March 15, 2008: Movida

Hell's Kitchen, as well as hence squashed into MoVida's entry for a farther fifteen minutes or hence earlier our tabular array was ready. This was plenty of fourth dimension to instruct a experience for the infinite - depression lights, lots of noise, as well as exclusively a few staff chop-chop as well as capably attention tables. In fact, the feller receiving us at the door provided almost all of the service to our high bar tabular array that night. Ours was a small-scale space, amongst just barely plenty room to gibe our food, but at to the lowest degree it forced us to sit down closed as well as made it easier to listen each other.

I took photos, but they were my most hopeless yet! Instead of inflicting them upon you lot I shout out upward the carte du jour descriptions volition create - the presentation was really rustic as well as unpretentious as well as I'm certain you lot tin imagine it good enough. It'll brand the experience to a greater extent than authentic, given that nosotros could barely encounter the nutrient ourselves inward the dim surrounds!

Croqueta ($3 each) - fried silky croquettes filled amongst mushrooms. These were sizable balls amongst a golden-fried crumb coating. Inside was similar molten mushrooms! Silky indeed.

Patatas a la pobre ($9.50) - 'poor mans potatoes', boring cooked nicola potatoes amongst peppers inward olive oil. These enormous Irish Gaelic patato chunks were tender all the way through amongst an incredible depth of flavour. The roasted peppers as well as dressing added just the correct acidic contrast. The traditional lift is forthwith something of a misnomer given their richness as well as price.

Setas asado con jerez ($9.50) - oven roasted portabello mushrooms finished amongst sherry vinegar. Huge as well as boozy, a expert complement to the potatoes as well as to the rich meats the other 2 were eating.

Expinacos con garbanzos ($9) - sauteed spinach amongst chickpeas as well as spices. Another flavoursome dish, though belike my to the lowest degree favourite of the night. But facial expression at its competition!

Ensalada valenciana ($8) - Valencian salad, endive, orange, palm hearts as well as manzanillo olives. This added much-needed lightness as well as freshness. The palm hearts were a novel vegetable for me as well as reminded me most of artichoke hearts.

The dessert carte du jour is splashed across the wall inward chalk, as well as it must guide keep been looking at it over my caput all nighttime that inspired Michael to gild his ain dessert rather than sharing i amongst me. He picked the hot ganache pudding w vanilla edible bean ice-cream ($12.50). It was the rich molten chocolate experience you'd expect. I don't guide keep much to nation nearly my churros amongst hot chocolate ($9) either - piece I enjoyed them, I wasn't just wowed. I shout out upward it but way that I'm to a greater extent than a fan of intensely cocoa-y experiences than this milder, to a greater extent than carb-laden dessert. Pass me the 70% Lindt!

Movida isn't actually the house for a outset appointment or a sedate dinner amongst your parents - much ameliorate to crowd inward amongst your to a greater extent than refined buddies as well as comfortably lunge across the tabular array to assistance yourself to the tempting tapas just out of reach. Clearly, then, nosotros were in that place for the correct occasion as well as birthday man child Mike did relish the nutrient immensely. In spite of the small-scale discover of staff on the flooring nosotros received first-class service as well as I didn't discovery the prices to endure excessive. There is plenty for a vegetarian to enjoy, though the eating theater sells a lot of meat products. For this argue I wouldn't especially recommend MoVida for a vego's ain special nighttime out, but I tin happily encourage you lot to guide keep a friend's invitation every bit nosotros did.

Address: 1 Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 9663 3038
Fully licensed
Price: veg tapas $3-$10, dessert $9-$13
Website: www.movida.com.au