food trip

during our short vacation, we made sure to eat only the best that Marbella has to offer.  Spanish cuisine is one of the tastiest in the world and so we decided to look for little known cafes mostly frequented by the locals. however, we were so hungry when we arrived that we just sat down in the first one we saw!  we ordered clams in garlic and wine sauce, calamares and boquerones (lightly battered and lightly fried anchovies) after we consumed the olives and bread. 

i tell you, they were the best i have ever had!  the sauce in the clams was to-die-for!  we licked our plates clean!

next stop was to find good old reliable chinese food :)  there was one along the Paseo Maritimo so we headed for that.  we basically just ordered the more familiar ones but my eye was caught by something unusual :)

bunny-shaped Yu Tou Gao!  it is steamed yam/taro cake individually wrapped in a rabbit-shaped flour wrapper.  it was an early Easter treat for me :)

the mister has always had this hankering for really good, really tasty American burgers for a long time now so we drove to Puerto Banus (a marina southwest of Marbella) and looked for the one and the only Hard Rock Cafe

we weren't disappointed!  i ordered the pulled pork sandwich with baked beans, coleslaw and fries and they were soooo good!

the mister had the hickory BBQ bacon cheeseburger (i know! its overload!) and he loved it!  

just for the record, we don't plan on doing this everyday :)  we can't wait to do a food trip in America however... we've seen and heard so much of the gastronomic delights of Uncle Sam :)


we were sooo stuffed on our trip but we were also looking forward to our healthy home-cooked meals :)  nothing can ever beat the comforts of home :)