Meson Geres is in Vera, and a place I first discovered while having a quick coffee with the subdirector of Banco Andalucia. It’s hidden in between the banks and the notaries, and as such, is clean, quick and tasty.
They do a “quick” menu del dia, in which you sit down, the waiter comes out, rattles [...]
Asuntxu is a fun little place on Mojacar Playa with tapas and a twist - you serve your own beer from the taps installed in the centre of the tables.
It’s actually good fun, just choose a table, get it switched on and off you go, pulling your own beers. Drink as little or as much [...]
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Casting around for something to add to my new look blog, I was stuck until called up by a Spanish friend for a beer at midday. Time being pressing, we popped along for a few tapas at Meson Verfran in Los Gallardos, a place I find I haven’t reviewed since 2006, despite frequently popping in [...]
Posted: 29.10.07
Bar Plaza, Vera
Tapas, for those of you who don´t know, are a time honoured Andalucian tradition, consisting of a small portion of food served with your drink. The idea´s been grabbed by fashionable Madrileños, who have refined it and exported it world wide, but I still don´t think it´s a proper tapa unless it [...]
Posted: 06:22@15.07.07
Hostal El Pago
Hostal El Pago is small family run Hostal (the Spanish equivalent of a better class B&B) in Turre.
Now, as I live just nearby, I´ve never actually stayed there, but I have convinced Jose to show me round some of the rooms, and my, they certainly were spotless! Comfortable looking beds, spacious rooms [...]
Posted: 10:45@21.03.07
Restaurant Azul
Hotel Tikar,
Garrucha
What to get a sister in law for her birthday? For Christmas she got a smoothie maker - for her birthday, she got lunch. Being a generous sort of chap, I also splashed out for the little bro, and for a friend to come along as well. I even let her choose [...]
Posted: 09:16@04.02.07
Meson del Pobre
I´ve been coming here ever since it opened, under the sometimes erratic management of Diego, and his somewhat surly bar staff.
Diego, in true showmanship style, has managed to create an authentic meson, and has succeeded in dragging in the local expats - but how many Spaniards do you see actually eating there?
The [...]
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(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.)
Meson Verfran, Los Gallardos
I grew up in Los Gallardos, in a small old house round the back of the bakery, among other places. So, as we gutter snipes played in the potholes and abandoned cortijos, our elders sat out in the [...]
Posted: 09:19@10.07.06
500m off the Antas/Vera crossroads (assuming it´s still open, with all the current roadworks) towards Antas, just before Ramblizo on the left, is Millindurrio, a small Spanish family run restaurant that I´ve been visiting on and off over the last few years. It´s one of those strange beasts that, despite relative success and longevity, [...]
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