Imagine that you are blowing out the candles on your 62nd birthday cake with your family in a beach bar in Malaga and while They are singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to you, Queen Sofia appears to congratulate you on the day. A surprise that you could never forget. A story that seems strange but that happened to José, a malagueño who was with his children, Álvaro and Natalia, last March, when Felipe VI’s mother was at Holy Week in the Andalusian city.
Everything seemed like any other birthday, but as Álvaro de Olmedo, José’s son, told us, it will be a day that this man from Malaga will never be able to get out of his head again. An illusion and unexpected anecdote that not every Spaniard has the pleasure of being able to tell. “He came up to our table to congratulate him when he was leaving. They had eaten there and we assume he came because she heard us singing ‘Happy Birthday‘”, this young man tells Lecturas.com.
Very close, smiling and with his sister Irene from Greece, who accompanies her wherever she goes, Sofía approached this family’s table to congratulate José. “She was very polite. She approached our table, said good afternoon and asked us whose birthday it was. We told him that it was my father’s, to whom he congratulated. We asked her majesty if we could take a photo with her and she agreed“, tells us De Olmedo, who posed very smiling with his father and Leonor’s grandmother.
Furthermore, Álvaro explains to us that Sofía He didn’t have time to say goodbye Because upon seeing it, many people came to the restaurant, people who even had dogs. That’s why the team that accompanied the emeritus and her sister made her leave to continue with her trip. “Several people came around our table. My father will never forget this birthday“, account.
The truth is This family had Queen Sofia at the side table, but he never thought he would come up to congratulate the birthday. In fact, Álvaro says that they let them stay in that place eating because the owner knows them and was clear that they knew how to behave in front of such an important personality: “I trusted that we would keep our manners,” he says.
What Queen Sofia ate at the beach bar
Making it clear to us that “It’s not because she was the queen“But since they were almost alone in the area, “all the dishes passed in front of them,” Álvaro, who knows the menu at the Rocamar beach bar in Málaga (in the Huelin neighborhood), remember perfectly what Sofia tookIrene and the rest of the Royal Family team that accompanied them.
“For starters they ordered skewers, prawns from Huelva and chopped tomato. And as a second, fried and baked sole with hollandaise sauce.” says Álvaro, who emphasizes that even if he wasn’t paying attention, he found out everything. “We weren’t paying attention to what they were talking about or anything. I don’t know if he spoke with his sister in Greek or English. I only know that she spoke perfect Spanish when she approached us,” he relates.
@alvarodeolmedo Her majesty Queen Sofía congratulating my father on his birthday. At the #rocamar beach bar in #malaga #semanasantamalaga #reinasofia #españa♬ original sound – alvarodeolmedo
We have not been able to know how much money they spent on the menu because they do not have a price menu on the website (although the average price is 30 euros per person), what can be seen in all the reviews is that customers are very satisfied with the quality of the product. “It’s all delicious“, Álvaro tells us, still today amazed by that anecdote that made his father’s day. In fact, they say that it is the emerita’s favorite beach bar, since it is the second time that he chooses it in one of his visits to Malaga. “Queen Sofía is magnificent, close, friendly and very grateful,” said Sofía Lucas, the owner, who has been running this establishment for nine years in ‘Diario Sur’. “She personally congratulated the espetero. “She said they are the best sardines she has ever eaten,” she added.
For that special occasion, Holy Week in Malaga, the queen wanted to comply with the protocol dictated by this type of religious days. That is why Felipe VI’s mother turned to black and white. A very classic look which was composed of wide pants combined very elegantly with a houndstooth print jacket that undoubtedly stood out for having a tight cut, flap pockets and contrasting black buttons. Furthermore, as you can see in the photo with Álvaro and José, The queen covered herself with a huge black scarf which completed the look.
