You know how it is. You walk down the same road day after day, year after year. And there are things you never, ever notice.
In 30 years I have no idea how many times I've done that walk. Since buying a place 8 years ago? 300 times? 400 times? Who knows?
And in that time I've visited so many restaurants. I thought I'd tried them all: some great, some good, some decidedly iffy.
So how could I have missed one of the best? I read about Na Ruixa on this forum a while ago. Had I heard of it? Nah! Had my wife heard of it? Nah!
Nah (sorry, Na) Ruixa is tucked away down a side street after
Corb Mari and before Cappucinno. Never looked busy. so never went in.
Could that be because when I walked one way it was too early. And when I walked the other, it was either too late or my concentration was, let's say, focussed (or unfocussed) on other things?
At 8pm it's empty. At 8.30pm this restaurant becomes, quite simply, one of the busiest, best and buzziest restaurants in town. The service is exceptional and the food is magnificent.
A heap of mussels grilled to perfection to start and sweet melon with succulent ham for My wife. For mains, Jane had perfectly cooked sole and I had Cod Mallorcan style.
Now I've done Cod. I've done cod at
El Posito, cod at Siller, cod at
Stay and at Zarzales. (Where have I missed? Oh, the Codfather. No, I haven't done cod at the Codfather. Sorry.)
Anyway, I've done Cod. And I thought El Posito was unbeatable. A bit too quick on the service ( a turbot charged cod?) but the fish was great.
Sorry. But the Mallorcan cod at Na Ruixa is, in my opinion, swimming in a different league. It's the Duncan Goodhew, the Mark Spitz of Cod.
Two huge, juicy, entirely boneless chunks of cod. Tomatoes, onions, spinach, sultanas, cauliflower (cauliflower? Yes. Cauliflower!) All in a piquant and delicious sauce. Unbelievable.
Jane had a couple of glasses of House White. I had 2 diet cokes. (I don't drink. Don't ask. Long story.) Bill came to 63Euros. And they left a couple of bottles of liquor on the table AFTER they brought the bill. Class.
Firmly on my list of top restaurants. Now, what else have I missed?
More tomorrow……..