LONDON - SOUTH KENSINGTON - CAPOTE Y TOROS

CAPOTE Y TOROS HAM & SHERRY BAR

We returned to the little offspring of Cambio de Tercio, where you will find this lively little tapas bar specialising in sherry and Jamón and serving other delicious tapas.

From the small menu, you can try:

The wonderful 5J Cinco Jotas Jabugo Jamón Ibérico de Bellota.

The patatas bravas here are served in all three of their restaurants and tapas bars. Tiny new potatoes are topped with a smooth tomato bravas sauce and a luscious dollop of spiky alioli.

Nigiri de boquerón en vinagre y pimiento de piquillo con escabeche (baby anchovies and confit piquillo pepper in nigiri escabeche sauce).

Dorada soasada con yuzu, aji amarillo y uvas (blowtorched seabream yuzu, aji, and grapes).

Mini perrito de txistorra salsa kimchi (baby hot dog Basque chorizo in spicy kimchi sauce).

Lubina asada a la Bilbaína (grilled seabass Basque style with garlic potatoes and cherry tomatoes).

Ganache de chocolate blanco y kiwi (white chocolate and kiwi ganache).

On a previous visit, we had,

Tartar atún (tuna tartar, avocado & grapefruit)

Bacalao Asado con Sobrassada (cod roasted with Mallorca’s famous sobrassada & mange touts)

The carrilleras de cerdo Iberico (Iberico pork cheeks stewed in Oloroso sherry) with potato cream are slowly cooked. Hence, the leaner muscles hold all the flavour just as they are about to collapse.

Tuétano Asado con Jugo de Ternera (stunning roasted bone marrow with veal jus, which you scoop with your spoon and place on the toast)

The wine list is always excellent, but the sherry list stands out here, with over 120 varieties.

To get a great introduction to this famous old wine, you can try a “sherry flight” of Fino, Manzanilla, Amontillado, Oloroso, and Moscatel, similar to the one shown below.

Palo cortados, Olorosos dulce, and sticky, prune-like Pedro Ximenez (also splendid over vanilla ice cream) are available.

Most evenings, a live guitarist plays old flamenco music, transporting you to the backstreet tables of Jeréz de la Frontera, Cádiz, or Sevilla and adding to the buzzing atmosphere.

Service is brisk, friendly, and professional, and they have two sittings in the evening.

You can only book the early evening sitting; later, you must turn up and maybe wait at the bar.