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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: dleafy on May 23, 2016, 20:52.

Title: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 23, 2016, 20:52.
Ok, maybe not...but we're flying out tomorrow arriving late.
We were going to go to Zest for breakfast on the Wednesday before a 9.30am appointment nearby.
Well I've just found out it doesn't open till 10.00am.
Will anywhere decent be open for around 8.00am for English breakfast?

Cheers

Davy !!!
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: gaveteran on May 23, 2016, 21:06.
I'm not often lost for words, but I am.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 23, 2016, 21:19.
Yes...but where can I get a bacon sandwich????
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Corporal Jones on May 23, 2016, 21:24.
Im never lost for words but 1 yellow card is enough in a month.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: BeachLife on May 24, 2016, 09:16.
Quote from: dleafy on May 23, 2016, 20:52.

Will anywhere decent be open for around 8.00am for English breakfast?

Almost certainly not - you could try Burger King if you want one of theirs
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: sunseekers on May 24, 2016, 09:47.
La PIedra open around 8am and do a verry nice english breakfast. Enjoy
Hazel
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 24, 2016, 11:49.
Great thanks. Either will do me.
Cheers

Davy !!!


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Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Stuart159 on May 24, 2016, 13:28.
La Cesta, the cafe beside the Chinese Shopping, on the same strip as Sabadell bank opens early, not sure if it's 8 or 8:30, and they do toast etc.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: kevinb on May 24, 2016, 18:21.
Been to LA Piedra three times , excellent, especially their set price three course menu and their Sunday lunch , three courses €9.95.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 25, 2016, 21:09.
We ended up at La Piedra. Fabulous breakfast and great value for money. Will be back tomorrow


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Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: gaveteran on May 26, 2016, 13:22.
Purely out of interest dleafy, do you intend trying any Spanish cuisine while you're here?
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: bertdove on May 26, 2016, 18:03.
I understand ´patatas fritas´is a prized local delicacy in GA, if you want to try the local cuisine.

Bert
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Spurs on May 26, 2016, 19:35.
Agree with both of you Spanish cooking is brilliant been right through the card here some great tapas Piella  and some rabbit dishes to die for but an English breakfast !!!! MMM sorry can't be beaten
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Corporal Jones on May 26, 2016, 21:11.
I here Benidorm is nice this time of year, plenty of fryups, pie and chips and cheap english beer, most of the population also speak some form of english dialect so no translation required.Joking aside the beauty of GA is that its predominantly spanish if you want home from home maybe torrevieja or la marina would seem a better bet.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: llamedos on May 26, 2016, 22:19.
The population may be predominantly Spanish but the eateries are definitely British orientated.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: gaveteran on May 27, 2016, 07:59.
That's an interesting point llamedos. The eateries also fail at an incredible rate of knots here too. Perhaps they are misjudging the amount of English people here, and the amount of those that want to eat English? Just a thought.

I want to put on the record that I love English Breakfast, and so do many of my Spanish friends when introduced to it (once they regain consciousness after seeing it haha). In all honestly I've never found a particularly good one in GA...the best of them seemed to be Just Deserts in the day. The Lemon Tree market at least does a huge one that takes away to need for lunch haha.

It was the urgency that dleafy put into consuming English only fare that I found so interesting.

dleafy, Victor (above) honestly had a reasonable suggestion you know. If English food, or English culture in general is important to you - and of course there's no reason it shouldn't be, you don't have to love Spain, the Spanish and Spanish culture to move to Spain, it's not a requirement (although I would say a happy event if you do) then you really should take a closer look at La Marina - which is (as far as I know, perhaps others can comment) a much more English culture oriented place to live.

I knew a guy once who was actually desperate to move out of GA and over to La Marina for this very reason. "There's no proper butchers here" was one of his problems. "Can't get a decent cup of tea"....I can go on.

Joking aside, perhaps La Marina is the place I should go for English breakfast?!
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 27, 2016, 09:29.
I think you're all over thinking this....lol. My sense of humour doesn't seem to fit very well on this forum. We love Spain and Spanish food and we will definitely be buying in GA.


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Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: gaveteran on May 27, 2016, 15:01.
Hi dleafy, then I certainly apologise for not seeing the joke! I did wonder at one point, but got caught up :) Sometimes this written approach doesn't lend itself to irony. Well done :)
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Corporal Jones on May 27, 2016, 22:04.
Your on the nail Gavetran on all points, we also like an occasional greasy joe and just desserts catered for this well, but considering the amount of brits in GA the restaurants that sell traditional english fayre are very limited most eateries sell international cuisine or spanish excluding the Chinese and Indian restaurants. When buying in spain or anywhere else you pick what suits you best. Sadly ive heard so many brits in GA moaning that the locals dont speak much English as its a requirement.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Tony Gillam on May 28, 2016, 07:51.
I've always regarded it a bonus if the locals speak English. The downside is it reduces your diligence in learning the local tongue.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: John H on May 28, 2016, 09:01.
Sod the cuisine, how's the house hunting going Davy???

Regards all

John


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Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: Chris C on May 28, 2016, 21:45.
The best English Breakfast in GA is a home-cooked one (IMO) with bacon, eggs and sausage from Unide in Monte y mar Alto.... Am partial to a tostada con tomate y café con leche from the nice little bar opposite the school towards the Carabassi though (can't remember what it's called). Around 1.5 euro for the aforementioned - you can't go wrong, and they don't speak much English which helps me practice my Spanish lol
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: gaveteran on May 28, 2016, 22:52.
I have a full English so rarely that I wish somewhere would charge €15 for a really good one! Someone take the challenge!

In Santa Pola, there's a superb churro place...packed every weekend... sometimes I wonder if a few more people realised the Spanish ate "donuts" and drank chocolate for breakfast it would be more popular amongst our countrymen. :)

Once I had one of those €3.50 breakfasts in Benidorm. Memorable.
Title: Re: Urgent...It's the end of the world!
Post by: dleafy on May 29, 2016, 08:16.
Turned out I only had the one English breakfast. House hunting was great. I'll post when I get home. At the airport now!


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