I have noticed something interesting about this episode. Looking over Internet revealed that there are apparently alternative endings to the episode.
One where Gordon eat mushy pasta and goes on the beach with the owner to prepare paella and pull off some new customers for lunch; the other take where he eats barbecue squids [...] and seabass on a bed of cream leaks.
Hi
According to Nerja News 01/08/2008 Lawernce has decided to close La Parra for good
Shame things seemed to going well
Cheers
joel: October 14, 2008 at 2:14 am
Should have closed years ago. Go back to daddy with the money!!!!
Clare: October 19, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Dear Ian
Sorry this reply is so late, but what you’re referring to is the original episode, at the end of which Gordon returns a month or so later; Lawrence is keeping up with the authentic menu and serves a lovely dinner of squid etc. Then in the revisited episode he returns a year later, and Lawrence has lost his way, and is serving overcooked pasta to the tourists. Gordon tries to change his view by challenging him to the cook off on the beach. Hope this helps
Pitiful. I figure it wouldn’t last. Especially seeing dog shit on the dining room floor. Disgusting.
Keena: December 13, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I was rooting for Lawrence and am sad to see he closed this year. I think once he got his ego (which can be very hard for some) out of the way he seem to be a good chef. Both the menus seemed a like wacky and not my taste but Ramseys did look and sound better for the area (chicken & bananas, chocolate shrimps, wtf). But hey what do I know I am an African-American raised on southern cooking……;-P
Ronny Henri: January 23, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Shrimp and chocolate sauce. A donkey dick kebab and chicken and bananas. Its for the best that the place shut down. Or in the words of the great Gordon Ramsay:
THANK FUCK FOR THAT!
charlotte: March 14, 2009 at 10:02 pm
acutally it did start to go well,because the last day of the last season my brother started working there and it was going quite well pulling down about 10,000 a week in the summer with the live music,ect and yes it closed for idiosey(alcohol mostly)and then after a while i ended up working there he treated all of us quite well!! but then we ended up doing all of it!thats why we where getting payed, but he was supose to be in the chef.And now the original spanish owner has opend it again!
Erika: March 21, 2009 at 8:17 pm
That place needs also a good graphic image in the menus and his logo.
It will give a professional image.
Lisa: May 8, 2009 at 10:26 am
They were the biggest bunch of losers Ive ever seen? And the owner was a egotistical creep that could fuck up frying an egg. ps: bs robbery in my opinion.
jake: July 2, 2009 at 1:23 pm
So were the Chef owner/manager a couple? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, two guys run off to Spain together. No visible women in their lives, show up late together and own a small dog. Just wondering.
Anyway, it should have been name La Parra de Dog Shit. I understand the filthy kitchen, some are. I understand the la plancha (sp?) grill, overused because it seemed to be easy. I understand a chef not understanding flavor combinations. But how do you allow dog shit in the dining room, much less any part of a restaurant?
Carlos: August 16, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I live in Costa del Sol so for once I have one of Gordon’s restaurants nearby!!!
However, I have to say that I dont wellcome the idea of eating there.
Funny thing is, I know people who like the donkey tail kebab!!! I had one in Benalmadena and it had all the problems that Gordon mentions, vegies overcooked and meat mithout flavour. I feel stupid for not realizing it was crap at the time… I can hear him saying:
Ian:
July 20, 2008 at 12:51 am
I have noticed something interesting about this episode. Looking over Internet revealed that there are apparently alternative endings to the episode.
One where Gordon eat mushy pasta and goes on the beach with the owner to prepare paella and pull off some new customers for lunch; the other take where he eats barbecue squids [...] and seabass on a bed of cream leaks.
La Parra has closed:
August 3, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Hi
According to Nerja News 01/08/2008 Lawernce has decided to close La Parra for good
Shame things seemed to going well
Cheers
joel:
October 14, 2008 at 2:14 am
Should have closed years ago. Go back to daddy with the money!!!!
Clare:
October 19, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Dear Ian
Sorry this reply is so late, but what you’re referring to is the original episode, at the end of which Gordon returns a month or so later; Lawrence is keeping up with the authentic menu and serves a lovely dinner of squid etc. Then in the revisited episode he returns a year later, and Lawrence has lost his way, and is serving overcooked pasta to the tourists. Gordon tries to change his view by challenging him to the cook off on the beach. Hope this helps
lance:
November 9, 2008 at 2:58 pm
For those interested, here’s an article about how the donkey sanctuary featured in the episode rescued the porcelain donkey that Gordon had donated… http://www.donkeynewsletter.com/resources/Ramsay+donkey+rescue.pdf
Jason:
November 29, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Pitiful. I figure it wouldn’t last. Especially seeing dog shit on the dining room floor. Disgusting.
Keena:
December 13, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I was rooting for Lawrence and am sad to see he closed this year. I think once he got his ego (which can be very hard for some) out of the way he seem to be a good chef. Both the menus seemed a like wacky and not my taste but Ramseys did look and sound better for the area (chicken & bananas, chocolate shrimps, wtf). But hey what do I know I am an African-American raised on southern cooking……;-P
Ronny Henri:
January 23, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Shrimp and chocolate sauce. A donkey dick kebab and chicken and bananas. Its for the best that the place shut down. Or in the words of the great Gordon Ramsay:
THANK FUCK FOR THAT!
charlotte:
March 14, 2009 at 10:02 pm
acutally it did start to go well,because the last day of the last season my brother started working there and it was going quite well pulling down about 10,000 a week in the summer with the live music,ect and yes it closed for idiosey(alcohol mostly)and then after a while i ended up working there he treated all of us quite well!! but then we ended up doing all of it!thats why we where getting payed, but he was supose to be in the chef.And now the original spanish owner has opend it again!
Erika:
March 21, 2009 at 8:17 pm
That place needs also a good graphic image in the menus and his logo.
It will give a professional image.
Lisa:
May 8, 2009 at 10:26 am
They were the biggest bunch of losers Ive ever seen? And the owner was a egotistical creep that could fuck up frying an egg. ps: bs robbery in my opinion.
jake:
July 2, 2009 at 1:23 pm
So were the Chef owner/manager a couple? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, two guys run off to Spain together. No visible women in their lives, show up late together and own a small dog. Just wondering.
Anyway, it should have been name La Parra de Dog Shit. I understand the filthy kitchen, some are. I understand the la plancha (sp?) grill, overused because it seemed to be easy. I understand a chef not understanding flavor combinations. But how do you allow dog shit in the dining room, much less any part of a restaurant?
Carlos:
August 16, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I live in Costa del Sol so for once I have one of Gordon’s restaurants nearby!!!
However, I have to say that I dont wellcome the idea of eating there.
Funny thing is, I know people who like the donkey tail kebab!!! I had one in Benalmadena and it had all the problems that Gordon mentions, vegies overcooked and meat mithout flavour. I feel stupid for not realizing it was crap at the time… I can hear him saying:
YOUR TASTE BUDS ARE LIKE A COW’S BACKSIDE!!!