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Stephen
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We have just arrived home after a week in PP.
My observations:Without doubt the place was quieter than in previous years -
we have been in September/October for the last 6 years - but that's not necessarily a bad thing for us,as we prefer it on the quieter side rather than busy.
I know that's not what the locals want(it being quiet)but it doesn't spoil our holiday.
Anyway,there's been plenty of discussion on here about the price increases in the port and the effect it has had on the numbers visiting.From my experience over the past 7 days I can safely say that there is some very good value to be had and some of the worst I've ever had.
Eating out:We ate at Ca'n Josep,Na Ruixa and El Posito after reading good reviews on here,and thought all of them to be pretty good.There were petty things wrong at all three that could be mentioned but that would
be churlish.The overall feel of each place was good,the food better than most and yes the prices aren't particularly cheap but I never felt that I was being taken for a ride.
However,we found the best value to be in the square of all places,at Makassar.
At 15.9E for 3 courses it was a bargain and appeared very popular on Thursday evening when I counted over 80 people enjoying,amongst other things,the shoulder of lamb which was very similar in quality to the three restaurants mentioned above.
I counted less than a dozen eating at El Mojito so Makassar seem to have got it right to me.
We also had the MDD at lunchtime at Nico's and thought that to be very good too.
Regarding a lunchtime baguette,I have to give a mention to Rumbo which is next door to Eroski.
Their baguettes can only be described as monstrous in size and are very well filled.Recommended.
Before I come to the very bad value mentioned earlier I think it worth mentioning the overall value or lack of in the port.
We thought that eating out,being an occasion and integral part of our holiday,to be worth spending money on,even if it is on occasion
a bit expensive.The drinks - beer at 3E a pint and wine at 10E a bottle - are on the high side but acceptable because we wouldn't drink all that much.
Where we think that it's getting a bit daft though is all the extra bits that you spend on holiday.If you are a family with 2 kids then that 11E for your bed and shade on the beach,your bottle of pop at 2.85E,your ice-creams at 2E+ then those bits and pieces are adding up to 40-50E a day.
Is there ANYTHING for sale in any shop in Majorca for less than 1E?
Unfortunately I have to report (I feel it is my duty as a lifelong Indian Food fan)on our Saturday night at Mirch Massala,the Indian near the Flora.
We arrived at about 8.45pm and took a table inside.My first impressions were that it felt a bit like a cafe and didn't have a good feel about it.After a few minutes the very apologetic owner/chef asked us whether we would be prepared to wait for half an hour as he was very busy.
No problem we said,we'll wait.(there were no more than 25 people in the place).
Complimentary popadoms and chutney etc arrived to ease our wait.Thats when the culinary alarm bells began to ring.
The mango chutney was of the cheapest watery kind,the onions prepared days before it seemed,and the raita the most insipid,lifeless gloop.
I ordered Lamb Rogan Josh and my wife Special mixed biryani.Side dishes of pilau rice and naan bread completed our order.
When it eventually came I was stunned.My rogan josh contained no more than 10 tiny bits of lamb in a tomatoey sauce that had probably had a teaspoon of curry powder sprinkled over it.The Biryani was an absolute disgrace - a dozen tiny frozen prawns and the same miniscule scraps of lamb mixed with some rice.
The naan were straight out of a packet and warmed in the oven.
We didn't create a fuss.We paid and left.It would have been a scandal at half the price.
This meal was not only the worst we've had in PP over the last 6 years it enters our top 3 worst-meals-ever charts.
Possibly at Number 1.
My observations:Without doubt the place was quieter than in previous years -
we have been in September/October for the last 6 years - but that's not necessarily a bad thing for us,as we prefer it on the quieter side rather than busy.
I know that's not what the locals want(it being quiet)but it doesn't spoil our holiday.
Anyway,there's been plenty of discussion on here about the price increases in the port and the effect it has had on the numbers visiting.From my experience over the past 7 days I can safely say that there is some very good value to be had and some of the worst I've ever had.
Eating out:We ate at Ca'n Josep,Na Ruixa and El Posito after reading good reviews on here,and thought all of them to be pretty good.There were petty things wrong at all three that could be mentioned but that would
be churlish.The overall feel of each place was good,the food better than most and yes the prices aren't particularly cheap but I never felt that I was being taken for a ride.
However,we found the best value to be in the square of all places,at Makassar.
At 15.9E for 3 courses it was a bargain and appeared very popular on Thursday evening when I counted over 80 people enjoying,amongst other things,the shoulder of lamb which was very similar in quality to the three restaurants mentioned above.
I counted less than a dozen eating at El Mojito so Makassar seem to have got it right to me.
We also had the MDD at lunchtime at Nico's and thought that to be very good too.
Regarding a lunchtime baguette,I have to give a mention to Rumbo which is next door to Eroski.
Their baguettes can only be described as monstrous in size and are very well filled.Recommended.
Before I come to the very bad value mentioned earlier I think it worth mentioning the overall value or lack of in the port.
We thought that eating out,being an occasion and integral part of our holiday,to be worth spending money on,even if it is on occasion
a bit expensive.The drinks - beer at 3E a pint and wine at 10E a bottle - are on the high side but acceptable because we wouldn't drink all that much.
Where we think that it's getting a bit daft though is all the extra bits that you spend on holiday.If you are a family with 2 kids then that 11E for your bed and shade on the beach,your bottle of pop at 2.85E,your ice-creams at 2E+ then those bits and pieces are adding up to 40-50E a day.
Is there ANYTHING for sale in any shop in Majorca for less than 1E?
Unfortunately I have to report (I feel it is my duty as a lifelong Indian Food fan)on our Saturday night at Mirch Massala,the Indian near the Flora.
We arrived at about 8.45pm and took a table inside.My first impressions were that it felt a bit like a cafe and didn't have a good feel about it.After a few minutes the very apologetic owner/chef asked us whether we would be prepared to wait for half an hour as he was very busy.
No problem we said,we'll wait.(there were no more than 25 people in the place).
Complimentary popadoms and chutney etc arrived to ease our wait.Thats when the culinary alarm bells began to ring.
The mango chutney was of the cheapest watery kind,the onions prepared days before it seemed,and the raita the most insipid,lifeless gloop.
I ordered Lamb Rogan Josh and my wife Special mixed biryani.Side dishes of pilau rice and naan bread completed our order.
When it eventually came I was stunned.My rogan josh contained no more than 10 tiny bits of lamb in a tomatoey sauce that had probably had a teaspoon of curry powder sprinkled over it.The Biryani was an absolute disgrace - a dozen tiny frozen prawns and the same miniscule scraps of lamb mixed with some rice.
The naan were straight out of a packet and warmed in the oven.
We didn't create a fuss.We paid and left.It would have been a scandal at half the price.
This meal was not only the worst we've had in PP over the last 6 years it enters our top 3 worst-meals-ever charts.
Possibly at Number 1.
