SUNDAY 12th / JANUARY 2020.
We had a little lie in this morning and
then had breakfast before getting ourselves, slowly, showered, dressed up and
ready to go out, we met ‘ Joyce Baby’ – who had driven down from Alhaurin el
Grande ( 1 hour+) - outside ‘ Bar Rojas –
Sol Vida Pizzeria ‘ as the sun was out and warm we sat outside with our coffee’s
and drinks, as we started a ‘ catch-up’ with all her news, ours of course is
all on the Blog!
It was then time to go down to ‘ Castillo
de la Duquesa’ to ‘La Taberna 2’ where I had booked a table for our ‘ Sunday
Roast Lunch’ – Joyce is vegetarian but eats fish! Our ‘ Aperitif’s’ arrived and
I ordered a fine bottle of a ‘ Ribera del Duero 2015 ‘ – which came, but 2018?!
With the excuse that it was a printing error!
Brenda & Joyce ordered the ‘ Smoked
Salmon Surprise ‘ starter that was very good , as usual, I had the ‘ Crab &
Prawn Fishcake ‘ with Tartar sauce, which was also very tasty, Joyce chose the ‘
Grilled Salmon ‘ Brenda the ‘ Carved Roast Lamb’ and I ordered the ‘ Roast
Sirloin of Beef ‘
It then all went wrong; my ‘ Roast SIRLOIN’
of Beef ‘ was unedible, very small thin/slices of ‘Black Leather’?! I sent it
back, straight away and asked for the ‘Roast Lamb’ which Brenda was also
having, it came thinly sliced and not very good, meanwhile Joyce’s ‘ Grilled
Salmon’ was small/thin and over cooked! The ‘ VEGETABLE’ selection was
overcooked and tasteless, to say the least!!
We did not complain to the lady owner, as
we didn’t want to make the fuss, in front of our guest, as we have been there
many times and everything has always been excellent, we will call back in and
tell her in private!
For our dessert we had her excellent Homemade
‘ Bakewell Tart’ with Ice Cream and Double Cream, which as usual was very
tasty. I paid the bill ( not cheap! ) and left no tip, watch this space.
See below a picture of Brenda & Joyce
on the breakwater in ‘ Castillo de la Duquesa’ looking along the coast to ‘Puerto
de la Duquesa’!
We then drove along the coast past a
sparkling Mediterranean to the ‘ Sotogrande Marina’ and called into the famous ‘
K Bar’ – which was very busy, with the ‘ in- crowd’ – the sun was out and we
found a table in the front overlooking the marina. I ordered a chilled bottle
of the ‘ White Cava Ann de Cordorniu ’ which is the ‘ poor-mans’ version of the
latest ‘ Ice Imperial Moet & Chandon ‘ White’ champagne created to be enjoyed
on/over large Ice cubes with chilled slices of Lemon, Orange & Cucumber – a
‘Pimms’ style ‘ Champagne!
See below Brenda & Joyce enjoying
theirs !
I was then time to come back up to sunny
Manilva, as dusk was settling in - ‘Joyce Baby’ is back later in the year,
around March, watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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