Spanish fare

One thing I absolutely love about foreign bars is that you often get presented with some nibbles even when just having a couple of beers. Today on going for a few drinks along the beach we got some tasty patatas bravas at one bar, then at another lovely little place we had a small dish of paella which tasted absolutely amazing sitting in the sun with some ice cold beer. If there's something that English bars need to inherit it would be this. A bowl of salty nuts don't quite cut the mustard though.

For lunch we had some tradional Spanish fare, chorizo, bread and cheese with a very cheap (around£1.50) and tasty bottle of vino tinto, all enjoyed whilst sitting on the warm balcony - heavenly!!

For dinner we decided to make ourselves another Spanish treat, chorizo and pasta. Mr P made a wonderous sauce consisting of passata, red wine, courgette, a hugely odd-shaped red pepper which was delicious, and chorizo, was yum yum yum. Its a meal we often make at home but for some reason it tastes a million times better in Spain with the delicious fresh produce and the heat from a day in the sun still warm on your back.

Hangover pancakes

Mr P and I eventually had our beef skewers, which were nice but didn't quite live up to my high expectations. They were a little bit too spicy and after consuming four glasses of wine and a dairylea dunker I didn't appreciate them quite as much as I should hav done. After eating half of my pitta filled with meaty goodness I fell asleep watching big brother and woke up this morning with a sore head and a mouth as dry as a sock with a stale taste of raw onion - lovely.

Today's meals hav so far been yum. Me P made pancakes this morning, the lovely thin ones not the fat small American ones, which I had drenched in freshly squeezed lemon juice and caster sugar - perfect.

Then for lunch we had one of those lunches that remind me of being on holiday - we has fresh bread with chorizo, cheese, humous, pitta bread and garlic and chilli olives all washed down with a glass of red, I felt just like we were in Spain, and in a weeks time we'll be there to sample to likes of Rioja and paella. Bliss.

Im making Mr P dinner tonight hopefully some time before x factor starts, so I'll let you know how that goes.