Typical Majorcan Restaurant in PP

[barefoot]

Have to agree with JMD40. There are plenty of traditional Mallorcan restaurants. And there are also plenty of really good value Menu del Dias available at lunchtimes, primarily for the workers. They haven't gone out of business, just keeping a low profile.

 

[Harters]

I am surprised by some of the posts that claim no Mallorcan restaurants

I suppose, in this context, it depends on what you mean by "Mallorcan". Or, to be more precise, taking Tony's OP "typical Mallorcan".

 

[snowy2007]

Belive me, don't bother. The most ignorant man ever to have owned a restaurant & if you are taking children a double no no. This is the only place in Mallorca that I have felt uncomfortable in while dining.

I will second that used to love Bar Siller great steaks until one day well you can guess it.

 

[JMD40]

Harters - typical Mallorcan food - as opposed to being a Mallorcan owner but offering Pizzas or chips with everything. Lomo con col (pork with cabbage), Lechona (roast suckling pig), Frito Mallorquien (shallow fried tiny cubes of liver, potatoes, peppers, onions), Sopas Mallorcan (to eat with fork not spoon - mallorcan bread, pork, cabbbage served in terracota dish), Cabrito (roast kid), gato con helado (almond cake with almond ice cream) .... best stop now as I am starting to drool.......

 

[whaleywanderer]

Re restaurant Siller

I wonder if its perhaps just tourists that feel 'uncomfortable' and that because it is frequented more by locals the odd tourist probably feels as though they are being left out (don't like this but couldn't think of another word to use!), could this just be a personal feeling?

We will have to try it and see for ourselves.

 

[Harters]

typical Mallorcan food - as opposed to being a Mallorcan owner but offering Pizzas or chips with everything.

Certainly along the lines I'd start to agree with.

The discussion I'd have is that a number of the dishes you mention, and which are relatively common in many tourist restaurants around Mallorca, is that they are homestyle dishes, not restaurant food. They're the sort of food Mallorcans are going to have at home for a Tuesday night tea. Similar, say, to a British shepherd's pie. When my brother in law makes his annual return to the island, they're not the things he seeks out to eat because he has them regularly at home. As such, I take the view that seeing frito, or lomo con col, on a menu is no real indication that the place is a typical or traditional or authentic Mallorcan place and that you might very well be just about to eat at a very touristy restaurant. They' re the Mallorcan dishes that crop up on so many menus. Along the same lines that if I saw shepherd's pie on a British menu, I would not automatically assume that it was a typical, traditional or authentic British restaurant.

That said, I would take a different view about restaurants which offer a tradtionally made sopas or have kid on the menu - but I'm sure you know as well as I do that these places are few and far between. For example, a search of forum posts for "cabrito" brings up just one thread (excluding this one) - mentioning only one place that has it on the menu (El Moli) - but compare that to how many times lamb is mentioned on the forum.

I'd also take the view that Mallorcan cuisine is not limited to these very small number of dishes which we see in the tourist areas. The food is better than that. Far, far better. There's imaginative, creative seasonal cooking on the island, coming from chefs who have trained under some of the world's best. They create their own food as well as putting modern spins on traditional dishes. There are others, say cooking at the island’s asadors, turning out simple dishes of the most fantastic grilled meats - a quality product that you'll rarely see in a tourist area.

 

[barefoot]

I understand what you're saying now Harters (and finding a traditional top class English restaurant can be just as hard). The first place that came to mind after reading your post was Es Guix, just past Lluc (the one with the pool hewn from the rocks). Was there only last week, and their menu had only 1 lamb dish on, but 3 ways of cooking goat (even chuletas), and a variety of arroz dishes (for 2) including arroz brut and caracoles (snails). And a fantastic setting too. Must try to think of some more which fit the bill.

 

[portbar]

Kirky/Tony

GWF Kirky/Tony?????

I may disappoint you but the typical Mallorcan place is now just a typical tourist place. There are few "old style" traditional places left on the island and, certainly, none in the areas heavily used by tourists.


John

IT'S A TOURIST RESORT !!!

 

[Harters]

Exactly the sort of difference I meant, barefoot.

There's a couple of places round Soller (where the brother in law comes from) but I can't bring the names to mind. I also like Es Celler at Petra - superb kid, along with other stuff you just won't see in the tourist areas.

I also wouldnt want to forget that many modern Mallorcan chefs will have spent time in the world class Michelin starred restaurants around Barcelona. They've brought back inventive styles of cooking and food preparation, often using some of the "gastronomy science" techniques of Ferran Adria and, in the UK, Heston Blumenthal. They're often putting this to good effect on reinventing some of the more traditional local dishes and, certainly, using local and seasonal produce in their own style. Just fab!

 

[Harters]

IT'S A TOURIST RESORT !!!

Exactly my point.

(BTW, typing in upper case is considered to be rude on discussion boards. The equivalent of shouting. No need for it when you're having a conversation. )

 

[Sparky]

Harters can i ask you if you have been to El Posito. The chef does some very special Mallorcan dishes, admittedly some have to be pre ordered but they are definitely "traditional" Mallorcan fayre.
I have seen Kid on the menu in Can Torrens.

 

[Harters]

Hi, Sparky. No, we've not eaten at El Posito.

I know we've looked at the menu on past trips and it can't have struck us as being particularly "traditional". Perhaps they don't mention about being able to pre-order the "specials" or perhaps we just didnt register that it did say it on the menu outside.

You mentioned Ca'n Torrens on the forum thread referring to cabrito. I'll have a nosy in September when we're over. Thanks for the tips.

 

[mwc]

Re restaurant Siller

I wonder if its perhaps just tourists that feel 'uncomfortable' and that because it is frequented more by locals the odd tourist probably feels as though they are being left out (don't like this but couldn't think of another word to use!), could this just be a personal feeling?

We will have to try it and see for ourselves.

whaleywanderer, we were the only people in at the time so the local thing has no issue. I also think people have also voted with there feet as they have always been empty or very few in everytime we have passed.

 

[purpleboots]

El Posito for me too and of course O Lume

 

[whaleywanderer]

whaleywanderer, we were the only people in at the time so the local thing has no issue. I also think people have also voted with there feet as they have always been empty or very few in everytime we have passed.

We may not bother then, too many favourite restaurants to visit.