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Cheap Treats
You can eat on the hoof often with change from a €5 note by popping into a forn or con-
fiteria (pastry shop) for crispy, sugar-topped ensaïmades (a croissant-like pastry dusted
with icing sugar, and sometimes filled with cream) pastries, empanades (pasties with sa-
voury fillings) and the larger version, cocarrois.
Tapas and pintxos (mini tapas; often bite-sized breads with various toppings) are a
great way to stave off hunger and absorb local life. Hit Palma's Ruta Martiana on a Tues-
day or Wednesday evening when a drink and a tapa cost as little as €2.
TAKE IT HOME
For a lingering taste of Mallorca, save room to take home hand-harvested salt from
des Trenc, fig bread,sobrassada(paprika-flavoured cured pork sausage), olives, al-
monds, wine, Hierbas liqueur and tangy orange preserves from Sóller - a burst of
island sunshine when summer is long gone. Here's where you'll find them:
» Enseñat ( Click here )
» Típika ( Click here )
» Flor de Sal d'es Trenc ( Click here )
» Fet a Sóller ( Click here )
» Tramuntana Gourmet ( Click here )
» Cassai Gourmet ( Click here )
» Colmado Santo Domingo ( Click here )
» Malvasia de Banyalbufar ( Click here )
Dare to Try
» Caracoles Dig into snails cooked in a garlicky, herby broth or served in a rich stew.
» Arròs brut The name 'dirty rice' is offputting, but trust us this soupy wonder, with pork,
rabbit and vegetables, is delicious.
» Botifarró Cured blood sausage (not unlike British black pudding) - surprisingly tasty.
» Percebes Goose barnacles - clawlike, filter-feeding crustaceans that cling to rocks -
look ghastly but taste divine. Perfect finger food.
» Frit Mallorquí A flavoursome lamb offal and veg fry-up, born out of a desperate need
for protein during time of poverty.
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