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The restaurants in La Mata are generally
good value, varied and cosmopolitan, plus, there's always a
good selection of restaurants around that offer
excellent local cooking.
The typical dish of La Mata is the caldero, in which
the ingredients are basically fish, in its different
variations, and rice with the consommé from the fish.
Other typical seafood dishes are cod stew, sea bream,
mackerel, ray, mojama, roe, tunny and shark.
The food in Spain is extremely healthy, with plenty of
fresh fish and seafood, combined with fresh produce
from local markets -
and all tastes are catered for.
In La Mata and nearby areas, you'll find every kind
of restaurant you could wish for, ranging from a mouthwatering variety of restaurants of all kinds. Along
with the local fresh fish and seafood restaurants and
typical Spanish cuisine of the region you'll also find
a wealth of international restaurants - Italian,
French, Mexican, English, Thai, German, Chinese,
Indian . . . . . to name but a few !
Lunch time in Spain is not before 2pm and dinner is
usually at about 10pm, but restaurants in tourist
resorts have adjusted their timetable for people
wishing to eat earlier.
Grading - Restaurants are graded into four classes but
this is often done according to the décor and the
number of dishes and prices of the tourist menu
available rather than the quality of the food and
service.
Snacks - for light meals, many bars in
La Mata serve a selection of tapas which are small
dishes of tasty snacks eaten with a drink. They can be
served in three sizes: pinchos, tapas and raciones,
(raciones is the largest).
Vegetarian - most Spanish restaurants in La Mata
cater for vegetarians, you'll usually find a
tortilla, salad or vegetable tapas.
Payment/Tips - prices may not always include tax and
it's usual to pay 5% in tips if the service and food
has been good enough and nothing if it hasn't !
The wines of the region - the wines from the east coast
of Spain have the following labels of quality: Alicante,
Valencia, Jumilla, Utiel-Requena and Yecla, which
cover quite different wines. Those from Alicante are
reds and rosés with a high alcohol content of between
12 and 16%. Those from Valencia are usually white, dry
and very fresh. The Jumilla wines (Murcia area) are
easy to distinguish because they are aged in oak
barrels. In both cases the alcohol content is very
high, and they are dark red and thick. Yacla has reds
and rosés with between 13 and 15% alcohol and a very
pleasant mild taste. Try Vino Verano!! It's excellent!
When you come across other good restaurants in La Mata, just email the details to
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