These fabulous things keep happening to me. Woke up this morning, my last full day in Málaga, wondering what to do. I knew my friend Victor (We Love Malaga) was busy and other friends were away… so what to do on this last day in town? And so I got on Twitter and asked what I should do. And bless, there were suddenly all kinds of very kind and interesting replies and suggestions, including one from the guy I’m renting my FAB APARTMENT from @lerele and also from @LoletabyLoleta (her blog is here). And they both recommended a place called Pez Tomillo in Pedregalejo. So I googled it and saw it was a new bar here in Málaga started by the same group who run three very successful and trendy bars in Sevilla – and I know the chef Ernesto Malasana! So this was all just sounding too good to be true – had to do it, right?

Then Loleta got in touch with me by private message on Twitter saying she would love to join me, with her husband Juanje and 10-year-old son Javier (who is in a competition to become a junior Masterchef). And thus the afternoon all came together and was fabulous. I walked over to Pedregalejos, the old fishermen’s quarter about 45 minutes from the centre of town. And when I got to Pez Tomillo I saw there were family and friends from Sevilla I knew working there. And then Loleta and family turned up.

We ate very well, though we all thought the wine list NEEDED to have Botani on it. Curiously the menu was almost exactly the same as at Bar Antojo back home. I’d thought they’d be doing more typical fish stuff, but then it did seem a good idea to offer the barrio something a bit different from the usual over there. I truly wish them luck as I think it’s a place with lots of heart … and also very good food.

At the end of our lunch young Javier cut open the hot chocolate coulante to great effect…