The Butcher’s Block
Our excellent butcher has closed
but he hasn’t disappeared. He
is overwhelmed with work but
promises an announcement
here when he is ready.
Enquiries can be made to him
at [email protected] / Tel: 678
398801
In regard to butchers in general
we note the excellence of the
independent butcher which
operates at Lidl in Jávea -
outside, but alongside, the Lidl
supermarket (external access
only).
Here you may order (but only
in December) game such as
pheasant & pintadeau (guinea-
fowl / pintada). We find this
latter bird tastes better than
turkey.... and their smoked pork
chops are the best in town.
NEW gastro INFO
LEBANESE BREAD & TAHINI :
Gastronauts will be pleased to know
that Consum (Jávea) are now offering
genuine Lebanese pitta bread (now
in a rack in the panaderia section).
They report it is selling very well. We
are there weekly !
To complete your Lebanese dishes the
little supermarket next to Le Parisien
(by the old Deutsche Bank at Arenal)
is selling Lebanese Tahini. The
Lebanese (& Syrian) tahinis are the
only gastronomically valid tahinis on
the market. The Egyptian, Cypriot &
Israel etc. versions are poor imitatons
and need to be totally forgotten when
making Mtabal (Babaghanoush) or
Hommous etc. ! Make your own
hommous = 1000 times better than
the supermarket stuff !!
The “bible” for this superb cuisine
is Claudia Rhoden’s < A new book
of Middle Eastern Food > (Penguin
paperback).