The other day a few of us went back to El Gato Negro, one of the Bares Notables I’ll be including in my book. As they are best known for their variety of teas, coffees and spices, we went for late morning coffee.

As I arrived first, I spent some time reviewing the menu, which contained such yummy items as orange and ginger cake and glazed lemon slices. I finally chose the orange cake which, unfortunately, wasn’t as good as it sounded. Gerlinde, however, treated it as early lunch and had a sandwich which she pronounced excellent.

What I had in mind all along was the cafe con leche with cardomom, a beautiful combination of flavours I can never resist.

There’s a staircase in the back corner, which we all assumed would lead to the washroom, but it turned out there’s a whole other room up there and Lina could tell us they have live music on some evenings. So we agreed to watch out for what’s playing and make an evening of it sometime.

As we were chatting, Gerlinde asked if any of us had gone to the Beatles Museum, and none had. I knew about it and had looked for it a couple of times but never found it. It was apparently just across the street, so she and I decided to go. No wonder I couldn’t find it, as it was right in the back of a little mall that opened out into a courtyard featuring a cafe called The Cavern! Beatles photos were everywhere.

The museum itself was quite small, but very well curated with lots of memorabilia, important dates, photos and videos. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Here’s a little video and some photos I took.