Author: Jan Edwards

Fresh Produce from this Manacor Farm

August 13, 2021
by Jan Edwards
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Eat / Mallorcan produce

Anyone for plump, juicy tomatoes, recently harvested? Glossy peppers or aubergines? A thirst-quenching, cooling watermelon? These and more are among the summer vegetables and fruit grown in the beautiful, fertile valley in Mallorca near Manacor, known as Sa Vall. This peaceful Mallorcan valley is home to the rural hotel Reserva Rotana, which has its own private nine-hole golf course. But most of the rest of Sa Vall is given over to agricultural activities. We know […]

Review of the New Sa Clastra Restaurant, Castell Son Claret

June 13, 2021
by Jan Edwards
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Mallorca has a new gourmet restaurant: Sa Clastra opened this season at the five-star Castell Son Claret hotel in the Es Capdellà countryside in southwest Mallorca. Sa Clastra has replaced the hotel’s former two-Michelin-star Zaranda and offers a new fine-dining experience for guests and members of the public who come for dinner. Chef Jordi Cantó Ambitious 33-year-old chef Jordi Cantó leads the kitchen, with a generous helping of Michelin-star-restaurant experience. Born in Palma, he’s worked […]

Stay Awhile at Stay Restaurant, Puerto Pollensa

June 8, 2021
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In 2022, it will be fifty years since Stay Restaurant first opened in Mallorca’s Puerto Pollensa. Surprisingly, given the precariousness of the restaurant sector on a seasonal holiday island, quite a few restaurants in Mallorca have been open for decades – often staying in the same family. Two others with a long history that come immediately to mind are Can March in Manacor and Bens d’Avall, near Sóller. Stay Restaurant opened in 1972 but has […]