#666 - Get to know the goths

Timeout says:
Garlic & Shots is genius. The concept is straightforward: it serves just about anything, so long as it comes with garlic. Skip the food and head over to the bar to try the 'blood shot' - a tomato, garlic and chilli vodka shot. OK, it might pong a bit inside, but there's always the very nice yard out the back.

Dave did:
One of my oldest friends announced her impending visit to London and I was asked to find a suitable pub for a drink. If ever there was an opportunity to cross off another of my Things this was it!

And so it was that we found ourselves walking down Old Compton street towards 'Garlic and Shots'. True to its word, as we entered the dark and dingy bar, a staff member was sitting on a table at the site peeling garlic cloves whilst some diners tucked into a garlic dip.

The barman had the audacity to treat US like the weird ones, giving us an awkward look as if visitors should not ask him questions until after sunset (we only asked what beers he served!). Eventually we got hold for 2 beers and headed out the back for some fresh air (although I can't smell myself - another story - Lou did note that it ponged a bit too much for her liking).

Disappointingly the beers were not complimented by any garlic, and so Lou ventured back to the bar for another round. To my horror she returned with another 2 beers....and the blood shot!

As timeout describes, the blood shot is just a 35ml shot, but crammed full of vodka, tomato juice, tequilla and chilli. Of course Lou only got one blood shot, and she purchased it with only one taster in mind - me!



It initially tastes like a bloody mary, but then once the tomato juice part is out the way, you look down the 'nozzel' of the shot glass and realise that the barman has actually crammed a WHOLE chilli into the base of the glass AND some black pepper for good measure!



Fire-breathing-dragon doesn't cover it...unfortunately Lou took most of the reaction shots which I have yet to get a hold of, but needless to say it wasn't a pleasant aftertaste (and the free bout of hiccups didn't help either - a strange reaction I have to eating chilli's)

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