We had a very nice dinner with great service at Hotel Can Cera. For once in Palma service was good and for the first time we tipped accordingly.
We started out with a couple of shared plates of Pan Cristal, Patatas Bravas, Burrata and the salty crackers with sardines. The Pan in particular was very tasty, both light and crisp - something that's proven hard to find here in Palma.
We then had the Gazpacho soup with tomato icecream. A bit sweet but very flavourful (quite strong notes of herbs like basil and sage), the icecream was possibly a sorbet. Tasty tasty if you're ok with sweetness in your food.
For mains we had the black paella (crunchy and well balanced), the grilled seabass with potatoes (a large portion size), the salmon rolls with lentils (more of a starter in size) and the Gallician squid with creamed potatoes (to uniform in texture to work well as a dish). We could taste the chefs ambition to create both authentic and innovative dishes. Most of it worked, some details were less succesful (even though the squid was tender) but overall a meal where we enjoyed each dished.
The desserts were the only let down. The mandarin sorbet was to artificial in flavour, the lemon cake with lemon sorbet too tart (never thought I would say a lemon cake was too tart). The souffle with caramelized almonds was great - but in truth it was an ice cream on a cookie.
The kitchen by mistake sent out paellas with seafood instead of our black paellas. Having this corrected was no problem and we were treated to an extra bottle of cava for the mishap.
We were very happy with the food, the local and the service at this restaurant. Recommend! read more