Animal aid and the lemon tree

We picked up our good friend Lil this morning and had a trip to the Animal Aid charity sale at Churchills bar in San Luis, had a good browse and found some more new reading matter and some handy bits and pieces, among which were 2 unusual flute shaped champagne glasses with no stem and with MM etched on them, then we headed up to the Lemon Tree Market, this market is always very busy now but we arrived just after 10:00 so the masses had not arrived, we got tempted to a full English breakfast again,always good value for €3.50 including coffee and it was very pleasant sitting in the warm sunshine, then purchased one or two bargains like 2 litres of Brandy €7.30, 12 pairs of socks €3.
The fruit and vegetables are good as well, 4 lettuces €1, three cabbages €1, cauli and broccoli, 2 heads for €1, there was not much variety of local fruit this week probably because of the holidays, but we have been getting grapes at 0.80 cents a kilo.

J´s bar opens

J´s bar in La Marina has opened for refreshments, including breakfasts and Fish and chips, located next to the charity shop in the Carrer de Monaco commercial centre, we had a nice well cooked breakfast there last week. They are closed during siesta.

Breakfast

With Dia still closed we are finding Inter Marche gets pretty busy these days we normally shop between the two but we do like the Bacon from Dia. Unlike some expats we do not buy “British” bacon, or sausages for that matter. We do like to have a cooked British style breakfast every now and then, not to often though have to watch the cholesterol levels. More often than not we have a typical Spanish breakfast and really enjoy it. Toasted bread, chopped fresh tomatoes, olive oil and fresh ground black pepper and our local sea salt of course. We add a bit of a twist with fresh basil, which we are never without, and crushed garlic in the oil. This is a popular thing to eat in the Valencian region, believe me when you have tomatoes ripened on the vine and good quality virgin olive oil it’s delicious. You can buy the tomatoes for under a euro a kilo at the moment. I know some people add the spicy Spanish sausage to make a really substantial meal, we just prefer the tomatoes. The popularity of this breakfast waned in the 1980s but go into most local bars mid morning and you will see it being consumed these days. Another naughty but nice breakfast is Churros, deep fried dough sticks eaten with thick melted chocolate. There a great place at the top of Guadarmar that sells this, you can always find a Churros and Chocolate vendor at every street market. You need to get in the queue early at Rojales market or you find the chocolate has run out, they serve them heavily coated with sugar when this happens. It’s a very very sweet treat and all in all we prefer the tomatoes, sitting out side surrounded by our plant pot garden it’s a great way to start the day

Henry´s is open

Henry´s bar restaurant on the Avenida Los Palacios is now officially open, it is located on the right hand side almost opposite the Disco clubs, owned and run by a group of British people who will be serving a fusion of British and Spanish food, for breakfast, lunch and evening meals.

Becs birthday breakfast

The 22nd of November was our daughter Becs birthday, so to start the day she came round to our apartment for a champagne breakfast, scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and toast, Chocolate muffins and Champagne with or without orange juice. A nice way to start a birthday.