A belated company Christmas night out at El Rincon de Rafa in Manchester. Terrific food, good wine, celebrity guests - yes we saw Johnny Briggs (AKA Mike Baldwin).
Arrived just before 8 and had a couple of Riojas to get into the atmosphere, the rest of the party soon turned up and a few drinks got everyone into a relaxed mood. The meal was a LOT of tapas of which there were some superb dishes, in particular the fish (cod I think) moist & flaky in a light batter, the tiny chorizo sausages and the crab. With the tapas over two giant paellas arrived - cooked to perfection. The hardy ones amongst us then tackled the crema catalana - whilst tasting great it wasn't exactly how I remember the dish from eating it in Spain, more of ice ream dessert than a creamy sweet custard.
Resisting calls to order Spanish brandy, I think that would have been extremely foolish (killjoy I know!) people stated drifting away with the last of us leaving just before midnight, pretty full, slightly drunk and well satisfied.
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