El Menu Del Crisis

Walking through La Pobla this morning there was a TV crew filming outside our local Tapas Bar. They have introduced something on their blackboard outside the shop the Menu of the Day for 4.95 Euros and they call it the Menu Del Crisis.

I will get a fuller report on it later this week because I may be there for lunch tomorrow or Friday. Photos to follow.

(I have still not got the photos but just to tell you the bar is Tapas y Jamon on the main through road of La Pobla right next to the Caixa Catalunya bank.)

Lovely Rental Flat in Valencia. Short or Long Term

Now finally finished and ready to be used this excellent third floor flat comes very well furnished and presented and can be found in the Ruzafa area of Valencia. It has three rooms, a good sized living room, a large kitchen/dining area, two bathrooms and hall. You can rent it for short term or longer term rents and prices start from 800 Euros pcm for longer term rents to weekly rates on demand starting from 400 Euros per week.

Have a look at the pictures and get in touch if this is something that may interest you.

graham@valencia-property.com

More Rain in Spain. Bumper harvest to follow

And it just keeps on coming. Expect a bumper harvest of olives, oranges and all of the other stuff you get from Spain because the last month or so has been virtually every day and apparently in the vast majority of places the "good" rain that comes down not in a torrential torrent but at a more leisurely pace making sure that it soaks in rather than running off.
Christmas mandarins should be really juicy this year.

In Valencia we are consdiered to have had a real Gota Fria this year, this is a type of monsoon that engulfs this specific area of the Med around October time. Anyway if you want to know what it can look like check out these images from the Riada of 1957 in Valencia. (Turn the music off though)

Downtime

If the main website, www.valencia-property.com disappears for a time today just keep checking back. It is being moved from one server to another and will take time to do. Also if you cannot get in touch remember that the numbers are +34 961662892 or graham@valencia-property.com to get in touch

Thanks.

How to Make Great Paella - The Ingredients Count

So if you didn't read the Times online last week you can find the answer and some of the names of the best restaurants in this article here. remember that the piccie illustrating this article is not the traditional stuff you get served around here. Just a clue. When you see the old biddies walking round a field with a plastic bag or at the side of a road, they are not picking up fag ends, they are getting the snails for the paella.

Personally I would go for Raco de La Olla in El Palmar as the best paella restaurant in El Palmar but opinions are valid of course.