H know exactly how you feel, all I can say is the same as I said about sunbathing - like everything, in moderation.

you don't have to go every day, but at €12 it is hard not to

I hate those all you can eat places. There is one in Fuengirola...looks like pig swill laid out

All the pretentious Chefs seem to drastically undercook the food for my taste. In one restaurant in Marbella I ordered the Duck breast and said I didn't want it well done but cooked through ie. no pink and runny. The waiter came back and said it would be ruined if he cooked it like that. I said it was what I wanted and if there were any pink it would go back and I wouldn't pay. It came perfect..for me

I'm a bit fed up with the lack of variety where we are. There are only a couple of places out of 25ish in the village that do anything but standard Spanish food and it is generally of ordinary quality. We have to travel a bit to get good food and we find that to eat out well in Spain (at least in our part) is very expensive - a treat once every few months.

In contrast when we were in England a few weeks ago (admittedly in Bristol - so a major city) there was great food and at reasonable prices - we ate in several places where a good quality meal for two with drinks was around 30 - 40 pounds.

Please note that I am not saying that you can't eat out well in Spain - only that it is expensive.

You can almost seperate Spanish bar/restaurants into 2 categories.
90% cheap and cheerful for the have nots,....

....and the other 10%, arms and legs, for the haves,..or when you want to impress a new bird

I like Chinese food and know a good place near me however I do make a lot myself as I enjoy it and they are mostly relativly simple, I only like about three or four dishes though. What I don't like in Chinese restaurants, and I have seen it very often, for some reason it seems common to them, are staff with Dandruff falling all over the place.

Someone mentioned Burgers, Home made burgers are Fab, if you chop a tiny bit of mushroom in them you will find them nice and juicy, sometimes I add a little curry powder to give them like a Thai like taste, Yummy

Most Chinese restaurants in Spain don't really cook. They buy all the main meals in from a centralised depot. Saw it on spanish TV some years ago, perhaps it is the same in other countries too.

Have to agree in the main, there is a beautiful Spanish restaurant in Torrevieja, went there with wife and her friend for lunch, 93 euros, took wife for dinner 96 euros. Should have taken the new bird
But a great meal and lovely place even though we had to park 15 minutes walk away.
We do have a decent Spanish restaurant near the golf course menu del noche, with a main course from the A la Carte menu 15 euros unless you have steak.

[QUOTE=jackytoo;10103593]I hate those all you can eat places. There is one in Fuengirola...looks like pig swill laid out

All the pretentious Chefs seem to drastically undercook the food for my taste.
Can't stand undercooked meat, No pink lamb or duck for me thankyou very much and if I want to eat crispy crunchy vegetables I'll go on a diet.