WEDNESDAY 22nd/ MAY 2019.
I was up early this morning and after a
quick freshen up I shot off across to the ‘Estepona Hospital’ for my next
appointment with Encarni at the ‘ Physiotherapy Department ‘ for more treatment
on my left hand, I found a good spot to park and had my usual tostado & tea
in ‘ Tikitapi’ before going across to the Hospital.
As I shot along the coast road the sun had
broken through earlier and the sky was clear & blue, there was a light
breeze over the calm & sparkling Mediterranean, by lunchtime it was due to
reach 25 degs+ - tomorrow is going to be warmer and by Friday it’s due to be very
hot, up to 30 degs+ over the weekend it’s going a little cooler as the breeze
stiffens, next week is going to be the same, warm & very sunny, going
hotter at times, back up to 30 degs+ - with a few patchy clouds, overnight
hovering on the 18/19 degs mark, watch this space.
When I returned I had a shave and ‘ wash
& brush ’ up, before getting ready to meet ‘Joyce Baby ‘ down at the ‘
Mirador’ at the bottom of the village, she was driving over from ‘ Alhaurin el
Grande’ – we bumped into Brian and so he took a picture of the three of us, as
you see below!
It was then time to show Joyce around the
village as she has not been up to sunny Manilva for a few years, we then went
up the winding main road, up to Casares, past all the various ‘ Venta’s’ and parked just below ‘ Restaurante Sarmiento Brasa
Andaluza ’ – to give it it’s full name! We had the best table in the house (
Table 25!) sat in the middle of the veranda overlooking the spectacular view of
Casares, as you can see below.
We had a very nice chilled bottle of the
house ‘ Cava Rosado ‘ as we chose from the ‘ A La Carte Menu ‘ there is also a ‘
Menu Del Dia ‘ ( 15 Euros) during the week, Joyce & Brenda shared the ‘
Tartare of Blue Fin Tuna ‘ and I chose the House ‘ Kid Croquettes ’ – see below.
For our main course Joyce had the ‘Grilled
Sea Bass with Garlic Salsa’ – it came on the bone, which Joyce prefers, with a nice
selection of Vegetables, Brenda had her favourite ‘Confit of Duck Leg with a
Port Glace & Apple ’ – which fell of the bone, and I had ‘Aged Holstein
Fillet Steak ‘ – ‘ Rare’ - pink no blood, the fat is ‘ Creamy’ in texture, with
the unusual House Fries, see below.
The ‘ Girls’ had a glass of the House ‘
Ribera de Duero’ – served ‘ Spanish’ style ‘ Chilled’ – it came nicer as the
sun warmed the glasses! See below the small private dining room, which we are
booking for when the ‘ Canadian Clan’ are over at the start of October!
We then dropped back down to the coast and
called into ‘Castillo de la Duquesa’ for a late afternoon/early evening ‘
Taster’ as the Mediterranean lapped up the steep shore line, to end a perfect
day with Joyce, “ Thanks “ – until the
next time!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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