For a 30th birthday celebration I wanted to pick a place with Mallorcan food. A couple of names came up in the area which were Celler La Parra and El Posito. Due to slightly more interesting reads, I ended up booking La Parra simply via an email. Even though it was a Friday night in August, the restaurant was only half full. There are plenty of restaurants along the promenade so perhaps that is where the bulk of people spend the summer evenings.
The walls are adorned with an eclectic mix clocks, dolls and barrels. It had a nice rustic atmosphere with friendly waiters making jokes and being helpful.
The menu (like all in Mallorca) have 5 languages but I'd accepted that as just part of the island. I was glad to see several menu items using less common offal cuts and cooked "Mallorquin" style.
- Bread & olives €1pp;
- Tumbet €5 - a typical Mallorcan vegetable dish of layered potato, peppers and eggplant and topped with a tomato-based sauce. It reminds me of ratatouille but with much less thyme. Delicious;
- Pa amb oli with cheese €4.5 - pan con tomate with sliced tomato rather than the blended pulp. Drizzled with EVOO and served on bread (my slice was a little too burnt);
- Grilled liver Mallorcan style €6.6 - (lamb?) liver slices of very strong flavour that needed bread, and probably next time something sweeter to cut through the flavour. Good to try but only so much I could eat, so I wouldn't be game again. I actually wanted to kidneys, but they didn't have any unfortunately;
- Roast suckling pig Mallorcan style €15 - a delicious small portion of juicy meat with crisp crackling served with some fries and salad for balance;
- Grilled squid - two heavily seasoned squid with some firm bitey texture and good flavour;
- Pudding of the house €3.5.
It was a very nice meal in a comfortable relaxed setting with quality Spanish/Mallorcan food and easily close enough to engage in a relaxing walk toward the beach afterwards.