Sexton's Travels: BACK TO NORMAL IN SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

Sunday, November 30, 2014

BACK TO NORMAL IN SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 30^th/ NOVEMBER 2014.

Well we had a well deserved lie in this morning and awoke to a beautiful crisp day in sunny Manilva with clear blue skies and the sun out! We then started our 44^th year together as man & wife with ‘Poached Campo Eggs on Toast’ as you can see below;

Its rather quite here in ‘Doggy World Heaven’ at the moment but we are back to normal on Tuesday when ‘Reina’ is with us as well as ‘Scruffy’ for a two day sleep-over, we are really missing having ‘Charlie’ around as he’s just the best company for us also!

So last night we had a very lovely meal at our old favorite ‘Restaurante Victor’ over in Guadalmina, well worth the 60kms round trip! It’s a family owned and run restaurant of the old class with proper tablecloths and napkins, cut glasses, old waiters and great food served ‘Gueridon Style’- even using Soup Tureens for the classic Fish Soup! The Head Chef ‘Victor’ and his brother the Restaurant Manger are keeping the standards going after their father who was always behind the bar has died in the last couple of years.

To start the house ‘Amuse Bouche’ arrived – small ‘Beef Chipolatas’ on a thin toasted crisp bread slice. I ordered a fine ‘Cava Rosado Reserva’ as we choose from the extensive menu, Brenda had the classic Fish Soup with Shrimps, Clams & assorted White fish in a rich broth while I had my favorite Tomato Soup laced with Gin!

For our main course Brenda had the ‘Sea Bass’ baked in the over on a bed of sliced Potatoes and Red Peppers with a wine reduction, the whole Sea Bass is filleted at the table. I had the ‘Entrecote Steak’ grilled Med-Rare with Frits, the large 12oz steak is sliced ‘French Style’ and sprinkled with Sea Salt – on the side we had a dish of fine French Green Beans – sounds familiar?! With her fish Brenda ordered a large glass of the House Rioja – served ‘chilled’ Spanish Style! No Dessert was called for, we were offered a drink on the house with the ‘Petit Fours’ so I had a large shot of ‘Limoncello’ served on crushed ice! See the pictures below.