Today we had lunch at Olea Benijófar, and it was fabulous. We had been out all morning, had to pop into Benijófar for a meeting at 2.15, so we decided instead of nipping back home for a quick visit, just to drive straight through and have lunch out somewhere. We…
Category: Culinary Adventures
Asian Options
Saturday Ruby At The Bombay
We lunched once again at The Bombay. The other Saturday saw Soph, her mum and I in Catral and as we’d nothing really planned for food, we decided to have a curry. The last time her mum was across, we had been here and she enjoyed it, so we returned…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Aquilino Restaurante Lunch
We had lunch on Tuesday at Aquilino Restaurante, down in San Pedro del Pinatar and boy what a find this place is.As well as the restaurant where we had a menu del dia, you can also sit at the bar for tapas and then go to the cheese and meat…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Menu Del Dia At La Chola Catral
We visited La Chola in Catral today for lunch. This was our first ever visit and it won’t be our last. A month or so back we were going to call in, but the street was blocked due to a delivery on an artic, the one way system was busy,…
Culinary Adventures
Fabulous Food At Gong Restaurant Spain
We had booked into Gong ages back and I’m so glad we made the 30+ minute drive down there in the cold on Boxing Day. This is a brilliant restaurant, if you like Thai infused food, which both Soph and I do. Actually I should have called this post: Fabulous…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Bella’s Coffee Lounge Quesada Afternoon Tea
Soph had booked us in for the Bella’s Coffee Lounge Quesada Christmas afternoon tea, which is our last afternoon tea of this year. As we are winding down to the couple of days off, we were looking forward to visiting here, once again. What We Had We had the Christmas…
A Taste Of Home
Dog & Firkin Breakfast – A Sunday Treat
Last Sunday, the 7th, we went out and while we were in Catral, we had a Dog & Firkin Breakfast. Yes you read that right, I had a breakfast and as Soph said she fancied a cooked breakfast, we called in here. I’d had a breakfast in here one Saturday…
Culinary Adventures
Fish Bowl Festive Menu del Día
Today we braved the cold and had a delightful Fish Bowl Festive Menu del Día, which we had pre-booked. What We Had We both ordered the Fish Bowl Festive Menu del Día, plus added a pre starter of the warm bread. For our drinks, I had a Coke Zero and…
A Taste Of Home
Lovely Lilly Bunters Afternoon Tea
Today was our pre booked Christmas Lilly Bunters afternoon tea and it was fabulous. We had called in a few weeks ago, as they now make their own delicious pork pies with jelly and collected one. Anyway, to kill a couple of birds with one stone, so to speak, we…
Culinary Adventures
Bellissimo Restaurant Afternoon Tea: Yummy!
Today we ventured out into Rojales to the Bellissimo Restaurant at La Marquesa Golf. Soph had seen their post on Facebook promoting a Christmas Afternoon Tea and as we had nothing booked in for this Friday, the 28th we decided to book. This is actually the first of these types…