I don't know if it's like this everywhere in Spain, but in Ronda (Malaga), where I live, bars and restaurants close and new ones open with amazing frequency. It seems to be a post-Covid phenomenon.
[Photo: Restaurantes Exitosos]
This evening we wanted to try out somewhere new, so I had a wander round the centre this morning and discovered a surprising number. And that's not counting places away from the centre or on the outskirts.
Ronda restaurant "recce"
Within 15 minutes I had discovered at least ten - on three streets, slap bang in the centre.
There was a Hindu, a Korean, a new Italian pizzeria, and a whole range of places offering Spanish/international cuisine. There were trendy places with nouvelle cuisine; cheap and cheerful; expensive; and bog-standard. There's even a restaurant boasting 2 Michelin stars.
The Hollywood film star Robert De Niro ate lunch there recently. The menu of the day was an eye-watering 200€ a head! But, I guess if you earn 10 million dollars for making a film, that's peanuts!
I shan't be going there anytime soon. Mr De Niro did report that the meal and service was excellent! I should bloody well hope so for that price! The Michelin-starred chef Benito Gomez must be a very wealthy man.
I'll let my wife choose where we go (I won't mention Tragata - the expensive one referred to above).
I wouldn't mind giving the Indian restaurant a try. We haven't had an Indian or Bangladeshi restaurant in Ronda for some years. I'm also intrigued by the Korean place, but we'll see .....
De Niro and Gomez [DiarioSur]
© The "Guiri" Gourmet
Photos by Paul Whitelock, unless otherwise stated.
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