This is the End, of Finnegan’s, my Friend. Or is it?
All is not lost; Finnegan’s has reopened, although in place and name only. It seems that a deal has been done to maintain the name, although Peter Finnegan will no…
Amazing Tokyo: Amazing Station
Somebody falling asleep on a train to Valencia and then walking round the station in search of refreshment, could be forgiven for thinking that they’d caught the wrong train and…
LOS MALAGUEÑOS
The Real Thing If it’s a little sophistication that you like then walk right past this place. This is the real Spain! Here they’ll throw you out for not spitting…
The Book
Every good cook has his or her book apparently, a kind of culinary autobiography in which their personal history of dishes and ideas is written down. Alfonso J Lanzas not…
La Pepica: if it’s good enough for Hemingway……
There is a corner of Valencia that is forever Hemingway; in fact there is more than one, but the only place where you can see and feel the presence of…
A Peregrina: more than crispy egg
A pilgrim’s life doesn’t have to be all suffering; in fact we came out of this restaurant, well-hidden in the medieval part of Valencia on a little square, quite bloated.…
Lambrusqueria: Clooney’s Home from Home
Toni Campagnol arrived in Valencia in 1996 looking for the sea; George Clooney was here in 2014, looking for Tomorrowland. They coincided in Toni’s restaurant, Lambrusqueria, where George felt at…
New Ayres at The Astoria
The Astoria Hotel is nothing less than an icon in Valencia, but as all icons run the risk of becoming outdated, it became the responsibility of director Joan Soldevila to…
Valencian Bar Holds Guinness Record
You would expect a Valencian bar to appear in the Guinness Book of Records for something related to sangria, noise or rice, but the fact of the matter is that…
La Caudalía, Fontanars
There are times when it doesn’t matter what you eat, so much as where you eat. If you are eating in a good place, and with good company, then one…
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