One of the joys of  holidaying in Menorca and  Mallorca and staying in a villa is that you have the freedom to venture out and try some of the many first class restaurants on the islands.  All tastes are catered for from top of the range fish establishments to the local tapas bars offer huge ranges of delicious delicacies. 

Mallorca cuisine is basically based on pork, fish and vegetable with generous use of olive oil and garlic, with a particularly favourite dish being sausages.  These come in many varieties including sobrasada (with hot red pepper) botifarro , jamon Serrano and chorizo.  Other items regularly featured on the menu are Tumbet which is a mallorca style ratatouille and Llom amb col which is pork wrapped in cabbage with pine nuts.

Fresh seafood is plentiful in both Mallorca and Menorca and this is coupled with dairy products in Menorca which is famous for it’s Mahon cheese (and gin!) The cheese is produced to strict standards and is square in shape with an oily yellow rind, it comes in a variety of flavours depending on maturity.  The island of Menorca is famed for it’s lobster stew, “caldereta de llagosta”, it is said that King Juan Carlos travels from Mallorca to Fornells just to eat the excellent stew!  The locals have a very sweet tooth  and hence produce an array of desserts and pastries, do try the almond macarrons or an ensaimada – a fluffy spiral pastry.  Finally the ice creams on both islands are without doubt some of the tastiest in the world!  And not a mention of paella!

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