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brassada
sauce. It's a classy, skylit, white-walled space, with wraparound windows over-
looking the marina and a decked terrace.
Caballito de Mar
SEAFOOD €€€
( 971 72 10 74;
www.caballitodemar.info
; Passeig de Sagrera 5; mains €17-34; noon-11.30pm
Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat)
One of Palma's seafood beacons, the 'Little Seahorse'
presents its food in a contemporary key. There are monkfish medallions,
sobrassada
and
butifarrón
(blood sausage) wrapped in cabbage leaves in a nut sauce, for example. Or
you could go for something more traditional, such as the fresh fish of the day, rice dishes
or red shrimp from Sóller. Grab a seat on the sunny terrace.
Ca'n Eduardo
SEAFOOD €€€
€€€
( 971 72 11 82;
www.caneduardo.com
;
3rd fl, Travesía Contramuelle, Es Mollet; mains €20-38;
1-11.30pm; )
What better place to sample fish than here, right above the fish market?
With its bright, contemporary decor and picture windows overlooking the fishing port,
Ca'n Eduardo has been in business since the 1940s. Black-vested waiters serve up grilled
fish and seafood and some fantastic rice dishes (minimum of two) - the
arroz bogavante
(lobster rice) is a favourite.
Casa Jacinto
SPANISH, MALLORCAN €€€
( 971 40 18 58;
www.casajacintomallorca.com
;
Camí de la Tramvía 37; mains €9-23, 3-course
lunch menus €15-22; 1-5pm & 7pm-12.30am)
A classic since the 1980s, this huge and no-
nonsense eatery attracts Mallorquins from far and wide for copious servings of mainland
Spanish and local food, especially grilled meats, including game cuts such as venison
and wild boar. It's situated in Gènova, 4km west of the centre of town.
Es Portitxol, Es Molinar & Ciutat Jardí
Portixol
MEDITERRANEAN €€€
€€€
( 971 27 18 00;
www.portixol.com
;
Carrer de la Sirena 27; mains €17-40, 3-course lunch menus
€19; 7.30am-10.30pm)
This harbourside restaurant at Hotel Portixol is a bright and
breezy affair, with sea views and a blue-and-white colour scheme. The menu is ingredi-
ent -driven, playing up Med flavours with the occasional international twist in dishes as
simple as grilled scallops, spot-on sirloin steak and red tuna with wasabi mayonnaise.
