TapaVino
Historic = ●
Distinctly average = ●
Dismal = ●
“Que esta
la vida? La vida es sueño.”
This translates as: “What is life. Life is a dream”. It’s by
a Spanish dramatist, poet and writer Pedro
Calderón de la Barca and is the Spanish equivalent of Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be” speech. Whereas Shakespeare's
effort is somewhat nonsensical, silly and written whilst drunk in a debaucherous
tavern, Calderón’s talks of the earth,
of sea, good wine and friends and ultimately the importance of food. So if your
life is full of these things, then life truly is a dream.
SupperClub, Life is a dream indeed.
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SupperClubs take on 'The Last Supper'
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Food rating: ●
Because we
had a large group we had the set menu - $55 per head. Food came at a good pace
and never disappointed. Dishes of particular note
include: cow's milk cheese & toasted walnuts in vine leaves a la
plancha, with toasted sourdough– fantastically strong & bitey, the yellow
fin tuna cruda, spiced almonds, sherry dressing – historic. Tender tuna with
a delicious sherry undertones.
Jeff commented the food was: "plentiful,
with diverse flavours and delicious".
Both of
the desserts: chocolate
terrine, olive oil & salt flake, and the mil hojas; puff pastry, custard,
& sherry soaked prunes, with a Pedro Ximenez dressing were consumed with gusto.
Service: ●
Bravo! The
voting speaks for itself. The service at TapaVivo was very good. We
seemed to have one waiter (or was it twins?) who saw to our every whim. Happy, helpful and super friendly - without ever being a wanker. He was attentive and recommended some decent reds. TapaVino
- muy bueno!
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| Cracking vino and company - Rusty, Mule, Jeff and Kainsey |
The place was buzzing! A few people mentioned that is was a touch too loud to enjoy the winning chat, so be warned of that. It was however a Friday night and everyone was generally excitable.
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Señoritas por favor
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TapaVino is influenced by the
culture of sip-a-little-bit-of-this-and-eat-a-little-bit-of-that. However it
was all so good we adopted our own philosophy which was: gulp-a-lot-of-this-and-gobble-a-lot-of-that.
Cost: $120 per
person. There
were thirteen of us. $55 a head for the set menu - the rest was made up of
countless bottles of beautiful, full-bodied Rioja and quaffable Tempranillo.
The search for Sydney’s best restaurant, continues...
