifferent although, judging from reports, others have been luckier.
It might be a good idea, incidentally, to order in batches because we got eight dishes at once and there's hardly enough space on the tables. Yet other diners said they had ordered all at once but the dishes came separately with long waits in between.
Perhaps they were trying to make a good impression with us. The kitchen can be pleased with its breads, sourdough and bouncy foccacia (£1.50), which come with oil but you have to ask for salt.
We liked the meatballs in tomato sauce (£4.75) for being firm with plenty of cumin, the Moroccan lamb tagine (£4.90) which, while a little cool, was tender and aromatic with whole apricots, and the grilled red mullet fillets (£2.75), deliberately served cold had a gamey flavour and tangy dressing.
Two dishes disappointed. Courgette flowers in batter (£3) make rare appearances in Sheffield so I got quite excited.
I needn't have. The batter should have been a wispy blanket. This was more a duvet with a 14 tog rating.
And the South American sweetcorn fritters (£3.75), rather like an omelette, needn't have made the journey.
Other dishes were okay but needed to work harder to impress: sticky ribs (£4.50) were dull and the falafel (£3.50), chickpea fritters, could have done with a little extra spicing.
But you can't go wrong with patatas bravas (£2.50), served with either tomato sauce or herbs and salt, and they didn't.
Sweets were hit and miss. I liked the utterly Spanish churros, little doughnutty shapes of sugared batter to be dunked in chocolate sauce, but the vanilla cheesecake had a claggy top on a biscuit base like runny sand. Both cost £4.
I'm going to be generous on the food rating although a little more oomph is needed. Our bill, with a couple of espressos, came to £42.05.
The wine list shows thought, with all 20 available by the glass and nothing from Oz, New Zealand or South Africa.
A red, Aglianico from Campania, was full and fruity while the white Falanghina, from the same part of Italy, lived up to the list's claim as a good substitute for a Pinot Grigio. They both cost £4.50.

Food Review
Unit 4, Leopold Square, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 276 3142.
Open for food 12-10pm daily. Upstairs restaurant (disabled access and toilets). Eating possible on terrace. Credit cards. Inoffensive music. Website www.platillos.co.uk
Star ratings:
Food ****
Atmosphere ****
Service *****
Value ****
Bistro category.