Saturday, February 23, 2008

If I Could Only Find Words


So you go along to a new restaurant to say hello, and one of the first things you hear is - "oh, you're the guy that does the blog". Do you duck, run like crazy or what? No, none of these things. You get a free coffee. One of the satisfying aspects of doing the blog is that people seem to appreciate it. And so it was today. Oh and another thing that's satisfying is the free coffee.

I had bumped into Sam at Little Britain a while back, and said I'd pass by, which is what I did. It was Alison, his wife, who mentioned the blog. What do you call someone who likes a blog? Blogophile maybe. Blog-fancier? Not sure about that. A blogotee, a blogocrat? Who knows? Perhaps there exists somewhere a cyber world of blog lexicography, but I'm damned if I'm going looking for it.

But so who, you may well be asking, are Sam and Alison? They have opened up Cafeteria Mediterraneo in Puerto Alcúdia. These are no restaurant novices; they bring with them experience of similar ventures in the UK. They spent last season getting to know the area. This, if you can do it, is sound practice. One does sometimes rather fear for those who turn up with little knowledge of the place and even less of how to run a bar or restaurant. Anyway, here we go with the blog's irregular series of "of the weeks". Restaurant of the Week - Cafeteria Mediterraneo:

Where: C. Coral 11, opposite Mestizo in Puerto Alcúdia, so just up from the beach.

What: Home-made burgers and pizzas plus kebabs and sandwiches. The burger I had was very good and very fresh. And before you start thinking. I paid for it.

When: Every day. Exact hours to be determined as the season unfolds but certainly middays and evenings till around midnight.

Who: Have you not been paying attention? Sam and Alison.

Why: Genuinely nice folk, blogotees (I think I like this word best), so they have my total respect and admiration of course. Good location in the port especially for those staying at the likes of the Estrella, Coral, Maristany and out to the Viva Tropic.


QUIZ
Yesterday - Everything But The Girl. Today's title - recognising the search for the right word for blog appreciation, who came up with this lyric? Fabulous song with an Irish feel but they are/were not Irish.

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