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I will be open with you. Last night we drank some beers. There may have been a cocktail or two thrown in. Needless to say we are fragile and in need of items that have been fried.

The day ended with an astonishingly good meal, a surprise actually.

Breakfast was forgone in favour of a later brunch.

Which, you guessed it, tapas. On the beach. With an ice cold hair of a vicious dog. It was surprisingly good considering and very cost effective. We ordered about 4 different types of carbs. More ham. Eggs.

Just the thing to get us back on our feet.

There are some excellent bars in Alicante. I had assumed, wrongly, that it was a bit of a party city. Full of British tourists with union jack tattoos. Sure there are some streets along those lines, but we keep finding ourselves in niche little friendly bars.

Lunch wasn't at one of those, it was at a corporate-attempt at a dive bar next door. But I wont complain.

A hotdog was scoffed. And a hotdog was enjoyed.

After traipsing around town and exploring, we cancelled a reservation in favour of something cheaper and more casual.

However, a few more pints of the good stuff, and we ended up somewhere fancier and more expensive. But those last-minute, walk in off the street with a wish and prayer, kind of joints are more often the better ones.

Luck was on our side. We ended up Steki.

I think, and I don't blame them, we perhaps did not seem like the usual customers. A full rundown of how the eatery works (tasing menu) and the type of food (fancy, and sort of Spanish meets Mexican) and we were sat next to some Icelanders.

We ate: foie gras (I usually abstain from barbarism but Pete had never tried it) with hibiscus, aguachile swordfish, beef cheek with white beans and guajilo and iberian pork with mole. Desert was an exceptional sherry.

The aguachile was not aguachile at all, but something that tastes esque of adjacent. I was disappointed it wasn't the OG but happy it was delicious. The beef cheek was amazing. And the foie gras was not something I think I will ever eat again, but guily aside, it was also tasty.

The restaurant is ran by a couple, they seem to have been around a few years and cook food inspired by the co-owners Mexican heritage. Wines were on point and decor was understated but cosy.