We were in the commercial district of Alicante and decided to stop for lunch. We came across a Mexican restaurant called “Cactus” which looked interesting and was busy. That is always a good sign when the restaurant is busy. We stopped to see if we could get a table. The waiter brought us to our table and we settled in for lunch. The decorations were very colourful and quite charming.

We ordered a drink and looked at the menu.

I was looking at the special of the day “Cuchara”  which in Spanish means spoon.  I asked the waiter who only spoke Spanish what was cuchara? He looked at me like I was dumb and said it’s a spoon. I smiled and tried to explain in my best poor Spanish what was in the dish called cuchara and he told me it is like a stew. I decided to try the special of the day “cuchara” and Shelley ordered a taco salad.

The special of the day included a glass of wine, main course (cuchara) and a dessert with coffee or a tea for $6.50.

Because my meal came with dessert I was obligated to have some… a chocolate pie with layers of a cream type filling, it was very tasty!

The meal was tasty and the atmosphere was unique. It was good spot for lunch and we are glad we stopped in.

“adios y que tenga un grand días”