Copita

 

I have been wanting to try out this little Soho tapas joint since my friend and sous Chef from The Bull and Last took over as Head chef here and totally revamped the menu. It is a small place which makes use of the space by people sipping delicious Spanish wine on shared long wooden bars.

Nacho (what a great name for a chef) popped out to say hi with some scallops on pea puree which was so good with our glass of Rioja. He said he wanted to move away from the idea of tapas only being Spanish and his stint at The Bull and Last is clear in the menu. Especially the duck parfait with the added Oloroso (£4.65) and the beef Onglet with tomato and fried potatoes patas brava style (£6.50). Nacho urged us to try the signature ajo blanco, a white gazpacho, made with almonds and garlic and served with beetroot and slices of red grape and the veg dishes but my firm favourites were the marinated lamb with carrots and black olives (£6.95)  – so tender and tasty and violet artichokes with piquillo alioli (£4.75) - lightly fried little bombs of flavour. We finished by sharing a lemon sorbet with rose cava, which was a perfectly refreshing end to a hot day and a full belly. I feel like I have reviewed two restaurants here but it would be impossible not to give a nod to the North London gastro pub owing to it’s influence in the overhaul of Copita’s menu.

The descriptions of tapas is more a list of ingredients so our curiosity meant we tried pretty much everything on the menu and our purses felt the pain when presented with the bill but tapas satisfyingly means you get to try so much more and when it’s this good and adventurous, you just want to go back mañana!