Originally Posted by arnie

Can you tell me where La Lota restaurant is? Also where is Casa Vicente, I may have been there already but I don't think I new its name. My recommendation so for is La Rana excellent fish and excellent tomato salad, also the beach restaurants at El Rompido are very good. Someone once mentioned a very good pizza place somewehere near the beach at Isla Canela can anyone remember its name or exact location? As restaurateurs ourselves we are keen to investigate as many good eateries as possible, so will let you know what we find on our trip this summer. We are looking forward to trying out and also supporting the new club house (if it ever opens!).

Originally Posted by keithwalters

I think the problem that most people, well me anyway, have with the food in Spain is more to do with the lack of variety, rather than a lack of quality which is generally very good.

I for one am sick of going into restaurants for the first time and not having to read the menu because I already know exactly what is on it. I´ve been to El Choco, Casa Vincente the one opposite the petrol station, etc and yeah the quality is great, but I am sick of bloody fried fish!!

It´s the same wherever you go. There must be at least 200 tapas bars in Jerez and EVERY SINGLE ONE has exactly the same tapas. Ensaladilla rusa, salpicon, albondigas, boquerones. Sounding familiar to anyone?

Originally Posted by keithwalters

I think the problem that most people, well me anyway, have with the food in Spain is more to do with the lack of variety, rather than a lack of quality which is generally very good.

I for one am sick of going into restaurants for the first time and not having to read the menu because I already know exactly what is on it. I´ve been to El Choco, Casa Vincente the one opposite the petrol station, etc and yeah the quality is great, but I am sick of bloody fried fish!!

It´s the same wherever you go. There must be at least 200 tapas bars in Jerez and EVERY SINGLE ONE has exactly the same tapas. Ensaladilla rusa, salpicon, albondigas, boquerones. Sounding familiar to anyone?

Originally Posted by CSR

Thank you for this list... I love tuna fish and it good to know you can eat the best in the world in Ayamonte. I have always wanted to go to the Atlantic coast near Conil/Nova Santi Petri and watch the tuna/whales arrive. I will try and do that next year. I think they have a festival of some kind but I do not know at what time during the year the tuna migration takes place.

CSR

Originally Posted by arnie

Can you tell me where La Lota restaurant is? Also where is Casa Vicente, I may have been there already but I don't think I new its name. My recommendation so for is La Rana excellent fish and excellent tomato salad, also the beach restaurants at El Rompido are very good. Someone once mentioned a very good pizza place somewehere near the beach at Isla Canela can anyone remember its name or exact location? As restaurateurs ourselves we are keen to investigate as many good eateries as possible, so will let you know what we find on our trip this summer. We are looking forward to trying out and also supporting the new club house (if it ever opens!).

Originally Posted by Paco

Hola Marisol,

of course the name is chiringuito Antonio V and the rice is specially good.

I recommend " Margallo " in the centre of Aymonte. It is an easy and poor restaurant and you can only eat chocos, fritura and tomatoes salad, but hmmm, the best of Ayamonte and very cheap.

Salu2
Paco

Originally Posted by tednsharon

Marisol and Paco

Thank you so much for sharing your recommendations ... what I would love most of all is to go to a Spanish restaurant with a Spanish friend to help me choose what is the best to eat - however, my question this evening is: what is/are chocos?

Sharon

Originally Posted by marisol

Hello Keithwalters,
You can also eat, if you like, prime (i do not know if prime is "pata negra") there are all kind of dishes from pork "pluma iberica", "secreto iberico", "presa iberica", the last one is the succulent part of the pork shoulder blade, from the front legs, you can eat, also, "jamon iberico" "lomo iberico".
There is a restaurant in the marina of Punta del Moral, the name is, i think, "chiringuito Antonio V", you can eat all kind of rice ("arroz con gambas", "arroz caldoso", "arroz con cigalas", "arroz con almejas"....). We go there very often.
About tapas, there are, besides the ones you have said, chocos, gambas blancas, coquinas, almejas, cigalas, navajas...
Attached three web pages. I have never been in any restaurant that appear in this list of "guia michelin" but this guia has a very good reputation, you all must know it, mustn't you?

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...r/Restaurantes

http://www.tarso.com/Recomiendo.html

http://www.todohuelva.com/1/restaura...lacristina.htm

Regards ,
marisol

Originally Posted by encodeme

Some of the Spanish food leaves a lot to be desired. Haven't the restaurants seen the beautiful veg in the market. We once asked for veg and got peas and carrots out of a jar. The last time I saw that in England was 70's .
I think the big cities in Spain must have good restaurants.
The nearest we got to decent food in Ayamonte is the Noosh, and that Lebanese food.

Originally Posted by marisol

Hello Encodeme
I am sorry but i do not agree with you, not at all. I am not saying that because i am spanish but because i really think in Spain you can eat marvellously, wherever you are. I reconignize the are a lot of things that should change in Spain and another ones that are ok, i do not want you to think i am talking under the influence of any kind of patriotism, not at all, i feel as if i were from the world, as everybody. Sorry if i have bored you all to death with my post, but i think i had to say that as i am from Spain.

getting to the point, there are a ot of good restaurants in Ayamonte, it depends on what you are looking for. For instance, i like "El Choco", you can eat very good, there is another one that i like and its name is "Casa Luciano". "Casa Vicente" is a place in where you can eat the best "atun" (tuna fish). The tuna fish of Ayamonte is one of the best in the world. You can eat there but only in Ayamonte, because almost all is used for exportation to Japan. There are many of good restaurants in Portugal, but, as i told you before, it depends on what you like, of course.

I hope i have not offended anybody with my post
regards
marisol

Originally Posted by marisol

hello CSR
try this
http://www.fuertehoteles.com/guia/tu...as-locales.htm

Originally Posted by marisol

Hello Sharon
Chocos, according to the dictionary, are cuttlefishes and they are very typical there, you can eat grilled and fried. In some restaurants, in "El choco" for instance, you can it them grilled with onions. I love chocos and i never get tired of eating them, even though i always ask for them. Just thinking about this makes my mouth water .
Regards,
marisol

Originally Posted by marisol

Hello Sharon
Chocos, according to the dictionary, are cuttlefishes and they are very typical there, you can eat grilled and fried. In some restaurants, in "El choco" for instance, you can it them grilled with onions. I love chocos and i never get tired of eating them, even though i always ask for them. Just thinking about this makes my mouth water .
Regards,
marisol

Originally Posted by keithwalters

Spanish food is usually good quality and fresh, but the elaboration and variety is very poor.