This year the Catral Tapas Route is a one day event, 18th October 2025, running from 11am until 16.30. Crazy I know, but hey ho. I want to add this in bold, so people understand my comments here, without getting too arsey, especially those who have only ever lived in…
Category: Culinary Adventures
Culinary Adventures
Olea Restaurant In Benijofar – Fabulous
After doing the tapas route in Benijofar, we decided to give Olea Restaurant in Benijofar a try. Their tapas dish was pretty decent and while we were there, we had a chance to look at their menu and saw one or two dishes that we’d not see elsewhere. The one…
Tapas Bars
Benijofar XV Rueda De Las Tapas
Yet again, we dragged ourselves out and drove down to Benijofar to partake in their rueda de las tapas, which was their 15th.If you’re not aware, a Rueda de las Tapas—literally translates as “Tapas Wheel”—which is a lively tapas (think pub for the Brits reading this) crawl over several days,…
Culinary Adventures
The Delicious Gong Menu Never Disappoints
We tried the Eve set Gong menu when we visited on Wednesday evening. My sister had never been here with us before, so we took the 30 minute or so drive down here to show her why this is a must visit restaurant for anyone in the area looking for…
Culinary Adventures
Flamenco At Costillas Locas What An Amazing Night
As my sister was across, Soph booked us in on Tuesday evening for the Flamenco at Costillas Locas. Two things sprang to mind here, one was I was missing the Champions League football, and second, it’s been years since we saw Flamenco ( probably when we lived in Andalucia was…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
La Esquina Benejuzar A Lovely Bar
Today we stopped off at La Esquina Benejuzar as we were passing the town and decided to have a drink. We have been here for a lunch a while back, but because we don’t often get into the centre of the town here at Benejuzar, it’s been a while. It…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante Monumental In Matola Once Again
We found ourselves back at Restaurante Monumental in Matola on Friday, where we walked in without a reservation for a table for 3 for lunch. Quickly acknowledged we were taken through to one of the dining areas inside and luckily, there was a table available. Despite it just turning 13.30,…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Cafe Madrid In La Marina
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…
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…