Tendido Cero

Cambio de Tercio Group

http://www.cambiodetercio.co.uk

Cambio de Tercio opens London sherry bar - Decanter

Capote y Toros (cape and bulls) joins Lucas’ acclaimed Old Brompton Road restaurant Cambio de Tercio and its nearby siblings Tendido Cero and Tendido Cuatro, both tapas bars.

Described as a ‘ham and sherry’ bar on the website, the tiny bar – it seats just 20 – will carry ‘at least 100 sherries – as much as we can get in the UK plus many sent from Spain,’ Lusa told Decanter.com.

Lusa said that the bulk of sherry sales in his restaurants were for the aperitif wines, and sweet sherries with dessert, but he is convinced that as soon as people understand how well sherry goes with food, they will be converted.

Capote y Toros will offer 100 sherries by the glass and about 30 in half bottles, as well as 400 Spanish wines from the restaurant next door.

Capote y Toros is located at 157 Old Brompton Road in South Kensington and is three doors down from the flagship Cambio de Tercio.

Tendido Cero Spanish Restaurant, Old Brompton Rd, Earls Court ...

Tendido Cero is a cheap place to eat at 174 Old Brompton Road in Earl's Court, London, and serves Spanish food.

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Tendido Cero restaurant review 2012 September London | Spanish ...

It offers tapas rather than the more elaborate dishes of Cambio, though there are a few dishes in common.

At a lunch I had the miniature spicy patatas bravas (£7.25) that are a signature dish of Cambio: although not quite as neatly executed, this modern take on the classic dish, with bite-sized potato casings filled with spicy aioli, was still very good to eat (14/20).

Tortilla (£6), the potato omelette, had very good texture and was served with aioli on the side (14/20).

The bill came to £28.41 for three tapas dishes, and mineral water at £3.75; service was included at 12.5%.

The food itself was very good, and compares well to most tapas bars in London.

Tendido Cero Restaurant - London, | OpenTable

Restaurant review: Tendido Cuatro, London | Life and style | The ...

We may know nothing about art, and we may not even know what we like, but we do at least know what we don't like, as a visit to Tendido Cuatro will console.

It could be that the animal looks quizzical because it's wondering where it left the colonoscope and latex glove, though another canvas featuring the same dancer, disrobed, straddling a colleague with, presumably, a hole in the crotch of his tights, suggests not.

The menu, meanwhile, has a faint Manuellian flavour ("It takes twice more liquid than any other," it says of Valencian paella rice) and, given that the owners are the top pros behind the vaunted Cambio de Tercio and Tendido Cero, this feels clumsily contrived to imply authenticity.

Decent tapas is such a crowded market now, especially in this Sloaney heartland, that Tendido Cuatro wisely looks for a USP in the guise of "Gourmet" paella.

There may be no more visually pleasing dish in the world, which counts for something when the alternative view involves a canine gastroenterologist.

Tendido Cero | Restaurants in South Kensington, London

Part of the three-tiered tapas empire on the corner of Old Brompton Road, Tendido Cero is the mid-market companion to Capote y Toros’s informal sherry and tapas bar and the fancier Cambio de Tercio across the road.

This venue distinguishes itself by having the formality of white tablecloths and good Spanish service, yet a more relaxed and innovative menu that also remains faithful to the old favourites.

Chorizo in northern Spanish cider, and prawns in garlic butter were both classics done very well; the prawns especially had a soft infusion of garlic flavours through a rich butter sauce, which turned a simple crustacean into something sublime.