After the suggestion left in our comments box by Lauren, Mojitop had the mission to go and see this famous bar and go and taste its famous mojitos!
Description of the mojito:
- Small ice cubes, but the waiter smashed the ice cubes bag with a rolling pin before opening it
- White and dark rum (first white, then dark)
- Fresh mint
- Long glass, like for "cubatas" or "cañas"
- Soda
- White sugar
- Lemon syrup: Pulco
- Angostura
- With a straw and a shaker-mixer stick
- Average mark: 5.7 (out of max. 10 points; evaluated by 4 mojiexperts and 2 guests)
- Price: 5 €
There was a woman "producing" tens of mojitos, with an industrial concentration. One of us even tried to talk to her but it was definitely impossible, she is a mojito-machine!
About the place, let's say that it's like drinking a mojito in the metro at the rush hour. Can you imagine it? Really uncomfortable, people pushing you and your drink, too hot, you are constantly looking about your walet to see if it's still there and you just want to get out of there.
Apart from that, the decoration is Cuban: flags all around, virgin Mary statues, framed pictures and letters, etc. The music was not very good, but it didn't matter because it was too crowded to listen to it.
-->We recommend to all the people who were drinking mojitos there, to go and try other bars in Gràcia, like Salambó, Limbus or Pájaro Loco: they are much better!
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For me the negative part was the rush-hour feeling and the uneven quality of the mojitos. One had lots of mint, another very little. One was strong, another sweet. So even if they claim to follow an original recipe, it just doesn't come out like that.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand you might also get very lucky and be served that excellent mojito, just by chance.