Mallorca - or Majorca – the largest of the group of Islands which include Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera collectively the Balearic Islands. Where the language is Catalan – the local dialect Mallorquí.
Popular with tourists from Germany, England and Ireland – amongst other places, attracted by the stunning beaches and scenery with panoramic views. Majorca has also become a leading destination popular with foodies from all over the world – and if it’s true that there is a fiesta for every day in Andalucía, then it must also be said there is a fiesta for every food type in Majorca! Pack the stretchy trousers…….!
panoramic views
Let them eat cake
edible sugar cloud! -Ensaimada
Last year, my 11yr old daughter burst through the door announcing she was off on a school trip to Mallorca.
Great, we enthused, what will you see?
Well, she answered, I’ll be busy eating lots of Ensaimada….
Ensaimada is the pastry famed throughout Majorca, a doughy cloud of pastry, sometimes, - I am reliably informed by my in-house expert cake researcher, - filled with custard, sometimes not. And yes… it’s delicious for breakfast! Move over Churros and chocolate.
Dia de Ensaimada – the festival of the famed bun! – October 2011.
Freshly squeezed
A great export is of course oranges. And none sweeter than the Soller variety, the perfect Zumo! If you fancy partaking of some excellent 3 course tasting menus – all dishes incorporate the oranges - then head down to the fiesta to the Port of Soller…
Jornades de la Taronja de Soller 4th – 19th June 2011.
Something fishy
Well, what about a fish course? The Annual Golden Mackerel award goes to…the Annual Golden Mackerel Festival! Well, you are on holiday on an Island in the Mediterranean, where better to eat freshly caught fish?
Llampuga Festival in Caja Rajada – October 2011.
feshly grilled catch of the day
A dentists’ nightmare
Still on the sugar rush, the Sweet Fair comes around in October, followed by the Honey Festival in November, when you can also attend the Rice Fair if you have any spare energy left over! The local honey is flavoured with the scent of wild herbs from the Island - sun-kissed thyme and rosemary - and makes a wonderful gift to take home.
Fira Dolce Espories - October 2011
Honey Luibi- November 2011
Feria del Arroz sa Pobla – November 2011.
And so to rest..
After all that eating and imbibing you’ll need a lie down. How about booking some time out in some of these Mallorcan properties? Let’s hope none of them have bathroom scales…
Don’t forget the other Mallocan specialties when you choose to eat out on your holiday, these include:
- Queso Mallorquín – tasty local cheese
- Tumbet – a sort of papas pobre, sliced fried potato, aubergine, tomato, pepper and garlic.
- Horchata - a drink made with Almond milk
- Maó – just Mayonaisse, but really good Mayo, in fact the best you will taste, and actually named after Maó the capital of Menorca.
Of course there’s the wine, the olive oil, the tapas…..I feel full just writing this….!
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Thank you Evie, glad you enjoy the posts, Spain is a wonderful and varied country.