Glorious sunny day at Tapas Fantasticas in Potters Fields Park. This is my second year attending this food and drink festival, last year it was in a more cramped location in Brick Lane. I really like the new site, nestled in between landmark buildings like Tower Bridge and City Hall, it is a stunning setting. The festival which is organised by Wines from Rioja seems to be very lucky with the weather – it was on during a heat wave last year as well. It is such a civilized day out, entrance is free and there are no real queues for any of the stands which sell reasonably priced wine by the glass and off course some rather good Tapas.
There are also organised wine tastings, we booked a session with Iron Chefs Olly Smith, who is always good value and guaranteed entertainment.
However my favourite wine of the day wasn’t at the tasting, but was from the El Coto de Rioja stand. It was a really smooth Coto de Imaz Reserva.
I also tried a couple of Tapas dishes – Salt cod fried in batter, and some blue cheese and ham croquettes, both delicious.
Next years festival will be in my diary too, weather permitting off course.