Weekend food with Darina Allen

I’VE HAD Barrafina Tapas Bar on my London list for ages, but somehow didn’t manage to make it until recently.

Everyone I know tells me it’s possibly the best in London — Giles Coran, not given to unbridled praise, wrote in The Times ‘Barrafina is a tapas bar and the best of its kind, the food is fantastic.

When they opened in Soho four years ago Sam and Eddie could scarcely have predicted how successful their no-reservations tapas bar and restaurant would be — it’s packed and buzzing all the time, always stylish and lively.’