tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16656554.post115124853338192823..comments2023-06-09T11:39:18.751+01:00Comments on Gaztronomy - Down Under: Terre a Terre, BrightonGazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674974329012255937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16656554.post-42606604610169367522007-08-26T20:31:00.000+01:002007-08-26T20:31:00.000+01:00Gaz, I've enjoyed reading your blog. There's a pla...Gaz, I've enjoyed reading your blog. There's a place you might like try when you get around to it in Torroella de Fluvià, a village where I spend some time when not in Barcelona, near the Spanish coast about 30 kilometers south of France. The restaurant in the village social center is called L'Esportiu, but most people locally call it Cala Neu, in any case there's no sign, but people frequently comment that they serve the best crema catalana, which is what the dish is called in Spain, generally considered around here better than the French creme brulée version because it's more likely to have have had the sugar on top burnt with a hot iron rather than a gratinée oven or blowtorch. (Although they use and electric iron these days instead of the one you hold over a fire.)The lunch is around €9.50 including salad, 2 more courses desert and wine or other drink. Another good desert is "grana", usually called "musico" in Spanish, which is mixed dried fruits and nuts served with a glass of muscatel, but if they like you they might ask if you want garnatxa instead. Here's a link to a house we rent there, but its usually only by the week, perhaps too long just to try a desert, but there are a couple of rural guesthouses in the village too. http://www.spain-holiday.com/rentals/accommodations/properties/1354/Sant+Pere+Pescador/60/Girona/7/Catalunya/Sant+Pere+Pescador.html<BR/><BR/>I'd be curious to see how the crema rates on your scale.<BR/>I have also written about the Cafe Paradiso. If you want to read it, it's here.<BR/><BR/>http://ireland-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/sol_y_sombra_tapas_restaurant<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>DickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652800807312650696noreply@blogger.com