The food didn't disappoint either. Francisco La Fontanilla is one of those restaurants that the Spanish specialize in, it's been there for years and they really know what they're doing with fish.
A complimentary dish of little mussels came as we chatted to a friendly German couple sat on the next table. They'd recognised us from a few days earlier at Aponiente.
He reckoned this is one of the best places for seafood on this Costa de la Luz coastline amongst some tough competition. It would be hard to disagree. We even had a friendly game of restaurant top-trumps as we talked about great meals we'd had. We see your El Bulli 2006 and raise you an El Bulli 2004!
Mrs Bacon had set her heart on some local Oysters (€1.65 each) and they were wonderfully fresh as you'd expect.

Traditionally on the last meal of our holiday we like to go for a paella. But it can be a gamble, even in Spain. It's a hard dish to get right, we've had our share of rotten ones over the years.
This time we went for a different rice dish; Arroz con Carabineros (Risotto with scarlet shrimps, €19.50 per person). God this was good, a big black pot of golden liquid velvet stock, so rich in the flavours of the sea but not over salted.
We'd had a similar dish in the north of Menorca some years ago. They helpfully supplied bibs then. I need it in all honesty, clumsily spooning the comforting stock and rice into my gob at once. It's so satisfying when food is so simple and yet just right like this, expertly cooked and with such wonderful product too.
It's easy to look back on life events and say I was happy then, at that exact moment as we were for that hour or two sat on a beach eating fine food in front of the sun going down. The trick is to properly appreciate it there and then, as you're living it, and we did just that.
The final bill came to €87.55 including a €14 bottle of Albariño. Follow @Bacononthebeech
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