The S and I went to Unity last night, this time we booked a table which was a good call as it was busier than I have ever seen it. Most tables were full with the bar completely occupied. It's not hard to see why with the great drinks and even better food selection. Tucked away off Silverton road next to the infamous Cafe 99 it is a place that could easily go forgotten but due to the relaxed atmosphere amidst concrete walls, hard wood floors and subdued lighting interspersed with paintings of cows and pigs on red brick walls which is completely outshone by the cocktail and tapas menu on offer.
We started off our evening with a jug of Pimms to share. This came served in a carafe filled with Pimms, sprite, ice and an assortment of fresh strawberries, oranges and cucumber. There is even a suped up option where you can substitute the sprite for a Smirnoff storm.
After we found out our waitress was in fact an old student of the S, and me getting annoyed at him for not introducing me when he clearly knew this other woman, and then me feeling bad because S, well being S of course, had finally recognised her as an old student (3/4's through the conversation) but could not place her name and so had not actually been able to do the usual round of introductions. My eyes were bigger than my stomach, as usual, and we set about ordering ourselves a feast. After trying both the tapas eating option and ordering full on main meals at Unity, we have both decided that tapas is the way to go. After a debate of which options to pick we went with, wait for it while I take a deep breath; salt & paper squid, potato & chorizo, spicy beef strips, a cold meat platter, deep fried jalepeno poppers and prawns!
The dishes are served on wooden boards covered with baking paper. This really lends to the concept of bar food and tapas with everyone at the table being able to dig in. Or in the case of myself, eyeing out the number of prawns, seeing five and then bartering away some of my portion of the cold meat platter to him in return for the extra tiger prawn. I did put all the prawns onto my plate, just in case he miscounted and ate my extra one!
The food is tasty and so easy to eat, all hands in! The squid was probably my least favourite, however I think simply because the other options sent the standard high. The spicy beef was deliciously spicy still heating up in its bowl of sauce, the potato and chorizo complimented each other so well with the smokiness of the chorizo coming in through the potato. Tiger prawns, cooked. Need I say more? Jalepeno poppers, the pips removed, always a good thing to do, had loads of cheese so anymore an I would've felt sick, but I enjoyed the sweet burn that comes with them. Finally the cold meat platter was large and combined with gerkins, ripe cherry tomatoes and covered in rocket with fresh bread which you could break off and squish a bit of salami, tomato and rocket into and then quickly shovel into your mouth to start on the next one with a piece of prosciutto.
Due to complete over eating we weren't able to face a dessert, however a delicious sounding vanilla cheesecake with Guinness ice-cream almost convinced me.
Unity is a great place to meet up with friends, have some drinks, be in their own brew of beer called Cowbell or one of their cocktails chosen from an extensive list, and then of course to tuck into some pub grub of the deliciously delicate kind. Ladies even the lipstick won't smudge, unless it's from licking your lips too much from the moreish food. The food is locally sourced and the beer locally brewed, what a recipe for success. Click here to find out more on their website
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