And the food is as indulgent, celebratory and sensory an experience as any of his films. (To be fair, the term for Italian small plates is ‘cicchetti’.) And funnily enough, on sipping some of the citrus-heavy, summer-in-a-glass cocktails on offer – the Italian Marmelleta, for example, made of Malfy Arancia gin, Lillet, Campari, marmalade and bitters – my guest and I were transported to the lush gardens of Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name. That TOZI serves not Spanish food, but fine Italian fare – and as tapas to boot! – is all part of the clashy fun. TOZI’s chic interior benefits from masses of natural light (Images: Matthew Shaw/provided) Frankie Goes To Hollywood biopic starring Callum Scott Howells is in the works.Red, White & Royal Blue gets R-rating for its blue scenes.And the world beyond is part of the show, too: through floor-to-ceiling windows, frazzled shoppers pound along Electric Boulevard, all in their own private Almodóvarian movie. (Is that a crocodile in a bowler hat?) A gargantuan steel structure in the centre of the room could be the latest glossy mod con to catch the Spanish auteur’s eye. Tomato red sculptures hang from the ceiling, as do tapestries at once garish and tasteful, depicting bizarre subjects. In fact, the bold, art-focused interior of the brand spanking new TOZI Grand Cafe, located next door to London’s recently made-over Battersea Power Station, has the look and feel of many Almodóvar films. I can now say I’ve dined at a restaurant with the same zany energy as those earrings. I think about this style choice on a monthly basis. In Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the classic screwball farce by Pedro Almodóvar from 1988, a woman wears earrings shaped like espresso pots.

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