Cuisine:

• Tapas
• Spanish
• Fast Food and Hamburgers

Tierra Brindisa Description:
Tapas has come a very long way in London, courtesy of places like Tapas Brindisa (the company's original venue right by Borough Market) and Barrafina. Here you have a smart, rather impersonal space with small tables packed together and an open kitchen and bar at the end, more convivial than the main restaurant. Dishes have evolved as well, and plates like lentil stew with soft goat's curd, beetroot with blue cheese and walnut vinaigrette, olive oil mashed potatoes with toasted almonds and pepper or battered hake with aïoli are not what you would have expected a few years back. Here they are prepared notably well, and they pay homage to the best ingredients (the Joselito jamón Iberico bellota costs £20 which gives you an idea of the seriousness of the restaurant). Desserts are also carefully prepared: try turron (a type of Spanish nougat) with pistachio ice cream; even simple pears are cooked in the best Rioja and come with saffron ice cream. But prices are high, very high for tapas. For wine, be guided by the sommelier; the wine list is a glorious Spanish affair. Also Tapas Brindisa, 18-20 Southwark St., SE1, 020-7357 8880; and Casa Brindisa, 7-9 Exhibition Rd., SW7, 020-7590 0008.


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