banys la gavina
Last weekend some friends came to stay and on Saturday night (after another lunch at Domèstic) we went to watch the Catalan Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band, Willy and the Poorboys. Someone spiked our drinks with alcohol, so on Sunday we stumbled down to the beach for restoration.
calella beach
We went to Banys La Gavina, a bar and restaurant on the beach, with a walled outdoor garden and sea view. We’d been here for drinks back in July and it’s a pleasant spot to watch the boats go by…
vermut
I had a few vermut de la casa, Oli was on white wine and Jonas was drinking beer. After a couple of drinks we got to feeling hungry and asked to look at the menu.
banys menú
Being Sunday, there’s no menú del día, so we were on a regular beach menu. There were a few standards that took our fancy…
croquetas
We ordered 6 croquetas (which were excellent) and 3 had gone, in a flash, before my camera could get to them.
paella
The paella was very good,
fideuá
but fideuá was the star. For those unfamiliar, fieuá is a paella like dish, where the rice is replace by short pasta (vermicelli), which when cooked correctly stands up straight in the paella (the metal dish that paella takes it’s name from).
honeymoon
By this time we were drinking Honeymoon wine with Oli and all our hangovers were cured!
leftovers
As you can see, we weren’t taking any prisoners.
carajillo
As per usual, I had a carajillo de cognac to finish my lunch.
la playa
As the afternoon wore on, we went inside for one last drink…
interior
There was a lovely local family function taking place, which added a little sparkle to our day.
vi blanc
When Jonas and friends left, Oli and I went outside for the real final drink
capvespre
and to watch the sun setting over Barcelona, 30 miles down the coast.
Banys La Gavina is at: Passeig Manel Puigvert | Lado Campo de Futbol, 08370 Calella, Barcelona.
Mad Dog TV Dinners 
I so love that Oli and you can always provide us with the total story . . . 🙂 ! Love it that you managed to add yourself to the ‘inviteds’ list at a family function 🙂 ! Don’t intend to spike your drink but might enjoy sending you a repost if I had not replaced your email address quite some time ago . . .
Thanks Eha – it was a lovely day out!
MD, I like you and Oli’s style. As a huge CCR fan, the concert by Willy and the Poorboys would have been great to have seen. We have Parés Baltà Honeymoon here in our government monopoly liquor store. I’ve not tried it, but now I must as I’m always looking for a good “day after” wine. FYI it’s !8 euro/bottle here. Likely half that in Spain. Thanks for a fun post.
Thanks Ron – I’m not a big fan of cover bands, but Willy and the Poorboys are very good. I think we paid half that price for Honeymoon in the bar here – it’s likely to be even less in the shops. Nevertheless, it’s an excellent wine!
I am amazed to read that you are a CCR fan. You couldn’t be old enough to remember them first time around (as I am). That looks like a pretty decent and long lunch.
Ha ha – I started young and had a Saturday job in a record shop when I was 14. I had a huge vinyl collection before punk and new wave happened.
I just walked up the coast to the next town (Pineda del Mar) – it’s pretty much joined to Calella. It’s amazing how the seaside tourist bars, all revert to local bars in the winter. Good for them too!
Sounds like a perfect Sunday lunch to me…sorry I’m late, we had visitors from Spain so just catching up!
Thanks Tanya – perfect indeed! I really like Calella – it’s a thriving Catalan town and hardly a guiri in site, this time of year.
“Someone spiked our drinks with alcohol.” Ha, ha. But looks like you found the perfect hangover cure!
Thanks Michelle – yes we made a full recovery by sunset!
Just in time to start again. 🙂
You know us too well!