We strolled out after dinner this evening and washed up on the shore of the place with the lovely tapas the other day. (Next door to the McDonalds)
They had a daily special that wasn't on the menu: merluza, grilled, with salad and mixed cooked vegetables. (Potato, green peppers and red peppers.) There was a "dressing kit" consisting of a little cup of wine vinegar, a larger cup of olive oil, and a packet of salt. I sprinkled all of the vegetables with the vinegar, sprinkled everything on the plate with the olive oil and salt. Oh, by the way, bread service was on the table but it wasn't included with the meal. Unlike in Portugal, they charge for the whole basket.
In Portugal, they only charge you for the bread that you eat, and they do count the untouched rolls left in the basket while writing the tab. These guys, and some other parts of Spain we have been in on this pilgrimage just charge for the "bread service" whether you eat it or not. Tacky! I chalk it up to another of the unfortunate hangovers from the lockdowns a couple of years back; the hospitality industry just about died altogether and parts did die. (We had a lot of One Meal A Day days on our Salvador and Primitivo walk in 2021.) So the survivors look at things differently.
Almost forgot to take a picture!
I wasn't in love with the...it looks like a drizzle of balsamic vinegar scattered over the plate. But that's just me. The merluza is the fish steak.
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