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Review of Moro
01 Nov 07, 17:49
Viva Moro! 
It may be busy, it may be noisy, but Moro delivers on all other fronts. We went late on a Saturday night just after the Rugby World Cup, and the din was impressive to say the least, but once seated we had our very own culinary adventure, such is the quality of the menu.
My intensely flavoured pate melted in the mouth, and was accompanied with a chilled Amontillado as per the menu recommendation - quite the most satisfying combination of tastes and textures I've had in a long while. The thing about Moro is that it confounds expectations: its roots are in Southern Spain but the cooking takes off on fascinating tangents and keeps surprising you. We had lamb for our main course - NOT a tagine! - perfectly cooked and flavoured, and oh so tender, a shining example of exactly how it should be.
Our waiter knew his stuff too - and acceded to our many requests and questions with grace and good humour, making several excellent recommendations along the way. We finished the meal with a Pedro Xeminez - a wonderful dessert sherry redolent of raisins and molasses.
And with that taste still tickling our taste buds as we wandered out into Exmouth Market after midnight, we found our earlier defeat in the rugby had faded to such an extent that we could judge the evening a great success...
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