Siorai Bar, Archway, N19

An unusual "neighbourhood bar and kitchen" in a shop unit, though this is no micropub. The door leads into a fairly small oblong room with the bar at the back. The floorboards are pretty scruffy, the tables and chairs have mostly seen better days and there are a couple of dark red leather sofas and a pair of armchairs further back near the bar. Some subdued pop music was being played on the sound system. On the bar itself is a modest offering of just two lagers and Guinness. There is no real ale here. With a choice of Staropramen and Camden Hells I went for the latter, but only because I've never tried it before. I probably won't be drinking it again. The chief attractions in the Hideaway are the paintings on the wall, apparently based on the covers of books of the sort that would have described people having sex if it hadn't been illegal to do so at the time. Appreciating the artist's efforts in depicting naked breasts, while simultaneously not depicting any nipples, helped to pass the time until I had finished my half.