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Another gender related death in province
Lita B, a 48 year old bi-lingual British mother in Garrucha, jumped off a building in Garrucha as her boyfriend was about to be trialled for hitting her.
She left a last note on Facebook where she denounced his treatment, and said she had spent her last night “with a bottle, a crowbar and the Guardia Civil’s number”. (British woman in Garrucha jumps off building after leaving note on Facebook).
Mindless abuse of women must stop. Period.
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Casa Santiago, Garrucha
Posted by admin in Restaurants, Tapas on December 9th, 2009
Having been introduced to this place by Ric Polansky, who has an exhibition of bullfighting photos on the wall, I though it could be fun to pop there one evening with the parents and the gf. Quite the happy family.
Casa Santiago has a large outside terrace, taking up most of the public pavement, where in fine Spanish style you can occupy the public road, lounging around with a g&t watching with interest as mothers with prams and the elderly have to step out into the road, braving the traffic, to get around your table. It being evening, we did not avail ourselves of this offer and sat inside in the tasteful wooden dining room.
The place is divided into two, a pleasant and cosy bar and the main room. Lots of pine, a nice light decoration that makes you feel at home. Tapas are available in the main bar for those who wish to wash their beer down with something.
No menus are used. Instead, you are told what the kitchen has on today, in a time honoured fashion. The menu is small but traditional and well cooked.
We had a selection of starters. We steered away from the “fashionable” salads, and stuck with a simple ensalada mixta. Home cured anchovies and oven cooked octopus were two other starters. All were delicious, the anchovies prepared delicately in olive oil to offset the salt.
Mains were a solomillo de buey, entrecot de ternera, rape (a la plancha) and rape (in almond sauce).
The meats were delicious. Oven cooked, they were tasty, tender and melt in the mouth delicious.
The fish tasted frozen and was a disappointment, especially compared to the meats and starters.
A couple of bottles of Rioja, a Abadia Rotuerta washed it all down. Some cheese and coffee to finish.
The bill? A hefty €166,60 for the four of us. The anchovies were almost €2 – each. Steaks were a decent price (€13,50 and €14,50) but €23 for the wine was a bit steep. Since you don’t get a menu, the price comes as a shock.
Good fun, but a bit expensive. Stay away from the fish.
Restaurante Bar Casa Santiago
Garrucha, C/ Mayor 36.
Coming into Garrucha from Las Bouganvillas, on right just past Banco Andalucia (car park in front).
See it on Google maps
Golden Amiritsar Indian restaurant, Las Bouganvillas, Vera
Posted by admin in Readers Reviews on June 19th, 2009
I haven’t been here yet, although I have seen it from the outside (lack of time, mainly).
However, Jane Bye has sent in this review so I thought I’d post it here for you to read!
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At last, a decent Indian restaurant In the Mojácar area!
I have lived here for 20 years and love Indian food, and last summer a new Indian restaurant opened at Las Bouganvillas, between Garrucha and Vera. I decided to try It, (as a last resort) as I love Indian food, boy was I in for a treat, the onion bhajees were the best I have ever tasted, the portions were big, the food very tasty, it’s nice to have a vindaloo and still taste the food.
I went with 3 other friends who were all more than satisfied with their dinner, even the desserts were all home made. Service was excellent, I was a bit dubious when I walked in to see an English lady behind the bar, but she was very well Informed of everything on the menu and very efficient and friendly.
We have been back time and time again and won’t go anywhere else now. The restaurant is called the Golden Amritsar (after the city in India where the chefs originate).
The restaurant is clean and nicely decorated with colourful prints on the wall. On 2 occasions when I have been there, there were Indian people in there eating, that to me says it all really.
Jane Bye.
Junta finally decides the future of Mojácar
After sidelining Mojácar in the POTALA plans, cutting back on it’s development and limiting it’s future possibilities in order to promote the (as yet unbuilt) future megacity of Llano Central, the Junta has made up its mind on the future of Mojácar -
They’re going to build an extremely large sewage farm there.
18 months, 16 million euros (plus another 14 million on pipes) and it will service L.G., Turre, Bédar, Mojácar, Garrucha and others.
It will be on the site of the current one, but it will be “a lot larger”.
We’re promised that this will “benefit residents”, according to Clemente García (Environmental goon from the Junta).
Marisa Laguna – smooth as silk in Garrucha
If bored and in Garrucha, you could do worse than pop into Marisa Laguna’s shop at the top of the Calle Mayor (entering from Las Bouganvillas, just where it turns one way).
There’s the entrance.
Marisa Laguna is a designer and artist who works only in Thai silk. From her workshop in Madrid she creates paintings, ties, wraps, Spanish fans, Spanish shawls and much more in pure silk, with wonderful handpainted designs on top.
She recently opened a workshop in Vera Playa and the shop in Garrucha, where some of things are made under the watchful eye of Marisa, before being displayed or sold then shipped out to Madrid, Barcelona or whereever the client requests.
Pop in, have a look around, talk to Amador and enjoy it. It’s my new source for ties. If closed, call on 609 48 35 77 to see when Amador is around to open it for you – he pops in and out. Prices are less than you would expect, but the quality is wonderful. If you speak Spanish, have a look at her blog at http://marisalaguna.blogspot.com/.
POTALA approved
The Consejo de Gobierno of the Junta de Andalucía approved yesterday the contentious “Plan de Ordenación del Territorio del Levante Almeriense (POTALA)”, which covers an area between Los Gallardos, Turre, Mojacar, Garrucha and Vera, contemplating the construction of a city the size of Redditch, England (or Ferrol, Galicia), with some 30,000 homes. It is expected to create 130,000 jobs and has an investment of 5,000,000,000€. The name of the new city is currently “Llano Central”.
For the plans they didn’t want you to see, click here. Don’t forget that the POTALA is a regional plan ranging from Carboneras to Huercal Overa (exclusing the Almanzora valley, whatever the EuroWeekly says), and Llano Central is the macrourbanisation contemplated in the windy dry bit next to Valle del Este.
The city is expected to be comprised of 25,000 luxury homes and flats attractively placed around (public) golf courses, 5 star hotels and swimming pools. Much like El Toyo was in Almería, a place now regarded as sliding towards being considered a ghetto, with unbuilt flats, no infrastructure, raising crime and no upkeep by the authorities.
Garrucha library broken into
Expropiation begins for Vera – Garrucha road
The regional government has published the list of property owners who are to be affected by the conversion of the reminder of the Vera – Garrucha road to dual carriageway. Which is the first step towards actually doing it, and not before time. They’ve also published the contract for building a tunnel from Garrucha port to the El Simon roundabout.
As always, under “mediada de urgencia”. Has there been one single expropiation in Andalucia that is not “en el interes publico” and hence under “medida de urgencia”? FIX THE LAW, DON’T JUST DANCE AROUND THE PROBLEM!
Garrucha gets a Gordo prize!
A fifth prize in the Spains national Christmas Extravaganza Lottery (El Gordo) went to a ticket number sold in Garrucha.
Juan José Haro, owner of ticket office “La Gata Rafi” (just off the high street I believe, about two thirds of the way down), sold 45 tickets (divided in turn into 10 decimos each, so that’s 450) which won 2,250,000€, or€5000 a ticket. Local resident Miguel Angel Vilar told Ideal.es (translated) that the money would come in handy to “fill a few holes”. Well, quite.
The winning number was 36.199. Check the rest of your ticket numbers here.
A bit later… a story is told to me (by someone from Garrucha, so I assume it’s true) that a certain gentleman thought, after a few beers, it was a good idea to spend about €200 on lottery tickets. Not such a good idea the next morning when The Wife spotted the tickets.
Today he cashed them for in for some €50,000. Lucky so and so…
Robbery foiled in Garrucha
It appears that yesterday afternoon a gentleman wearing a balaclava went into the Baby supplies shop which is just off Calle Calderon in Garrucha (where the market is every week), brandished a knife and gruffly ordered the owner to empty the till into a bag he carried.
It appears that the fellow was then upset by the amount collected (Not Very Much), so he went round the corner into Bar Neptuno, which is a local (Spanish) workers cafe, and pulled the same trick with the large bartender, a very large fellow called Nicolas. Nicolas, not taking kindly to a short man wavng a knife in his face, reached over the bar and pulled off the balaclava.
Whereupon he recognised a man who has not only been resident in Garrucha all his life, but has been coming in daily for his coffee for the last 20 years. His name is being withheld on popular request, but is not believed to be the brightest bulb in the Garrucha Christmas decorations.
This fellow then proceed to break down and admit that he had a gambling problem and no cash, and this was the first time he’d ever done something like this. The regulars all poured round him, nodded wisely, marched him back to the Baby Shop where he returned the stolen monies, together with as much cash as he had on him, plus a bouquet of flowers, which persuaded the owner not to press charges, as long as he behaved.
He’s now on local parole, watched over by his neighbours, and far too embarressed to show his face in public.
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