A quick stop at the chinese grocery store means that Jeremy sits in the car and I run in to the shop ONLY to get the ingredients at speed of lightning. Picking up regular ingredients is a requisition of no additional effort. Except when confronted with a new commodity. Pit stop! Read the rest of this entry →
Billingsgate Market, in the heart of London Dockland, humbly working all night long alongside Canary Wharf, is a heaven for seafood lovers. Apart from the trades taking place, in the same building itself, Billingsgate conduct their very own seafood courses. These courses take you through the buying (identifying bad and good, farmed fish and wild fish), preparation (de-scale, gut, clean and fillet) and cooking. Read the rest of this entry →
Simply Fosh, Palma – The interior decoration has retained it’s contempory concept; minimal and simple. The ambience, filled in with a variation of Latin American music and jazz. Recently, Simply Fosh published their new menu. We knew we loved it there before, plus we have a good reason for a small celebration, therefore we return for another gourmet meal.
After the Firó, days are back to normal buzzling but peaceful lifestyle. Last week’s write up about Ca’n Gata was when they had their special menu with snails but on any other day, it is the menu del dia. Three course meal for prices starting from €9.75 including bread, olives, wine and water. For each course there are two options except for their dessert which has a slightly larger choice. Between the both of us, we had the more expensive menu, €11.75, and an additional starter. Read the rest of this entry →
It is traditional to have snails before the Firó. It is not possible to avoid this festival when you are in Sóller. Everyone is getting ready for the ‘war’; equipped with fake swords and ancient blunderbusses, harmless but dreadfully loud fireworks and dressed in their best tailor-made farmer’s costumes (which will probably be ruined during the battle). Read the rest of this entry →
Celler Sa Premsa is tucked away in a corner on the edge of the centre of Palma. It is surrounded by quite a number of government offices. During Franco’s regime in Spain, Sa Premsa was opened to deliver a simple and nutritious meal to cater for office workers.
The restaurant celebrated their 50 anniversary in 2008. The interior retains the traditional and rustic atmosphere of a wine cellar (as it’s name Cellar Sa Premsa suggests) very typical of Mallorquin restaurants. Still standing solidly, busy with tourists, locals and us (not just office workers), it is a good reason to dine in.
La Vila, Soller has been known to be consistently good. The menu has been the same for as long as I know. For the fresh beginning in 2010, La Vila is opening without their former head chef, Luca Dalla Torre. After carving a reputation for himself here for the past three years, he has bravely become an entrepreneur with managing his own restaurant in the Port of Soller, due to be opened in May. Their menu proposed a change. Retained (I guess), some of their popular dishes and also incorporated a new degustacion.
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Cala Tuent, north west of Mallorca, also known for being at the heart of the Tramuntana range and near to the Lluc Monestry, with mountainous views (of the mountain or from the mountain) has attracted many excursions of holiday walkers to the island. No tour buses are allowed down on to the bay, reassuring that the natural charm has not been harmed (yet!). Es Vergeret, a restaurant situated above the bay,
We needed to pick up a parcel from the Deptford Bridge area. It was lunch time when we completed our task for the day. Thus, the greedy tummies and hungry eyes are out on search for something to eat.
I spoke too soon. The wintery and frosty weather is back. Nothing compared to the pile of snow that halted New York and London. Looking up from the valley of Sollér the snow that encapped the peak of Tramuntana mountains is such a picturesque sight. Yes, we do enjoy the view but there is a price to pay (chilly!) for the picture. Read the rest of this entry →
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