july-2011

PALMA ON THE GROUND
FLY TO PALMA MALLORCA FROM 26 DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING BREMEN | BRISTOL | BRUSSELS (CHARLEROI) | DUBLIN | EAST MIDLANDS | HAMBURG (LÜBECK) |
ON THE TABLE
A NEW WAVE OF MALLORCAN FOOD
TODAY IN PALMA’S CITY CENTRE YOU’LL
find swish urban restaurants, while if you head
out towards the sea on either side of town,
eateries become gradually more informal,
clothing lighter and meals longer. They last
long enough in Spain anyway. Lunch is the
biggie in Mallorca, for Spaniards who take time
over their food, while restaurants tend to fill
with foreign visitors for dinner service.
If you want to start with something
traditional, there are great little seafood
shacks all the way east and west of the city
centre along Palma Bay. A meal at Casa
Fernando ( 13 www.restaurantecasafernando.
com) means a plate of local fish such as raons
or yonquillo. If you ask nicely they may make
you up an arroz brut – literally “dirty rice” – the
Mallorcan equivalent of Valencian paella.
Back in town, next door to the contemporary
art museum of the same name, Es Baluard
( 14 www.esbaluardrestaurant.com) offers
sober decor and stomach-satisfying traditional
cuisine. Specials include duck stuffed with
quince, served with a Mallorcan olive sauce.
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Stars of the Mallorcan foodie scene include Marc Fosh, a chef who
owns three restaurants in Palma. The latest offering from the British-
born culinary whizz is the sleek Misa Braseria + Bar ( 15 www.
misabraseria.com), which opened in February and serves Mallorcan/
French fusion dishes, such as delicious beef slow-cooked in hay and
mountain herbs. Marc’s Simply Fosh ( 16 www.simplyfosh.com) is a
more informal affair, ideal for lunches. All Fosh’s restaurants are clean,
white-walled places that aim to impress.
Spaniards love a meal with a view. The restaurant El Bungalow 17
is renowned in hip Mallorcan dining circles, and built around a terrace
that looks out over the sea. If it’s raining the place closes. As you can
imagine, that doesn’t happen often. Up on the old city walls overlooking
everything, BLD 18 is the fashionable eatery attached to the city’s
modern art museum, Es Baluard. Its terrace filled with futuristic
furniture, it’s a hip place to stop for a tuna salad and a glass of island
wine whether you’re here for an exhibition or not.
You couldn’t come to Spain without having tapas, and La Bóveda
( 19 www.restaurantelaboveda.com) dishes up some of the best. On the
menu there’s Iberico ham, patatas bravas, Mahon cheese, mussel stew,
chorizo and, of course, prawns. If you want to sit outside then its sister
restaurant La Taberna de la Bóveda ( 20 www.tabernadelaboveda.
com) is the place to come for cheap tapas on a terrace. On August
nights the buzz of Palma is palpable here, the San Miguel beer flows and
the atmosphere is never anything less than joyous.
love bites
Tapas heaven at La Bóveda
Make it a day for informal
dining at Simply Fosh
Net a royal
catch
Mallorcans are in love
with fish. And it almost
seems wrong not to
eat the fresh catch of
the day when you’re
staying by the sea.
So try a plate of John
Dory or langoustines
at somewhere like the
charmingly old-school
Ca’n Jordi ( 21 www.
restaurantecanjordi.es)
out in Ciudad Jardín,
which serves seafood
that’s literally fit for a
king. King Juan Carlos
himself has dined here
several times, and his
signed photo adorns
the wall.