All tagged Tapas

Vagabond

The seared and sliced hanger steak is perfectly medium rare and very easy on the jaw, although it’s totally let down by the accompanying herb-lite and vinegar heavy ‘chimichurri’ featuring what seem to be coriander seeds providing a hugely unwelcome grittiness to proceedings… READ MORE

Plates by Purnell's

Build-your-own anchovies on toast starts the belief that we’re looking at very well priced food. A generous pile of superior quality anchovies—meaty, firm and packing umami with the saltiness—sit on top of fresh tomato reduced almost to a sweet puree and then also a zesty, tangy and fragrant salsa verde… READ MORE

Ember Yard

Baby courgettes are perfectly al dente, coated in a tempura batter but the real magic lies in the flowers, full of soft, piquant and lemony Monte Enebro goats cheese with a generous drizzle of blossom honey amplifying the joy. Ordering two of these is undoubtedly one of the best decisions I’ve made all year… READ MORE

Byzantium

The three large croquetas have a lovely, creamy melt-in-the-mouth middle as you bite through their perfectly crunchy casing. But I’m not getting much sense of the cheese, onion and spinach with flavour being left to the not especially garlicky alioli and onion jam… READ MORE

Zindiya Streatery & Bar

At its base sits a vegetable samosa; initially crisp, the yoghurty mix with its spicy chick peas and chutneys eventually entice the pastry into that optimum stage of being both simultaneously crispy and soggy. But you can’t linger on such mouthfuls of unbridled joy… READ MORE