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!  Highly rated (7½/10) in Spain's Gastronomía Guide.  Best to book. Tel : [phone]  /  July/Aug daily 10-23h / otherwise open lunch only (closed mid-Dec - end Feb).  http:// www.restaurantesur.com/ At CALPE's (fishing) HARBOUR : The harbour at CALPE is a great place (sic) for fish ! Any restaurant will entice you in with marvellous displays of fresh fish.  There is nothing like this anywhere else we know of (except Dubai !).  Strongly recommended. FISH ITEM (retail) ! Outside the Ermita supermarket (by the little church on the Jávea to Jesús Pobre road) at 10:00h on a Saturday morning is to be found an enterprising Dutchman (Arjen) who is selling fresh martjes, smoked eel, roll-mops, smoked mackerel, buckling (a herring smoked whole – as opposed to kippers which are smoked flat), smoked trout and potted shrimps ……. There are no further frozen HERRINGS for the moment due to change of supplier in Holland. Orders to : 667 997300 (every Sat. morning from 10:00h) or [email protected] [ and inside this supermarket, at Xavi’s where, apart from his excellent meat counter, can be found the very best STILTON in the area ]. Arjen is in MORAIRAon Thursdays 10 - 14h at Tabaira – Palco. INCODNITO < Fish 'n' Chips > : Jávea, Arenal beach, on main car park.  It is not usual for such an establishment to find its way onto this list but it has proved to be very reliable with both fresh fish and chips of excellent quality.  Tel : [phone] / f. Sunday. BOOKING: Good restaurants are busy; best to book. f. = fermé = Day closed (if known) PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES - IT HELPS EVERYONE NOISE ANNOYS : Your editor/ complier interviewed. RTN headline on subject of noise (and most especially the scourge of muzak in restaurants and shops) : www.roundtownnews.com/rtnnewsflash/item/44154-noise-annoys. html “Tranquillity lubricates the soul, muzak destroys it" (Spike Milligan) "Like a loathsome monster, muzak spreads its tentacles wider and wider" (John Humphrys, BBC Radio 4) Pipedown: Campaign for Freedom from Piped Music < www.pipedown.info > E & O E : 20160501 © 2015  J.G. DEACON Comments welcome - to : [email protected]