MOJITOP.COM is just a group of friends rooted in Barcelona, who would like to contribute to improve the level of the mojitos in the city.
We like to do expeditions in the city, and sometimes we invite the blog followers.
If you have suggestions, you are more than welcome to share them with us too!
We like to "conquer" Bars, which means to visit them and evaluate their mojitos.
About barris, we often visit Gràcia, Poble Sec, Raval and Born, but we've also been to more exotic places like Eixample and Barceloneta.
To explore all the possibilities, we also try out different recipes for mojitos and their variations.
Also from time to time we'll report on curisities related to mojitos, like the mojitos we taste in other cities.
Interviews and stories about interesting people are in this blog.

29 September 2009

Mojitos al Mamainé - "hi ha un elefant al meu mojito!"

Adreça: Carrer del Rec 59 08003 Barcelona (El Born)

Per fi vam poder trobar lloc en aquesta cockteleria del Born. Ho havíem intentat 3 altres vegades però sempre està ple a vessar i nosaltres quan nem de mojitos som una mica senyoritus i ens agrada tenir una cadira o una mica d'espai per beure'l tranquil·lament. I aquest cop hi havia espai I cadires! Ho havíem d'aprofitar....
  • Nota: 6,38 (avaluat per 4 mojiexperts) --> Categoria "drinkable" i se'n va a la posició 38 del rànquing de mojitop
  • Preu: 7 €
I el mojito com era? Així:
  • Menta fresca
  • Suc de llimona
  • Rom blanc Bacardí
  • Gel de didals
  • Sucre blanc
  • Got gran
  • 2 canyes negres
  • Maxacador en forma d'elefant de diferents colors fosforitos
Era un mojito amb una bona presentació i en teoria adequat d'ingredients, però li faltava gust bàsicament de tot. Aquí destacava sobretot el maxacador, que no havíem vist mai abans: amb forma d'elefant la part que maxaca i per dirigir-lo des de dalt, l'agafes de la trompa: què xulo, no?

Si et dels afortunats que troben cadira i/o espai, el lloc és petit però agradable, i igual que al Copetín (a la vorera del davant), et posen crispetes, que entren molt bé, la veritat! :-)

24 September 2009

Mojitos in Beijing - HouHaiHong

Price - 20 yuan (roughly 2€)
Location - HouHaiHong - a bar with a terrace by the Houhai lake

As our followers know because of our previous post - mojitop.com travelled to Beijing, China to find their best mojitos.


The first experience wasn't very encouraging, but since we're dedicated people we continued pursuing our goal - finding a great mojito. Our second try was at HouHaiHong, which could be translated as "The popular in HouHai" (and HouHai might be the Queen's lake or the "Lake after" - we don't really know (if any of our readers can help us at this, we'll be happy to learn some chinese!)).



Anyway, the second mojito was quite good. Good balance of sugar and mint and some lemon that gave it a citric touch (even when it's not the same a lime...). A good mojito according to the two mojiexperts at the venue.



The size was reasonably big and the terrace had nice views over the lake. And the price was also good (according to our standards).

It was amenised by a chinese guy with a guitar singing - a very extended tradition in the area, where most bars offer live-music. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too kind with us and we had to finish our mojitos inside!

Special thanks to Wim for taking us to the area and translating the name of the bar :)

22 September 2009

Mojitos en el Candela - pequeños pero concentrados

Dirección: C/ Hospital 48, 08001 Barcelona (Raval)

El restaurante Candela está en una de las calles más transitadas del Raval, y sí, a parte de comida también hacen mojitos.

El mojito en el Candela tenía estos ingredientes:
  • Hielo machacado
  • Ron blanco Cañuca
  • Vaso pequeño redondo
  • Lima a octavos
  • Menta fresca
  • 2 cañas negras cortadas
  • Agua con gas
  • Azúcar blanco


Este mojito estaba hecho primero mezclando con el mortero y luego mezclando con la coctelera, lo que hace que el azúcar se disuelva bastante.

Aunque le faltaba la angostura, era un mojito muy equilibrado de sabores. La lástima es que había bastante diferencia entre mojito y mojito, y era un poco ruleta rusa. El vaso era pequeño, pero la verdad es que estaba bastante concentrado y no echabas de menos 1 litro más.

Al final:
  • Nota media: 7,25 (de máximo 10, evaluado por 3 mojiexperts y un babymoji) -->digna posición 14 del ránquing de mojitop!
  • Precio: 7 €
El local también está bien, es pequeñito pero está decorado con cuadros y mucho color. Vale la pena!

21 September 2009

Mojitos in Beijing - HouHai lake mojitos 1 of 3 - No name!


Mojito world doesn't stop in Europe, and travelled this time to Asia to discover its mojitos. Yes, we know mojitos are originary from the Caribbean, but chinese are famous for copying EVERYTHING!! Everything?? We don't know, but they did copy the Recipe of the mojitos!!

We tried different mojitos in Beijing (the capital of China), here comes the report about the first of them. As usual, we try to write our mojito world reports in english so everyone can understand them, especially the owners of the bars - but in this case it doesn't make such a difference because mojitop.com is not accessible from China!!

Anyway here comes the report:

Price - 30 yuan
Bar - No name (that's the name)- one of the many around HouHai lake :)
Evaluation - a very mild mojito, the rum was nowhere to be found!

Our first mojito experience in Beijing was a bit deceiving. Even if the waiter ran out of the bar very fast to his car to get a plant of mint with which he prepared the mojito, the result was rather bad. The rum couln't be tasted, so it was a sweet sort of refreshing drink with mint.
The size wasn't also too impressing.

For the rest the bar was ok, they made a very nice Beijing style duck, which we found delicious!
But if you go to Beijing, we recommend you to chose some other place where to order your mojito! More recommendations soon at mojitop.com! :)

20 September 2009

Mojitos al Chico Chango - A Mèxic també saben fer MOJITOS!

Direcció: Sant Pere Mes Alt, 34 08003 Barcelona
chicochango.bar@gmail.com


No, no vam agafar l'avió per anar a Mèxic. Però aquest cop, seguint una recomanació, vam anar a parar a un bar mexicà.
El Chico Chango és un bar restaurant situat als voltants del Palau de la Música. És un lloc petit (4 o 5 taules), però força agradable i està decorat a l'estil mexicà. Cal destacar les típiques màscares de lluita lliure mexicana.

Vam demanar els mojitos i quan els van portar ens va sorpendre el tamany i el got. Era un mojito tamany XXL, cosa que sempre s'agraeix, sobretot si és bò (en aquest cas ho era).
Pel que fa al got, era bastant xulo i a més es podia utilitzar com a gerro per posar flors. Era temptador ... Pero a Mojitop no ens dediquem a recol·lectar gots.


Ingredients del Mojito:

- Rom Negrita fosc
- Angostura
- Menta
- Llima
- Soda
- Suc de Llimona
- Sucre blanc
- Gel didals
- Canya color verd fosforito
- Tamany gran o molt gran

Preu: 5,5€

El mojito era realment bo (així ho reflecteix la nota). Per trobar-li algun defecte potser era una mica massa amarg.
Nota: 8 (de màxim 10 punts; avaluat per 3 mojiexperts). Amb aquesta nota el Chico Chango es situa en la posició número 4 del rànquing de Mojitop, una fantàstica posició.

Si voleu un mojito i us voleu guiar per la famosa norma del "bueno-bonito-barato", el Chico Chango és un dels llocs on heu d'anar, trobareu un bon mojito, no passareu set i el preu serà força correcte. A més, fan Happy Hour de 17-21h (3,9€).