Coffee and Horchata with pastry twists

Location: Cafe at Valencia railway station, Spain
Date: 27 June 2009
Details: Coffee, horchata and pastry twists

Notes: Firstly, please admire the inlaid marble penguin in the table-top. Guapo, si? This is a logo for a brand of Spanish beer.

The coffee smelled good but was entirely consumed by The Lion.

Horchata is far more interesting - a local speciality which all guidebooks advise the traveller to sample - it is indeed delicious. The drink made from ground rice and nuts flavoured with vanilla - sounds like a pudding but it's very tasty and probably to be consumed in moderation due to the calorific nut content.

Horchata recipe from Good Food TV >>

The crunchy pastry twists are from a packet I found in a Spar supermarket. Made with wholemeal flour, the packet proclaimed the health benefits of their product. Hmm. Yes, you might be consuming some dietary fibre but they still contained the usual butter and sugar! Still, dunked in the coffee and horchata, whether indulgent or healthy, they tasted great.