Benidorm: Still a classic
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Benidorm: Still a classic
Not often we read positive articles on Benidorm, but this piece tries to do so. I suspect it'll still be drawing large numbers of tourists for a long while yet!
http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/15/...54_091491.html
http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/15/...54_091491.html
Fresh bites. Just down the street from Canfali and before hitting the always-packed Calle Alam Alcalde, one of the main pedestrian drags, La Cava Aragonesa, at Plaza de la Constitución, is rated as one of the top places for tapas “in all of Spain,” according to many internet reviews. And these reviewers are not exaggerating. The long glass counters in this perpetually crowded night venue display an array of exotic-looking snacks, making it very difficult to choose what you want to accompany your wine or beer. All-time favorites such as the smoked salmon and Russian salad on bread are available, but for a treat for the palate, try the bacalao al pil pil or the red shrimp.
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
Well that's a good point. There are good and bad areas in all the places in the world. People knock places they have only read about. Benidorm isn't my cup of tea but there you go......
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
Well that's a good point. There are good and bad areas in all the places in the world. People knock places they have only read about. Benidorm isn't my cup of tea but there you go......
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
Unfortunately the minute portions were overpriced and the place usually overcrowded and rarely worth the hassle.
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
Well that's a good point. There are good and bad areas in all the places in the world. People knock places they have only read about. Benidorm isn't my cup of tea but there you go......
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
PS. I rarely eat Tapas, in most places the leavings are just added to next days stuff
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
Funnily enough, you can see the cook preparing things (through a latch or open door) in most tapas bars in Madrid daily. In many places they just wouldn't be able to serve the same things as the previous day. So quite how you imagine "in most places" when you claim you don't go in them...
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
I thought you meant the program....
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Maybe they think that cooked food matures with age like a good wine.
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Re: Benidorm: Still a classic
Anybody who eats Ensaladilla Rusa is eating something that looks like somebody ate it before anyway, IMO, so if it was yesterday's leftovers it could hardly be any worse!
Last edited by Lynn R; Aug 18th 2013 at 4:14 pm.
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