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BENIJOFAR LIFE WEBSITE
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BANNER ADVERTISING
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CAMBALACHE RESTAURANT, Benimar, Facing the road to Rojales
We went lunchtime on 5th April. INSIDE is lovely though the tables are tightly packed in. High backed suede chairs. Good wood tables with beautiful runner cloths, just looked great. They've a Spanish website, it has nothing on it really but they've just opened so maybe it'll become better in time. You get soup first, it was a carrot & something else, a spicy one served with bread, we liked that! I ordered crab salad which came with breadsticks but it was only crabSTICKS & not much of that but very nice all the same. My husband ordered an Argentian pastry (we shared these dishes) & it was really different with a minced meat & mint filling. I felt a dip would have made it less dry but it was one I'd have again.
My husband ordered the 'fish in sauce', he got panga covered with a Roquefort sauce, unusual choice of sauce & he had never thought to ask what 'sauce' it would be. Having said that he would've still had it, I think. I chose chicken 'in sauce', after a long chat with the waitress who said I could have leg or breast when I said if it was leg I wouldn't have it. When I asked about the sauce she tried to explain it was tomato with something she had forgotten the English for. (It actually was a tasty tomato sauce with onions & petit pois, lots of petit pois TOO!)
When these mains arrived mine was a leg! Seeing as I'd had this lengthy chat about wanting breast NOT LEG, I commented on it & the woman serving us replaced it with a huge breast. There was lots of chips. Those served to my husband & those served on my first meal were not as crispy as they should've been & I HAD asked for them to be very crispy when I ordered them & that had confused her. She said 'Crispy???' I couldn't explain, not speaking Spanish so, in desperation, I said 'mas horno??!!' (realising I should learn some basic Spanish) & she suddenly knew what I meant as she said 'ah, more done!' My husband was halfway through his meal by the time mine was returned though he obviously was taking his time & the chips on mine were definitely crispy & there were so many so I gave him half. I also gave him some chicken breast, it was massive. I never knew chickens in Spain grew that large! ;-)
We followed it with a very good chocolate mousse with the usual spray cream. We were served coffee too included in the 8€. We'd ordered two glasses of red wine .. which I drank .. & my husband needed a non alcoholic drink himself but when he looked at the menu it had 200ml water 1.20€ but we saw Fanta was 1.40€. Usually restaurants serve a 330ml can so he chose Fanta lemon. Sadly it actually came in a 200ml bottle & water at the adjacent table was actually served in a 330ml bottle. Well, we'll know for another time. 8€ each plus the 1.40€ for the Fanta. It is 8€ evenings too & we would rather sit inside, outside was nothing special with the usual plastic chairs & tables but there were two sofas so you could sit there for coffee but beware, the seats are like rocks.
Altogether it was fine, we would certainly return. The young woman who served us was very pleasant too. Give Cambalache a try.
What a fantastic write up BLOGWRITE thank you very much for taking the time. I will look out for more of your post's
ART CLASSES
If you've always wanted to learn to paint and draw, why not come along to the friendly class at El Corazon Hotel on Thursday mornings? Lots more information on www.sue-stokes.co.uk or call Suzanne Stokes on 965 724 283
SUPERMARKET CLOSING TIMES
Hi can some one tell us what time supermarkets close on Saturday 23/4/11 as we get there at 20.00 and are any open over Easter
Hi , I am sure you will be pleased to know that Carrefour in Torrevieja is open all over Easter including Sunday. Also, The little English shop in Quesada is open normal hours which includes Sundays. Hope this is helpful.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
I would like to know where the best places to eat are in Torrevieja or the places I should avoid. I need to book a nice place (not to expensive) For a group of English businesses men coming to the area. can anyone help please?
Sunset Beach is a must, I am not saying the food is the best I have every had but, but the location and friendly staff make up for it.
There must be loads of nice places in Torrevieja but when I sit down to think about them I find I can not remember the names of any. I will tell about one place I went to a few years back just off the beach, it was Spanish with all the hanging ham's and as you went in there was the most fabulous display of fish in the entrance. The food was the best I have eaten in Spain, but we did have a Spanish person with us who chose the food for us from the Spanish menu I can not tell you the cost but not cheap, as I remember we did not go out again for a long time after that.
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COMPUTER REPAIRS & SALES
We offer all the services you would expect, such as towers, screens, printers laptops, software and all other accessories including web-cams, ink and paper amongst many others.
We are Microsoft Certified Professionals and offer repairs and servicing and guarantee any computer or software that leaves our premises is 100% legal. Our main priority is to have happy and satisfied customers, because without you we would not succeed.
Other services include basic computer lessons, health checks on your computer, changing of the language on your new Microsoft Operating System and we can also recover lost information from your hard-drive if it is still intact. We are also agents for Lebara SIM cards for mobile phones. We give friendly, sensible and affordable support for home and small office computer users. We offer IT support, computer repairs and upgrades, laptop service and maintenance, virus removal and much more.
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We went here a few weeks ago too, one Saturday evening with friends. The place is lovely and the staff were very friendly and accomodating. I speak some Spanish so we found it easier although the lady serving us spoke good English too. I had pizza which was lovely, my friend had a salmon steak in a sauce and the two hubbys had steak - unfortunately, both had to send them back as they were a little too rare for their liking!! When they returned they were then a little too well done but were nice big steaks and tasty. We had a couple of jugs of sangria and the men had beers. Our bill was just over 100€ which we thought was quite expensive but it was overall very nice. Might try the Menus del Dia/Noche next time!