Well, never let it be said I don't field test my random claims... after unfavourably comparing Barcelona's chain El Trobador with London's All Bar One I hit the later's outlet on Cannon Street to see if it had improved any since my last visit (of course I don't go there often: I think it sucks).
Was it fair to order Tapas? Wasn't that just going to underline the differences with El Trobador. You bet it was, but let's just blame All Bar One for making it's "Tapas" such a big part of the menu. We ordered humous, meatballs, chicken, tapenade, enchilada and mushrooms (with goats cheese). There were none of the staples one would associate with Spanish Tapas.
Anyway: enchilada dry and tasteless; meatballs just tasted of tomato; mushrooms overcooked, goat cheese weak; tapenade dry but ok; chicken bland, even with the spices; humous, ok, but tasted like a supermarket offering, not made-in-house. Overall - poor, but not awful; certainly not worth bothering with if you have any other options. The only upside was that, by London standards at £22 it was reasonably cheap.
Did have a nice Leffe to go with it though, so at least my lunch hour wasn't entirely wasted.
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