Javea Grapevine Issue 173 - 2015 | Page 76

| Jávea Grapevine No.173 2015

Restaurante MENA :  Wonderful
position on the rocks at the end of
the Las Rotas road (go over Jávea
/ Montgó road to Denia and turn
hard right at bottom roundabout.  It
was expensive with bad muzak. It
also used to be xenophobic but we
hear it’s under new management
so certainly worth a try…. drive on
a little further and there’s another
good restaurant on the right. 96
578.0943 / f. evenings  /  http://
mena.restaurantesok.com/aquiok/
detallrest.jsp?id=547&prov=Alicante
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 only to order fresh/
frozen HERRINGS (mostly with their
roes – and at €1.25 each). When
did you last enjoy a fresh herring ?
Surely the most marvellous of fishes
(none recently – sorry !). Orders to :
667 997300 (every Sat. morning from
10:00h) or argentocorazon@gmail.
com [ and inside this supermarket,
at Xavi’s excellent meat counter, can
be found the very best STILTON in
the area ]. Arjen is in MORAIRA on
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.

JESUS POBRE
Restaurante LA TASCA : Charming
Italian owner – set in an attractive
courtyard. Portions tend to be small so
this restaurant isn’t cheap (€140 for 4).
As it was full we found the service under
strain. There is musak but, mercifully,
not in the courtyard. The lentil soup was
superb.
Renowned for meat cooked on an opengrilled fire yet all choices were reasonably
priced but were all of cheaper cuts except
for the CHULETON (T-bone) at €35/
kg and this is the reason for going to La
Tasca !
Great crêpes but the Panacotta was tiny
and inadequate. Well-heeled clientele.
Approaching Jesus Pobre from the JáveaGata road take the 2nd left before entering
the village and it is on the left corner
at the top of this short street. English
spoken. Must book. Tel: [phone].

BOOKING: Good restaurants are
busy; best to book. f. = fermé =
Day closed (if known)
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EXPERIENCES - IT HELPS
EVERYONE
E & O E : 2014-0827
© 2014  J.G. DEACON

NOISE ANNOYS : John Deacon
interviewed by RTN on noise (and
the scourge of muzak in restaurants
and shops) : www.roundtownnews.com/

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