Raffles reviews: Movida Next Door

Deciding where to have lunch in Melbourne was really hard because there were so many places to choose from. Mama wouldn’t let me eat at them all so I had to pick just one. Not fair.

While we were arguing over where to eat (I wanted sashimi and daddy wanted Chinese) we went for a walk in Hosier Lane to look at all the cool street art. My favourite pictures were of a half skeleton/half boy and a samurai cat with a katana.

While we were there we smelled an amazing smell that was so good daddy and I changed our minds and decided we would have lunch at the place that smelled good, Movida. But it was booked out. Poo! Lucky for us there was a mini Movida right next door that had a table so we had lunch there instead.

The yummy smoky smell made my tummy rumble. The nice man who looked after us must have heard it and brought bread and oil to chomp on so I didn’t die of hunger while we waited for our lunch to be cooked. Not that we had to wait long at all.

Mum and dad got Chorizo Bombas. I liked the name but they  were just potato stuffed with chorizo and didn’t explode like I though they would. They were soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside and had a spicy sauce. I had a taste and they were yum. Daddy says he could push them in his face all day.

There was a shared meat plate (embudito) that had salami, jamon and black chorizo… but I didn’t really share and ate the lot while mum and dad were distracted by my sister chucking a tanty.

My sister and I had a chorizo burger (bocadillo de chorizo) with aioli which was completely awesome but we gave the pickled pippara pepper (try saying that really fast) that came with it to mama. My mama’s a bit like a pet dog, we give her the scraps and she always eats them.

The quail with beans and jamon (codorniz) was like eating tiny chicken drumsticks and baked beans without red sauce, only yummier.

The crumbed fish (pescadillo) was flaky and tasty and my dad tried to eat the eyeball to gross me out.

Best of all was the dessert, Churros  (churros con chocolate).

I like churros so much. And these were the best churros in the world. They were soft and crunchy and sprinkled with fairy dust. Actually it was just cinnamon sugar. They came with thick drinking chocolate but I preferred them plain. We ordered seconds.

Movida Next Door was so good I want to live there.

Reviewed by Raffles – aged 6

Movida Next Door
164 Flinders St, (cnr Hosier Lane) Melbourne VIC 3000
http://www.movida.com.au
PH: (03) 9663 3038

An award-winning travel writer and photographer, Aleney de Winter was fresh from school when she first set off to explore the far reaches of Australia with a two-man tent and a beaten-up Kingswood for company. Three decades, and two kids later, and she's still on the go, with her itchy-footed offspring in tow.