Once again, I hadn't slept very well last night and so I woke up very cranky. The lack of sleep is getting to me. I also still was not feeling well. We went for Breakfast in the General Buffet this morning and again Churros for me and a selection of items for Nóirín. We then went back to the room to get the sunscreen on and get ready for the beach.
We found a nice spot on the beach today, with a clear view through to the sea. It was out of the wind, but was shady, and there was an extra lounger that Nóirín could use for her tanning. I actually moved my chair into the sun for a while too, thought it was probably worth getting at least a bit of a tan while I'm here.
We both got up a few times to walk down to the sea front, where there was a nice fresh breeze to help cool us down. I didn't feel like going into the sea today so we both just paddled knee deep at different times, as we had the Kindle and iPad with us, so we couldn't leave them unattended.
At about 12PM, we went back to the room and ordered room service, as Nóirín was desperate to try it out. We ordered Royal Club sandwich, Ceasar wrap, Salmon Fillet and Chicken Burrito. When the food turned up 40 minutes later (we had to chase) it wasn't great. My Royal Club sandwich was missing the backon completely, and hardly had any chicken in it, so really it was a ham and cheese sandwich. The chips were soggy. The Salmon was OK, the rest was not that good.
In the afternoon, we stayed at the pool near to the room, (which I was glad of). We found chairs in a different area to the previous times, near to a jacuzzi (built into the pool, not separate).
We went back to the room at about 6PM today, and then went for a walk along the beach with both camera's. We thought we'd walked the full length of the Hotel beach, but it turns out we only did about 2/3 of it. By the time we reached Chanterelle Restaurant, it was about 7PM.
This is where we discovered there are 2 restaurants in the same place. The Royal Buffet, and the Chanterelle French restaurant. All this time, we were using the Royal Buffet. Nóirín liked the decor in the Chanterelle restaurant. Lots of mirrors and chairs that looked like they would be at home in Versailles.
While we were ordering, several orders of the Chateaux Briand went out, sizzling away. It is served rare, but with a hot stone, so you can cook it to your choosing. It seemed very popular, but as it was for 2 people and I was still not well, I asked Nóirín if we tried it the next time we were in there.
Bad Idea. I had the Chicken Provencal, and Nóirín had Turbot. We waited a long time for the food. The guy topping up our drinks was very good though, we never had an empty glass. When it came, my poor chicken looked like it had been caught in the blast wave of a small nuclear explosion, and there was hardly any meat left on it The rest of the plate was mainly onions. The small amount of potato I had on the plate was nice though. Nóirín's Turbot was OK but not brilliant. Her Hollandaise sauce was more of a Hollandaise Goo, almost like melted cheese in consistency.
For desert, we had some different options. Most of the restaurants share the same deserts and none of them had been that good to this point. No change here then, as I had the profriteroles and Nóirín had the Crémé Brulée. The profriteroles were edible, to be fair, but not really that nice. The Crémé Brulée was runny, and didn't have a crust. We decided to leave both, and went round to the general buffet to see if we could have something just to fill the gap.
It was Spanish night in the General Buffet. In the end we tried some of the Paella, and we had some chips. Both were nice. The Paella was slightly salty, but I would have it again. The chips were fresh and were nice. I'd say its hard to mess up chips, but nothing would surprise me at this point.
After the Buffet, we went back to the room, fairly early, and settled down for the night. That was the end of Day 5.
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