Restaurants in Almería, Spain

Also read these tips from Norman Munro who lives in Almería and kindly sent us an email (June 2011) recommending the following restaurants. Cheers Norman!!

• Meson de Plaza, a bar restaurant in the village square in Lucainena de los Torres, just South of Sorbas. It is deceptively basic, but la duena has a cortijo nearby, and much of what is served comes from there. The menu is very traditional – items like quail, partridge, hare, , cabrito are rotated throughout the week. Most of what you will eat here is home-made.  She does NOT believe in shortcuts.  Just a short anecdote – my wife and I called in a couple of weeks ago as we were passing through the village to have some breakfast.  The usual – café con leche y pan y tomate.  When she brought our food, she also brought a couple of pieces of cake, and with a “Try this!” she disappeared back inside.  It was delicious, and turned out to be her home made vesion of “Rocque de Aceite”.  I asked her for the recipe, she wrote it out and said “Wait!”  Back into the kitchen and emerged with a great lump of cake – “Un regalo para ti!”  She would NOT accept payment, and as we left, she shyly handed me a bag of eggs “ Directo de mi cortijo.”  What can I say.
• In the same tiny village, ther is a hotel/museum run by a German chef and his Spanish wife who is from el pais vasco.  Again, completely traditional on the menu, but food beautifully cooked, real value and quality.
• Closer to my home, another traditional and EXCELLENT restaurant is Mi Casa in Antas.  Modern in appearance, but with – again – a really traditional Spanish menu whose quality is – for a menu del dia – incredible.  10 Euros including drink and dessert, and lots of choice. Primero plato included gazpacho, salmorejo, ensalada de pasta con acietunas negros, lentajes con costilla y verduras, plato segundo with for example, escalope milanesa, ternera en salsa, fritadura de pescado, pollo a la plancha, - and more.  All basic, but served beautifully with lovely table linen and cutlery.