A Proper Guide to Spanish Fish: Beyond the Tourist Menu A Dave In Spain Culinary Investigation diving into the popular types of fish in Spain, how to cook them and more. Right, let’s talk about fish in Spain – and I don’t mean the sad, battered thing you’ll find at…
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Tapas Alley Benidorm Where Old Spain Still Thrives
Benidorm might be famous for its shimmering skyscrapers, karaoke bars, and beaches packed tighter than a tin of anchovies—but tucked away in the Old Town lies a corner that feels like another world entirely. Affectionately known as Tapas Alley Benidorm, this is a must visit location. Long before the high-rises…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Bar Carmencita Tostada Review
So while we were out and about and had earlier on been to La Taberna De La Cruz, we took the 5 minute stroll up the main street to find Bar Carmencita, as this was another place on my list. Both Soph and I commented on how different this town…
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Wow, Check Out La Taberna De La Cruz
We visited La Taberna De La Cruz and we were very impressed. This was our first proper visit to Granja De Rocamora and it’s a place we want to go back and explore again.I have a list of at least14 different tapas bars that I want to visit, here in…
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ITV Orihuela Bar Cafeteria: An Expensive Visit
This is a place we had never considered before ( the ITV Orihuela Cafe), until a few months ago a neighbour and friend mentioned he stopped off there, while doing a hospital drop off. I’d said we’d done our ITV for my car in Torrevieja and been to the cafe…
Tapas Bars
Bar Casa Pepe Los Montesinos
This is our Bar Casa Pepe in Los Montesinos visit. Yet another place we have never got around to visiting until now. Sadly they don’t take part in the tapas route events, which is one reason we have never got here before. Fast forward till today, we were back in…
Tapas Bars
Café Tambalache Los Montesinos
We have previously visited Café Tambalache in Los Montesinos, the first time being well over 2 years back when we first ventured into the town and parked up next to the bar. We sat outside and had a coffee on that first visit. Since then we’ve been twice on the…
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Restaurante La Llesca Asador Matola
We called into Bar & Restaurante La Llesca, also in Matola on Tuesday, after we’d been to Restaurante Los Molinos, which we covered here, in depth. After being pleasantly surprised there, we took the short drive along the road until we came to this bar.There’s a little bit of on…
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Tapas At Restaurante Los Molinos Matola
Today we ventured out and called for tapas and a beer at Restaurante Los Molinos Matola, after it had been suggested we might like to try it out.With no airs and graces, this is a proper Spanish bar. By this I mean proper Spanish, ie not a Spanish bar over…
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Lunch At Go Café Express Torrevieja: WOW
Today we had lunch at Go Café Express Torrevieja, for a couple of reasons. The first was that we enjoyed our visit on Tuesday, and the second was that, as we were back in town, I wanted to try their meat buffet lunch. Common sense dictates here: if you are…