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(Carrer de Blanquerna 15; coca de patata/ensaïmada €1.15/1.20; 7.30am-8pm; )
This place
along the main pedestrian drag has been baking up the local speciality of
coca de patata
(a bready, sugar-dusted pastry) and the island-favourite
ensaïmades
(light pastry spirals
dusted with icing sugar) since 1920. It stays open later in the height of summer.
Gelatimossa
ICE CREAM €
(
www.gelatimossa.com
; Plaça de Cartoixa 18; ice cream per scoop €1.60; 11am-10pm Jun-Sep,
shorter hours rest of year)
Pistachio, Mallorcan almond, peach, coffee and yoghurt….how
ever will you choose? It's all homemade and delicious at this
gelateria
. Grab a cone and
head to the garden behind the Real Cartuja (50m away).
Hostal Ca'n Marió
MALLORCAN €
( 971 61 21 22;
http://hostalcanmario.net
; Carrer d'Uetam 8; mains €8.50-14; 1.30-3.30pm &
8-10.30pm Wed-Mon, shorter hours in winter)
If you can grab a window table at this homely
restaurant half the job is done, as you'll have views almost clear to Palma. On the menu
are good honest Mallorcan dishes perfectly cooked, along the lines of
lomo com col
(pork loin with cabbage),
caracoles
(snails), stuffed aubergine and
tumbet,
a garlicky au-
bergine, tomato, potato and zucchini bake.
Casa de Sa Miranda
FUSION €€€
( 971 61 22 96;
www.samiranda.com
;
Plaça Miranda des Lladoners 3; tapas €8-10, mains €14-24;
7-10pm Mon, 1-3.30pm & 7-10pm Tue-Sat)
What a view! The entire town and valley
spreads picturesquely before you at Casa de Sa Miranda. Here chef Fecundo puts his in-
novative stamp on local produce in bright, expertly prepared dishes like octopus with
miso sauce and pear ravioli with gorgonzola and strawberries - all big on flavour and de-
livered with flair. The tapas are great too.
Drinking
Aromas
CAFE
(Carrer de la Rosa 25; 11am-9pm; )
With its chequerboard floor, warm terracotta walls
and jazzy music, this arty cafe is a wonderfully relaxed spot to sip speciality teas (there
