Friday, 10 July 2009

July 9 dinner

We had dinner at the restaurant described as having the best food in Palma, set in a hotel that is a restored 16th C convent. The decor is minimalist and very tasteful and the chef is Marc Fosh - hence the name of the restaurant is Simply Fosh at Restaurant Refectori, Convent en Missoni

This is what we had to eat:

Saffron flavored Aoli with hot bread rolls

Chef's taster - Beetroot soup with a piece of marinated fish on a skewer

Greg entree - Pesto crusted salted cod with verjuice jelly and chilled almond soup

Di entree - Grilled squid with rocket, cherry tomatoes, baby new potatoes, thinly sliced chorizo and passionfruit oil

Greg main - Potato and Parmesan gnocchi with young spinach and wild mushrooms

Di main - Slow cooked guinea fowl with smoked rice, apricot puree and red wine shallots

All enjoyed with an excellent wine:
Sio red 2007 from Mallorca (mantonegro, shiraz, cab sav and merlot grapes)

Dessert: Vanilla Panna Cotta with Minestrone of fruits and grappa

All were delicious and certainly worth going to again. It was a great dining experience in an extremely interesting venue. If I hadn't read about it in Lonely Planet we would never have found it.
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