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My family and I have returned from our annual two week villa holiday in PP and enjoyed the wonderful weather and usual local hospitality.
I don't want to bore you with exact meal details but hope that you may be interested in general comments about the restaurants we visited.
Three trips to Brisa Marina reinforced our love of the place. I phoned from the airport to book a table for our first night (all in Spanish - I was SO chuffed!). When we got there Francisco (the younger) said he'd taken the call and thought it was me! How? The stuffed mussels, gespacho, paella, lamb chops with pepper and garlic, pork fillet, and entrecote are all excellent as always. A new try this year was the fish soup - highly recommended.
El Posito once again was excellent. The menu doesn't change, and some dishes share the same sauce (which is a shame), so we only went once. Only complaint - the roast suckling pig crackling never seems to crackle there - a shame.
La Goleta is another regular for us (in fact we've stayed in the really nice and low priced rooms they have a few times). Their Mallorcan Frito is the best I've tasted but, again, this is a restaurant that is always reliable, and Martin and Elke always make us feel welcome.
C'an Andreu in the square has become a real favourite. This is true Mallorcan cuisine. A starter of garlic and prawn scrabbled egg was sensational. One of our party had young goat - it was superb. Their outside seats are away from the hussle and bustle of Maxims etc and suit us very well. A lovely family run restaurant.
Thanks to those of you who posted details of C'an Josep. This used to be the RAF Bar, and is now family run by the brother-in-law of Juan (now at Joker Bar) who used to run the place. This was SO good we visited three times. They have a chef who is French/Spanish and an absolute artist. Sea Bream with Herbs on a bed of crushed potatoes was just fantastic....but so was everything else on the menu. Not a single thing disappointed and Josep, the owner, is such a nice guy. He has poached waitresses Renata (from Zarzales) and Mia (from Stay) and what lovely girls they are too. DO go there. This was the find of the holiday.
Restaurant Siller has been established in PP for many years, but being down a back street we hadn't tried it until this year. Now this IS special. Home made Mallorca bread, the best roast suckling pig I have tasted anywhere (and yes, the crackling is light, thin and crackles for Spain). To finish, the Port's finest almond cake and almond ice cream. A family restaurant who bake their own bread and grow their own vegetables. This is a place we are going back too!
We didn't get to O'Lume. After a bad experience with particularly oily food my wife refuses a second chance - pity. Nor did we go to Zarzales this year - my feeling is that this is not as good as it once was and I object to paying 36 Euros for a wine I can buy in Brisa Marina for 18 Euros.
Anyway, that's all over for another year. Next time round we are coming at the end of July, in the school holidays, because my son-in-law has just qualified as a teacher.
Can't wait for the car hire queue!!!!
Hope I haven't bored you. Happy Eating!
Duncan
I don't want to bore you with exact meal details but hope that you may be interested in general comments about the restaurants we visited.
Three trips to Brisa Marina reinforced our love of the place. I phoned from the airport to book a table for our first night (all in Spanish - I was SO chuffed!). When we got there Francisco (the younger) said he'd taken the call and thought it was me! How? The stuffed mussels, gespacho, paella, lamb chops with pepper and garlic, pork fillet, and entrecote are all excellent as always. A new try this year was the fish soup - highly recommended.
El Posito once again was excellent. The menu doesn't change, and some dishes share the same sauce (which is a shame), so we only went once. Only complaint - the roast suckling pig crackling never seems to crackle there - a shame.
La Goleta is another regular for us (in fact we've stayed in the really nice and low priced rooms they have a few times). Their Mallorcan Frito is the best I've tasted but, again, this is a restaurant that is always reliable, and Martin and Elke always make us feel welcome.
C'an Andreu in the square has become a real favourite. This is true Mallorcan cuisine. A starter of garlic and prawn scrabbled egg was sensational. One of our party had young goat - it was superb. Their outside seats are away from the hussle and bustle of Maxims etc and suit us very well. A lovely family run restaurant.
Thanks to those of you who posted details of C'an Josep. This used to be the RAF Bar, and is now family run by the brother-in-law of Juan (now at Joker Bar) who used to run the place. This was SO good we visited three times. They have a chef who is French/Spanish and an absolute artist. Sea Bream with Herbs on a bed of crushed potatoes was just fantastic....but so was everything else on the menu. Not a single thing disappointed and Josep, the owner, is such a nice guy. He has poached waitresses Renata (from Zarzales) and Mia (from Stay) and what lovely girls they are too. DO go there. This was the find of the holiday.
Restaurant Siller has been established in PP for many years, but being down a back street we hadn't tried it until this year. Now this IS special. Home made Mallorca bread, the best roast suckling pig I have tasted anywhere (and yes, the crackling is light, thin and crackles for Spain). To finish, the Port's finest almond cake and almond ice cream. A family restaurant who bake their own bread and grow their own vegetables. This is a place we are going back too!
We didn't get to O'Lume. After a bad experience with particularly oily food my wife refuses a second chance - pity. Nor did we go to Zarzales this year - my feeling is that this is not as good as it once was and I object to paying 36 Euros for a wine I can buy in Brisa Marina for 18 Euros.
Anyway, that's all over for another year. Next time round we are coming at the end of July, in the school holidays, because my son-in-law has just qualified as a teacher.
Can't wait for the car hire queue!!!!
Hope I haven't bored you. Happy Eating!
Duncan
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I am now not going to post any more on this site because I am so home sick!! I am going to hiberante until I have the chance to return. 
