Back in February we decided to try a restaurant I had heard good reviews of, quite close to home on the Northcote Road in Clapham:
Rosita and the Sherry Bar.
We headed to Clapham Junction and walked down the ever popular Northcote Road in search of Rosita's. This is a tapas style Spanish restaurant and sherry bar towards the far end of the road. Most of our dining forays involve trying interesting things and ordering to share, so tapas style eating is right up our street.
We began with the the sherry tasting of three generous sherries. I've never really drunk sherry with a meal before, only ever had it as a 'warm me up' aperitif on cold winter days or a splashed added to soup my mother made. I quite enjoyed it, being an avid white wine drinker myself, I enjoyed the dry aromatic notes of the sherries complimenting the dishes we were about to try.
We ordered a multitude of dishes not quite knowing what they were, but eager to be adventurous. First to arrive were the aubergine crisps. These were lovely: crisp, light tasting the slightly sweet soft flesh of the aubergine coming through.They were drizzled with a sort of sweet tomoatoey sauce.
Next to arrive were the the boquerones, a favourite of T's. These didn't disappoint!
And then a towering stack of battered calamari. Although large and with a hefty coating of crispy batter, I really enjoyed these as there was enough succulent flesh in the middle.
The restaurant itself is quite lovely with quite a few tables for its size and a lovely looking bar that I would like to come back to and sip on some more sherry!
The next dish, which no longer seems to be on the menu, was a charcoal roasted duck egg with spinach and potato. This again had a great charcoal flavour to go with the richness of the egg.
And next: charcoal roasted squid tentacles: delicious and succulent...
And without realising we had also ordered some more squid, which was tender and juicy. By this stage we were sufficiently satisfied with what turned into quite a seafood feast!
For dessert we shared a home-made chocolate ice cream with fresh orange, a moscatel sherry and espresso.
We left vowing to buy sherry to enjoy at home and pleased with another restaurant find.
*Many of the dishes that we had appear not to be on the Rosita any longer.
Rosita & The Sherry Bar
124 Northcote Road
London
SW11 6QU
020 7998 9093
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