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Best Tapas in Palma: My Top 10 Tapas Places

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020

Sooner or later, everybody who comes to Mallorca will ask the same question: Where do you get the best tapas in Palma? Mallorcan cuisine is fabulous and tapas are a great way to try lots of different dishes. Even more so if you share them with your friends. Because that’s what tapas are all about. Originally, it was a custom to cover (tapar) your drink with a slice of bread to protect it from insects. Over time the covers or tapas, respectively, became more elaborated. Today renowned chefs…

Food

Color y gloria: Catalina La Fina

October 12, 2019July 5, 2020

When my friend Angela told me about Catalina La Fina a while ago I was curious not least because it was bearing my own name. When we finally got there I fell in love with its long red lacquered bar right away. The exact color of Pedro Almodóvar’s kitchen in his recent movie Dolor y Gloria. Sitting at an equally red table on the boardwalk we enjoyed the relaxed Santa Catalina neighborhood. But the true star that night was Xema Álvarez. The young Mallorcan chef conjured up some most delicious…

Art

Open sesame: Las Puertas de Toledo

October 7, 2019October 9, 2019

It’s that wonderful tale of 1001 Nights where Ali Baba’s greedy brother Kasim knows the entrance but forgot the key. In hotels today it often happens the other way round. We have the key but don’t remember the door to it. Something that Toni…

Food

Right around the corner: Tasquita d’Esquina

September 23, 2018November 6, 2018

When Sandra Viva discovered the vacant corner store next to Plaça Raimundo Clar she instantly knew that this was what she was looking for. She called her brother Helder in Porto and asked him to move to Mallorca. Together they opened Tasquita…

Food

Culinary world tour: Vandal

September 13, 2018

The ceviche at Vandal is doubtlessly the most fancy I ever had. It comes in a cone topped with coconut foam and looks like an helado. Together with a Margarita Picante it was the fabulous overture to an exceptional dinner at one of Santa…

Food

Island Hopping: La Vieja de Jonay Hernandez

August 30, 2018July 6, 2020

A giant pulpo is balancing some of the most popular dishes of La Vieja in his tentacles. Is he serving them to the nearest guests? Or just watching the scene from the wall at Jonay Hernandez’ new restaurant in Palma? Don’t let the menu at La…

Food

Friends and family: Sibil.la

May 14, 2018

Next to the tasty food it is Sibil.la’s casual, easy-going atmosphere that I come here for. The bright, slightly 60’s vintage interior, the beautiful hydraulic tiles that also adorn Sibil.la’s logo and the friendly staff. My favorite table is…

Food

Lost and found: Don Pedro

April 23, 2018August 23, 2018

A friend recommended Don Pedro when we talked about Port de Sóller last year. While he usually gets there by boat in the summer I love the picturesque bay any season. For a stroll along the sunny promenade, an ice cream at Fet a Sóller, or a…