When we were down in La Marina last week at Jodies Dog Grooming, it was a toss of the coin as to whether we went to Cafe Madrid or The Chippy for lunch, on that occasion, the fish and chips won. Fast forward to today, and we were back in…
Category: Culinary Adventures
Casual Eateries and Cafés
La Cartagenera Bar Restaurante Dolores
We called in at La Cartagenera Bar Restaurante on the outskirts of Dolores, partly to see what their food and drink offering was like, but also to help me recover from my 4.95 beer earlier in San Fungencio ( read about this here ) that morning. Each time we have driven…
Culinary Adventures
San Miguel de Salinas Ruta de la Tapa XV
We decided to visit the San Miguel de Salinas Ruta de la Tapa, which was being held on Sunday, 21st September 2025. Although this is a good 25 minute drive for us to get here, we wanted to explore the town a little more and visit a few places we…
Culinary Adventures
Considered The Sabores del Camino Tapas Event?
I personally think this is a great idea, the Sabores del Camino which is held in Caravaca de la Cruz. From where we live it’s an hour and a half or so drive, but we are going to try get there, probably in October. Discover Caravaca through its gastronomic routes….
A Taste Of Home
First Time Visit To The Chippy La Marina: Amazing!
It’s been on our list of places to try for quite a while and eventually we got around to visiting The Chippy La Marina for lunch. I have been told we should try here for a while, I also know when we visited Our Plaice that I had a couple…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Lunch At Bar Restaurante La Redonda
On our way through Catral towards Callosa, we stopped off at Bar Restaurante La Redonda, initially to have a drink and possibly tapas, but we saw they had the lunch menu written up. As we had never had a lunch there, we took it upon ourselves to give them a…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Authentic And Impressive El Rincon De Morales
As we were on route to Los Montesinos, we decided to call in to El Rincon De Morales, which is the Barrio Los Perez side of the town, heading out towards San Miguel De Salinas. We have passed by here many times but never been in, mainly as they have…
Culinary Adventures
Fish Bowl Restaurant At Dehesa De Campoamor: WOW!
We’ve been meaning to visit the Fish Bowl Restaurant down in Dehesa de Campoamor for a while and we finally managed to get to eat there. Soph had noticed they were promoting a nice looking menu del dia on their Facebook page, so we’d said as tempting as the main…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Sami’s Plaza Cafe Bar In San Fulgencio
We were in San Fulgencio and we dropped in at Sami’s Plaza Cafe Bar for a quick drink and decided to have something to eat. The place was very quiet, just one other couple in there, so service was quick.It’s down a one way street, looks like a traditional Spanish…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Lunch at Almoradi At Bar Tambalache – Great Value for Money
We called in at Bar Tambalache for lunch today, seeing as we were down in Almoradi and were going to pop in to Mercadona for a few bits of shopping. It’s not all that long ago ( July actually ) we called in for tostadas and really enjoyed the food,…