My vegan experience on Mallorca

in #travelfeed5 years ago (edited)

Mallorca offers breathtaking landscapes, crystal clear sea, beautiful historical towns and a lot of vegan food options as well 😊 You can find something vegan in many restaurants. If they don't have vegan options, you can build your meal from side dishes. You can have patatas bravas, grilled vegetables or some salads. And veggie paella is common as well.

We were traveling across the island every day and spent a lot of time in the mountains, so there were no vegan restaurants around us, but we never ended up hungry. When we went to a beach or spent some time in Palma, we tried to go to a vegan place.

I'd like to share with you some vegan food that I enjoyed the most during our stay.

DSC_0186.jpg

swoosh stretched.png

Villa Vegana

This year we wanted to do something different and spend our vacation in a 100% vegan hotel. We agreed to stay in Europe as we only had one week that we could take. There are however not that many vegan hotels in Europe, so it was not very difficult to choose. And this is how we chose Mallorca.

Villa Vegana is a homely hotel owned by a German couple. As soon as you enter the property, you will feel at home. Jens and Miriam did a great job with building warm and cozy atmosphere and their personal approach will touch your heart.

They are recipe developers and truly enjoy being in the kitchen and cooking for their guests. The restaurant is open only for breakfast and dinner. They plan to open it for lunch in the future as well.

Dinner is served by Miriam. She tells you what each dish consists of and maybe adds a short story about what inspired them to create this particular dish.

DSC_0101.jpg

The restaurant is not open on Wednesdays and Thursdays, but if you're staying in the hotel they can order you a pizza.

The price of dinner is fixed. If you're a hotel guest it is EUR 29, if not it is EUR 35. The price is reasonable for the quality that you get. The menu is inspired by a different country every day. It is available online and if you don't like something or have some food allergies, you can tell them one day in advance and they will make you something else.

Each menu consists of aioli with bread, appetizer, starter, main and dessert. I can guarantee you that you will enjoy each one of them.

Here are my favorite dishes of the week.

On the left we have dill aioli with bread. Aioli is usually heavy, so be careful not to spoil your appetite.

On the right is caprese appetizer. It is homemade cashew mozzarella with home made basil pesto and a cherry tomato. I can still remember the taste of real mozzarella and let me tell you that this was much better. And that pesto was great too.


On the left we have 'Rollmops' appetizer. It is a pickled eggplant herring. It was filled with pickles, bell peppers and red onion, and it was delicious.

On the right is a mixed salad starter. It is a combination of tangy arugula, sweet watermelon, pineapple, juicy tomatoes, cashews and coriander.


These were the best pakoras that I ever had. They were light and crunchy - a perfect treat. They were served with coriander sauce.

20180728_202618(0).jpg

I have never eaten Fiskekaker - fish patties in my life and I was thrilled to try the vegan version. I have nothing to compare them to, so the only thing I can say is that they were great. It was served with apple horseradish remoulade. Even though it looks like a lot of remoulade, it was so good that I could eat much more.

20180723_205739(0).jpg

All ingredients are locally sourced, and it can happen that you get something slightly different than what you've seen on the menu. This was supposed to be beetroot carpaccio but they were not able to find beetroots on the market, so they changed it to zucchini carpaccio.

It was served with pesto, crushed almonds, vegan Parmesan and arugula. I have made it for some friends at home and they loved it. It's fresh, crunchy and great for summer.

20180724_201836.jpg

This is a typical Ikea dish but in vegan version - Kötbular with dill sauce and mashed potatoes. This was my absolute favorite. Such a lovely comforting meal. I sent an e-mail to Miriam a couple of days ago and asked her to share the recipe. Winter is coming and I would love to make this at home. I hope she will share it with me 😊

20180723_212313.jpg

Even though I don't enjoy desserts that much I had to try their chocolate pana cotta. And let me tell you that if you're thinking about going to Mallorca and you're not sure yet, this should convince you to go! It was amazing.

20180724_212348.jpg

swoosh stretched.png

Terrae

Terrae is located in Carrer de la Verge del Carme, Pollença. It's a small restaurant with a few vegan options on the menu. The food is served by the owner who likes to chat a lot 😊

We learned that he used to live in California and brought his scooby from there to make the best kombucha in Mallorca. And I must say that his kombucha is delicious. Usually I don't drink it as the taste is too strong for me, but he told me that I have to try his kombucha that he infused with ginger and local oranges and tell him what I think. I must admit that I loved it!

The restaurant was empty when we came but people started to come very soon. It looks like we wanted to eat earlier than is usual there.

20180725_192544.jpg

After a lot of talking we were finally able to order our food.

Our starter was seasonal smoked salad (EUR 9) and those dark balls with yellow powder on top are nasturtium croquettes (EUR 8).

The salad was very simple but fresh and good. It was pickled cabbage, radish and herbs.

The croquettes were served with lemon mayo and topped with baked garlic powder. The presentation was very interesting as they were served in a bowl with hot stones and every ball was put on a small branch.

The main dish was grilled eggplant. This was the best dish that we had during our trip. It was served with squash puree, seasonal vegetables and roasted potatoes. The eggplant had such a lovely taste and it was so juicy. The vegetables were perfectly cooked and served with some herb that I have never heard of. It had a special taste and was slightly sour. He repeated the name of the herb several times, but I still didn't get it.


The owner is a great salesman and he magically convinced us to order a dessert as well. It's called orange crumble foam and it is made with some pieces of apricots, oatmeal crumble and fermented apricot sorbet with fresh mint leaves. It's his own recipe and he is very proud of his fermented sorbet. It was a very hot day so such cold dessert was a great option.

20180725_202239.jpg

swoosh stretched.png

Ziva to go

Ziva to go is a small bistro in Plaça de la Navegación 11 A, Santa Catalina in Palma. They focus on locally grown organic ingredients. All food is prepacked and ready to take away. If you want to sit down and enjoy your food there, it's possible as well. They have one big table for 8 people.

Their menu is in Spanish and English as well. They serve smoothie bowls (EUR 8.50), breakfast bowls (EUR 4.50-EUR 5.00), smoothies (EUR 7.00), juices and various drinks.

They also have raw sandwiches (EUR 10.00), soups (EUR 5.00), various bowls and salads (EUR 8.50) and a selection of desserts.

20180723_133015.jpg

You can choose your meal and be served directly at the counter. I'm not such a big fan of the fact that everything was prepacked. I prefer to wait for my meal than waste so many packages.

20180723_133347.jpg

We ordered a macro bowl, sandwich with arugula, sun dried tomatoes and pesto, and tiramisu. The salad was a mixture of quinoa, spinach, chickpeas, carrots, various nuts and asparagus. It was very good. The bread was good but too hard for me. And that tiramisu was scrumptious.

I haven't eaten so many desserts in a long time 😊

20180723_133258.jpg

Ziva to go is a nice place but a little bit overpriced. If you are in Palma and want to get something quick, then going there is a good option. If you have more time and would like to enjoy something warm, you should consider going somewhere else. There are enough choices in Palma.

swoosh stretched.png

I hope my experience will help you when you decide to spend some time in Mallorca.

Thank you for reading!

Cheers,
Martina

Steemit Bloggers
Join us @steemitbloggers
Animation By @zord189

Sort:  

that looks very very tasty! ... and I can't believe how clean and neat everything in your posts are. Its like they have everyone behave all the time :D

I thought that you knew that all my photos were set in scene :D There is nothing real about that :D (just kidding, you know it)

Thank you Dave!

its amazing to see vegan dishes look like a piece of art on the plate! it reminds me of my favourite Chinese Vegetarian restaurant. They turn Yam to look like sweet and sour fish, and mushrooms into "barbecued meat" .
Vegans and vegetarians can be really creative.

I totally agree with you. Vegans can present food very nicely. We want to attract meat eaters to try as well ;) I love Chinese restaurants, but I don't go there here in Switzerland as I have a feeling they don't really understand what I mean when I ask if it's vegan :)

Thank you for your kind words!

Wow so many fabulous food photos here Martina it’s hard not to feel a little bit hungry. I love the pretty presentation of the dishes ... as they say presentation is everything ❤️

  • I shall also be eating vegan tonight with some delicious homemade beans wraps based on filling of Mexican refried beans style pinto beans and topped with delish salads.

Thanks for a wonderful stylish and informative post. I hope all is well in Mallorca now after their devastating storm suffered recently. Thank goodness you were not there for that!!❤️🌈🦋🌴🍀

I like when we find vegan food that is nicely presented. I remember times when it was more less salad only and maybe some burritos :)

Homemade beans wraps sound delicious! I would like to try one :)

Thank you my dear for visiting. I also hope that the island has already recovered from that storm. We were so lucky with the weather :)

both photos and the dishes make mouth watery and raise strong urge to eat that ... or at least something, since can't eat photos ! :D
glad to have found your blog, please sharing.

Hahaha, hope you had something to eat :)

Thank you for nice comment :)

Not only the sea is crystal clear, but also your photos! :-) very tasty looking food 👌 although I don’t eat Vegan 🌱 ! Had been on Mallorca several times, I love this island. Time to get back soon 😀

Posted using Partiko iOS

Thank you for stopping by. We are also planning to go back. It's a great place with so many mountains to conquer :)

howdy delishtreats! wow I didn't know what most of this food was but I have to admit it all looks very very very good! In fact I would love to try all of it. Are they increasing in numbers, these vegan joints? I guess they should right? Healthier for people?

I was going to ask you what a dish was but then I kept seeing more and more that I'd never heard of so I'll just assume it's all real food and real good too!
I thought this was a wonderful post!

What do you mean by 'vegan joints'? The only joints I know are in human body and the other ones are made from weed :D

All of them were delicious. I'm so glad that we keep seeing more and more creative dishes and that it's not just some salad :)

Thank you for stopping by cowboy! And sorry for my late reply.. I wasn't at home yesterday..

howdy delishtreat! I didn't know it was a late reply so don't worry.
I'm used to being put at the end of the line with most people.

Well about "joints" lol, those are just places, specifically any kind of building.
no negativity in connotation.

This is SO awesome - I love travel posts and food posts - and this is a perfect example of both all in one post. Your journey looked amazing - I want that grilled eggplant so bad! And the fermented sorbet sounds well worth a taste. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your kind words! :) I was a little bit skeptical with that eggplant as I don't like mushy food. But it was not mushy at all. It was juicy and not mushy - very good :) Oh yes! That sorbet was really good. When you would ever go to Mallorca, make sure to visit that place :)

Wow what a beautiful array of delicious vegan dishes! How lucky you found so much variety in Mallorca. I think my favourite looking dishes were the Kötbular, the Fiskekaker and that inspired apricot dessert. What a tasty foodie trip you had!

I see that you like comfort food as much as I do :) Especially during the colder months.. but I can have my starch everyday ;)

Thank you for stopping by! It was indeed a great foodie trip :)

I sure do love some starchy comfort food! :D

Omg why u doing this to me then? :D I'm suuperhungry, just cooked the dinner but have to go to the practice first :/ And then I see this on top of the smell I have here :D

Didn't know u r a vegan. Nice. And nope I'm not, too weak for that. I've cut the animal products massively tho.

If I had to choose one from all those dishes, I'll probably go for pakhoras. Havent had one since 2017 January. :D But these look great. Also I guess they could have cut that coriander souce by half and there'd still be enough of it or? Yepp u persuaded me...

And 10e for sandwich is quite a lot or?

Oh and btw, I've applied for the #steemitbloggers membership :D Cuz I saw u r using it quite a lot so I thought maybe that's why u have sooo many people talking under ur posts :D Wish me luck, I'm in some weird discord Bus stop now, waiting for reply of any kind hahaha :D

Hahaha, it must be a torture when you're hungry :D I never cook when I'm hungry as then I under cook everything because I want to eat asap :D

I've been vegan for almost two years and I love it. It's the best decision that I have ever made. And I'm lucky to have a vegan husband too :) So no issues with cooking at home :)

Those pakoras were homemade and REALLY good! They had a lot of sauce so they could have cut it by half, yes :)

I thought so too. That place was overpriced. The sandwich was good but not worth 10 EUR.

Cool! When you are a member of steemibloggers then you need to you use the banner and the tag :) It's in all my posts. I'm sure that you will get an approval :) It's a cool group and you will like it! Hope to see you on our discord channel :)

Thank you for visiting, Matko! :)

Wooohooooo Im back and ready to destroy that fooood :D omnomnom.....yepp it's torture but if I wouldnt cook it before, I'd have to now and that'd be for sure dead by starvation :D

I hope you enjoyed your dinner yesterday :) You are right, everything has its pros and cons :D

My gosh, all of this vegan food tourism is amazing. I love how you go from fancy dishes to prepacked simple sandwiches. Dandays and I always make do with eating out but would imagine that in different countries it much more difficult; and sometimes it’s difficult in the US. You guys make it look so easy though and delicious. These food tours of your are my absolute favorite @delishtreats!

Oh, I can eat anything :D Fancy or not, I don't care. I've eaten in Michelin stars restaurants but I also love street food :)

In the US you have so many options, but I think it depends a bit on where you are. I can't imagine it's easy in Texas let's say :)

Europe is ok with vegan food, so come and check it out :)

I guess that your traveling time is approaching? :)

Thank you for stopping by and your nice comment! :)

I can eat anything too! It’s actually been some time since I’ve been to a real fancy restaurant. It’s just not our thing anymore.

You’re right, we do have many options. However finding vegan friendly foods in the south are difficult. I believe Texas would bare a similar problem 🤷🏼‍♀️

We were hoping to be leaving in November but our travels have been pushed back a bit. Maybe December or early January… this allows for some quality holiday time with our family so no big deal. We do have our suitcases ready to go though 😉

It’s always my pleasure @delishtreats :)

When we're in Switzerland we usually eat at home. I love to cook and homemade is always better, I must say :) But when we travel I like to go to different 'class' restaurants to compare them :)

I think the best options are on the East Coast, no? In the big cities?

Quality time with family is important too and travel can wait for you :)

Have a lovely day!

I can’t get enough of homemade. Now, the dishes I can do without :). In Los Angeles there’s quite a few options but I don’t know how fancy they get. I guess we’ve never looked into it. I would imagine New York to have a lively scene too. That would be a fun tour I bet.

I really love these tour posts so please continue traveling and comparing :).

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.36
TRX 0.12
JST 0.039
BTC 69965.85
ETH 3540.49
USDT 1.00
SBD 4.71