Time for a treat.

When we were in Terreros we went out for dinner most Friday nights. Since we have had the house we have spent most Friday night collapsing after another hard days work. So, last Friday I decided we deserved a treat. A night off and a trip into Velez Rubio for a meal in a restaurant – no cooking and no washing up.

I had seen signs for a Steak restaurant and decided we should give it a try. We need to start finding where there are good places to eat so this was as good a place to start as any.

We weren’t early when we arrived there, it was almost 9pm but I had to ask if they were open for dinner when we got there as there was no-one else in. There was a chef and a waiter but no customers. Maybe that should have told us something.

As we sat at our table – one among thirty, I asked if this was normal for a Friday night. ‘Sometimes yes, sometimes no’ answered the waiter.

Having picked up a couple of Spanish menu’s we were struggling to recognise – well anything, the waiter took pity on us and brought us an English translation. There were items on there we’d never seen on a Spanish menu hence our inability to know what to order. In the end Neil started with endive leaves with anchovies and a blue cheese sauce and I had grilled asparagus – both very enjoyable.

The disappointment came with the main course. Neil had ordered Lamb Cutlets and they had to have been from the smallest lamb ever. I had ordered a steak which look good but was actually mainly fat – and, as with a lot of Spanish meals they came with very little vegetables.

Pudding was good, probably the best part of the meal – I had caramel custard and Neil had cheesecake with strawberry jam and both were very tasty.

Then came the second disappointment of the evening – the bill, it was not a cheap restaurant and was certainly not worth the cost – but we were both very tired, it had been really nice not to have to cook or wash up but throughout the evening we had been the only customers, so there was no atmosphere and we won’t be returning in a hurry.

As a little aside – halfway through the evening all service stopped – the waiter turned on the TV for the results of the Euro Millions and all the staff stopped work to check their numbers. I assume that none of them won, as they all went back to work afterwards.

Maybe we wouldn’t have got desert if their numbers had come up!