A WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA - DUQUESA & SOTOGRANDE ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 16^th/ NOVEMBER 2014.

So this morning after I had taken ‘Scruffy’ for his early morning walk I had a quick shave & shower before breakfast as ‘Scruffy’ was being picked up early, he’s back next week on a two day sleep over on Wednesday and ‘Reina’ is with us on Tuesday & Thursday.

Today is a glorious day here in sunny Manilva and the Costa Del Sol, the skies are blue and the sun is out, there is no breeze and by lunchtime it was hot. The forecast for next week is looking very good with more of the same to come and getting warmer. See below the promenade down on Sabinillas this morning.

We got ourselves ready and shot out down to Duquesa Marina to check out the small ‘Classic Car’ display on the front of the port as you can see in the pictures above; we then went along the coast road to Sotogrande Marina and settled in - sat outside the famous ‘KE’ Bar in the hot sunshine where we had some very nice cool drinks and a rather nice ‘Tapas’ lunch at a very reasonable price!

Brenda had some Smoked Salmon parcels filled with a savory Scallop Mouse and some Gambas a la ‘Sal’ and I had the House ‘Rabbit Paella’ and some rather special Mini- ‘Albondigas – Meatballs’ with Frits as you can see in the pictures above. We have decided that we are going to go out on a Sunday once a month and try some different places, at the same time giving the ‘Chef’ with his very able assistant a break from his kitchen duties of roasting on a Sunday!

This evening for our supper I’m making my now famous ‘Smoked Chicken & Broad Bean Risotto’ Its of course cooked to order using chopped Shallots, a slug of Brenda’s White Wine, a rich Chicken & Vegetable stock, shredded Smoked Chicken and the peeled and shelled Broad Beans (Brenda!)  - some secret ingredients before seasoning to taste and adding some Parmesan Cheese and a touch of cream with lots of chopped Parsley (Brenda!) See the picture below.

We will the settle down and catch up with all the news, sport and weather details before finding something to watch.

PS; Last night England won 3-1 and Spain won 3-0

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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