The next day, we revisited one of my favourite places: Movida at Hosier Lane...
I don't know why this street is so covered with graffiti, but I do know that taking away the graffiti would destroy the character of this lane. In fact, in 2020, this is exactly what happened. The "street art" along Hosier Lane was defaced by masked vandals, which triggered a major outcry. This was treated as a crime, investigated by police, and condemned by politicians and the public. Graffiti artists were invited back to the lane to "restore" it with a new coating of graffiti and soon things were set right.
We arrived just at the start of lunch service. The restaurant was empty when we arrived, but soon filled up with lunch guests.
I was with Mrs yflyer and Miss yflyer no.1, so I had reserved a table, but on previous business trips, when I was travelling solo, I spent very pleasant evenings at the bar counter, sampling their sherry and their small plates, sometimes striking up conversations with fellow solo-diners, who were sometimes also on solo business trips.
This was where I first developed a taste for sherry by the glass (Or Jerez...)
I am still a sherry newbie, so it was nice to see a range of different styles, Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso etc represented.
I began with a Barrero 'Gabriela' Manzanilla. (What's the difference between a Fino and a Manzanilla sherry, wondered? I found this article very useful.)
Very nice...if this was evening and not lunch, I would have been tempted to walk down the list to sample more of the sherries.
Mrs yflyer went for a Sangria...
There was also an impressive selection of G&T's ...
...as well as a smallish list of cocktails...
We sampled their Victorian Cobbler, right, and the Madeiricano, left...
I don't know why this street is so covered with graffiti, but I do know that taking away the graffiti would destroy the character of this lane. In fact, in 2020, this is exactly what happened. The "street art" along Hosier Lane was defaced by masked vandals, which triggered a major outcry. This was treated as a crime, investigated by police, and condemned by politicians and the public. Graffiti artists were invited back to the lane to "restore" it with a new coating of graffiti and soon things were set right.
We arrived just at the start of lunch service. The restaurant was empty when we arrived, but soon filled up with lunch guests.
I was with Mrs yflyer and Miss yflyer no.1, so I had reserved a table, but on previous business trips, when I was travelling solo, I spent very pleasant evenings at the bar counter, sampling their sherry and their small plates, sometimes striking up conversations with fellow solo-diners, who were sometimes also on solo business trips.
This was where I first developed a taste for sherry by the glass (Or Jerez...)
I am still a sherry newbie, so it was nice to see a range of different styles, Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso etc represented.
I began with a Barrero 'Gabriela' Manzanilla. (What's the difference between a Fino and a Manzanilla sherry, wondered? I found this article very useful.)
Very nice...if this was evening and not lunch, I would have been tempted to walk down the list to sample more of the sherries.
Mrs yflyer went for a Sangria...
There was also an impressive selection of G&T's ...
...as well as a smallish list of cocktails...
We sampled their Victorian Cobbler, right, and the Madeiricano, left...
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