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This post was written by Miryam on July 25, 2009
At-a-glance Coffee Types Chart
This at-a-glance chart shows how to distinguish between the different types of cups of coffee you can order at a bar/restaurant, i.e. how the variations of quantities of coffee, water and milk/cream can produce surprisingly various flavours and textures. You may even want to experiment making these for yourself at home, and then chose a favourite.
Lunch Invitation to Meson La Terna, Velez Malaga
I experienced one of the best lunches I’ve ever had in Spain today. My good friend, Tony, invited me to Meson La Terna restaurant in Velez Malaga. The exterior of the restarant is rather unassuming, i.e. standard and low profile, but clean and sleek looking, so on entering I was pleasantly taken aback by the picturesque traditional spanish interior decor, complete with 3 stuffed bulls’ heads decorating the dining room walls. I was impressed with the real cotton linen tablecloth with matching serviettes, and other attention to detail. (I rarely re-enter an eating establishment that provides me with thin paper serviettes unless the food is impecable, but that rarely happens!). We were immediately greeted by smiling faces – a rare occurence these days; the manager, the waitress and the chef came out to greet us. Read More…
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This post was written by Miryam on June 19, 2009
Buying a Coffee Maker
If you love coffee, but are tired of paying the high prices for a Starbucks coffee, consider purchasing a machine to make great coffee at home. You can always purchase the beans from Starbucks and prepare the coffee in the comfort of your own home for less money.
The Philips Senseo coffee maker uses pods rather than separate coffee filters to make coffee. These machines are convenient and offer easy maintenance and clean up options. Some true coffee connoisseurs feel the senseo results in weak and sometimes bitter coffee. If you want the convenience of a pod coffee machine, the Senseo pod machine is a good choice.
The Brewmaster by Kenwood is an English product that can be used to brew either coffee or tea. All cup sizes fit in this machine and coffee can be dispensed while still in the brewing process. The removable filter eliminates the need for coffee filters. Clean up is easy with this model and the coffee tank is dishwasher-safe. The brewmaster is programmable and has a two-hour shut-off feature for safety and energy efficiency.
Krups Gourmet Coffee Maker
Saeco, Jura and Krups offer home espresso and cappuccino makers styles. Models are available for both home and commercial use. These manufacturers offer a variety of features and styles. The frothing mechanisms make good cappuccino and lattes as well as espresso. Some models come with built-in frothing features and in other models this is an optional feature, but well worth the money for making a variety of coffee beverages.
Gevalia and Delonghi has a variety of coffee makers for both home and commercial use. If you love regular coffee, but your spouse prefers decaf there is a Delonghi for you. The Café II duo allows you to brew two carafes simultaneously. Maintenance is easy with an automatic descaler indicator to tell you when it’s time to descale the machine.
Cappuccino makers can add a touch of class to any environment. At work, they can bring an air of relaxation and at home they can transport you to a café. Read More…
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This post was written by Miryam on April 10, 2009
A new Italian Ice Cream Parlour of distinction in Torrox Costa
The 9th of April was a day to remember for the lovers of fine Italian ice cream when Jak and Camila opened their new venture with the finest ice cream that I have ever tasted. Although only open for a few hours, visitors to the Costa were quickly trying out the flavours and quality of the wide-ranging ices on show.
I thought I would be adventurous by trying out a vanilla, kiwi, cherry and lemon combination and busied myself by slowly savouring the different flavours as I studiously worked my way down through the layers.
It was, put simply, fabulous! It was pure self-indulgence par excellence. As I sat there, more and more people came to try out the new ice cream experience and sat, as I was, savouring pure quality.
One of my criteria for a good stop is to try the coffee out. I was not disappointed when I found out that the new proprietors had researched the coffee with the same painstaking thoroughness that they had used to get the best ingredients available for their ice cream. The coffee was delicious.
So where is this ice cream palace?
If you enter the Paseo Maritimo from the lighthouse side of Torrox Costa you need to walk a little, but this will just give you a good appetite for what is in store for you. Keep walking until you are just past the Restaurante Asiatico. Approximately some 50 metres further you will see the small and very new Italian Ice cream parlour.
Feast your eyes on the available flavours and make your choice. You will be pleased that you did.
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This post was written by editor on April 10, 2009
The ideal restaurant review submission
This site is not meant to be a checklist of good points or essential facilities in a restaurant, nor does it attempt to give a star rating for restaurants. Instead it is designed to give space for your experiences in dining out at places that you have enjoyed eating and drinking in. Two pointers for me when reviewing a restaurant’s fare is: do they make good coffee and is the ´house wine´ enjoyable. Bad coffee is an abomination and I never go back to a place that serves second rate coffee because in nearly every instance it means that the restaurateur does not really care about his clients. Similarly, a restaurant that has a poor house wine does not care about its reputation and this surely means that they don´t care about us, the customer. I really hope that such places go out of business quickly so that they are not around so that they are unable to persuade me to try their indifferent fares and service.
One of my best eating memories was a Chinese restaurant in Liverpool, called Lou´s….
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This post was written by editor on September 22, 2008
