A little later than I would have liked but at least it’s quicker than my last trip report......
Day 1 (Sunday May 26th):
Colin(Mr Sparky) has problems with his wick !
We arrived in the port around 1pm and checked into the
Miramar and although the weather was a little disappointing (I’m sure it seemed colder than what we had left behind in the UK) however, seeing the view from the balcony we still had a warm feeling ...... we were 'home'.
After pretty much just dumping the luggage it was then time to head off to
La Cantina for a tapas lunch:
Drinks: 2xBeers
Tapas: Onion Rings, Meatballs, Croquettas de pollo & Patatas Bravas
All excellent & la cuenta was around €25
After lunch we headed up to
El Posito to book for dinner only to find Tony already has us booked in (Thanks Sparky !) - the walk was still worth it as we got to have a quick chat with Toni, Chris, Zak & Miggy and also bumped into Colin so enjoyed a quick catch-up over a beer or 2
Evening meal @
El Posito -
Drinks: 2x Gin & Tonics, a bottle of Macia Batle Blanco, still water and 'some' brandy.
Food:
Bread, Olives & Allioli
I've seen a couple of comments about the menu never changing at El Posito over the last couple of years. We've seen quite a few additions... which is a bit of a mixed blessing as we still want all our old favourites but also want to try something different so we try (with varying degrees of success) to get a mixture of old & new:
To start with Mogs went with the Padron Peppers and I rather predictably went with the Garlic Prawns.
For mains Mogs went with one of her favourites : Cod with Sobrasada & Honey and I managed to try something new the Lamb Chops fried with garlic.
2 x Cafe Solo & 'some' more drinks with Lyn & Colin at the bar:
Having seen us earlier and knowing we both enjoy 'a' brandy Colin had very kindly brought his brandy warmers for us to use: They consist of a metal stand that the glass can sit in above a small burner.
Unfortunately it seemed that the burners only had 2 settings: There was either 'Pathetic' which would last a few seconds before being blown out and the alternative was the 'Flamethrower' setting which initially caused a little excitement in the restaurant but that soon turned to concern as everyone realised we were essentially trying to boil alcohol with a high flame which may in fact be a little dangerous especially as the equipment was being operated by someone who had already had a very large G&T and few glasses of wine ! Eventually, after Colin playing with his wick at that bar for a little while
we were able to get the brandy to a perfect temperature so we drank up quickly before anyone was injured!
The bill came to around €125.
Food, drinks, service & company were all exceptional as always
Day 2 (Monday May 27th):
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
Bar Coral for lunch:
4x (small) Beers
Bread, olives & allioli
2 x Medium Tapas
Food was good and the bill came to around €25
Evening meal @
O Lume:
Much to our delight O Lume had just re-opened just a few days before our arrival (We'd like to think Jaime had arrange this specially for us but I think we all know he timed it to make sure he was open for Lyn & Colin’s anniversary !)
It was quite a cool evening so we had to eat inside but the restaurant was quite busy which was good to see.
As usual we had a couple of champagne cocktails as we reviewed the menu and we're delighted to see a great mix of new dishes and the returns of some old favourites-
We had an Amuse-bouche of empanada and then Mogs had the Octopus and I had the Scallops Ala Gallega.
Main courses were Monkfish Marinera for Mogs & Duck with Raisins & Pine Nuts for me
For dessert Mogs had the Cheese Mousse with Honey for dessert and I went with the Fried Milk.
As the desserts arrived the song playing in the background changed to "Tonight I celebrate my love" (by Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack) which just seemed so serendipitous:
A wonderful evening in one of our favourite restaurants and a beautiful
romantic song...I gazed romantically in Mogs eyes and then sang along in with the lyrics - as a tender serenade to my fried milk
: I'm just so pleased to see it return to the menu ! (I find it amazing that not only does Mogs tolerates this sort of stupidity she actually found it funny !)
All of the above was washed down with a very pleasant bottle of Albarino (Maria Viyals) & a bottle of water.
We finished up with a couple of Americanos + 2 x Brandy on the House and the usual lovely chocolates.
Bill came to roughly €100
Food was wonderful and it was just fantastic to see Jaime back where he belongs and to hear him talk so passionately about his plans for the restaurant. It’s hard to believe that within just a couple of days of (re) opening this restaurant running as smoothly as it was and producing food of such great quality – but that’s Jaime !
Day 3 (Tuesday May 28th)
Just a light lunch @
Bonys today:
2 x Beers & 2 x Baguettes
The bill was €15
Evening meal at
La Llonja:
Drinks: Cava Rosado/Gin & Tonic, bottle of Vionta Albarino & bottle of water
Mogs: Fish Soup > Tuna a la plancha
Me: Truffle Spaghetti > Tuna a la plancha
2 x Americanos + 2 Amaretto
The bill came to around €100.
The food was as good as ever - the tuna in particular was cooked to perfection
Day 4 (Wednesday May 29th)
Lunch at
La Roda:
2 x Beers
We both went with Chicken Soup to start and pineapple to finish > for mains Mogs had the grilled fish and I had the chicken curry.
Food was good and great value @ around €20
Evening meal @
Cellar La Parra:
To drink we had a bottle of the excellent house red & a bottle of water
Bread & Olives
We know the portions here are generous so we had a Frito starter to share & for mains Mogs had Pork Loin in Pepper sauce and I had the Suckling Pig.
Dessert was almond Cake & Ice Cream (again to share) but we did manage to save a little room for 2 Carajillos and 2 brandys.
To make up for my earlier failed attempt at being romantic in Olume I went to quite a bit of effort and expense to have a red rose hand delivered to Mogs - of course she refuses to believe I had anything to do with instead she thinks it’s much more likely that a couple out celebrating their anniversary just decided to share their flowers with some of the other customers in the restaurants. (Many thanks to the kind stranger ... I mean the delivery man from the florist: the flower survived well in the
hotel room for about a week)
The bill came to around €50 (not inc. flower delivery
) which is just incredible value for the quality of the food (& wine)
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