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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Phone: 02078363609
Payment options: All major cards accepted
Spanish treats await at Oops
There are some restaurateurs who seem intent on self-sabotage. Why else would the owners of this rather splendid Spanish number open it on a street defined by its Covent Garden tourist clip joints and then, to add insult to injury, call it Oops? Like, oops, we meant to open in Mayfair; or oops, we planned an all-you-can-eat Indian; or oops, we forgot to offer a nice chilled Manzanilla on our otherwise intriguing wine list?
Who knows? Braving its dark, deliberately cork strewn interior on a sunny day reaped surprising rewards. There’s a hidden, really handsome upstairs room. And ordering from the lunch menu – four small dishes for £12.95 – brought a succession of excellent quality Iberian treats: thinly sliced, nutty fuet (a salami-like Catalan sausage); ripe, mulchy morcilla (black pudding) with caramelised onions; meaty chorizo cooked, Asturian-style, in cider; and Basque-influenced salt cod on piquillo peppers.
There were the odd weirdnesses: a tepid blue cheese croqueta that, while it tasted fine, had an off-putting beige interior; bread tasted frozen; a generous plateful of terrific, acorn fed Iberico ham (ordered in addition to the set menu) had all its silky, melting fat trimmed; perhaps a sop to British tastes but a huge mistake nevertheless. As they say: oops. Marina O’Loughlin
A meal for two with wine, water and service costs about £80.
31 Catherine Street WC2. Tel: 020 7836 3609.
Tube: Covent Garden
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
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