RISTORANTE da MARIO alla FAVA

 RISTORANTE da MARIO alla FAVA - Calle Stagneri 5242 | San Marco, Venezia

It is expensive to eat in Venice and it is full of tourist traps were you leave without feeling that you have got worth your money. We however found a very good restaurant that was packed with local people. We understood later that it was quite famous among local people. We got fantastic lamb-chops and turbot that was a dream. Perfect to a reasonable prize.

WEB: http://www.ristorantemarioallafava.it/
LATEST VISIT: 2012
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1  

Those who read Swedish are welcome to read about the entire trip on http://france-midi.blogspot.fr/2012/01/god-men-dyr-mat-i-venedig.html

KIKARA

KIKARA - Iparraguirre 23, 48009 Bilbao

Kikara is a real super designed modern restaurant for the young and beautiful, but nobody minded us a little more matured being there. The design of the place is really something else and you get happy just sitting there. The food is excellent and best of all - it is not expensive.

We had there standard menu with three fantastic starters, main course and dessert. It came with a very good bottle of Rioja and the prize was 29 euros per person.

The only problem was that in the same room a group of their standard customer had fun and that was very noisy - almost unbearable sometimes.

Those who read Swedish are welcome to read about our trip to The Basque Countries - http://france-midi.blogspot.fr/2008/07/utflykt-till-baskien.html

WEB: http://www.kikara.com/main.html
LATEST VISIT: 2008
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1

BAR EL GLOBO ♥

BAR EL GLOBO -  c/ Diputación No 8, Bilbao

One of the great things in The Basque Countries is there version of tappas – pintxos. They are delicious small bits with ham, foie gras, fish, etc. on a piece of bread. In Bilbao we have found a place that serve the most fantastic ones. It is just a simple but very popular bar and is located in the center. The name is Bar El Globo.

Those who read Swedish are welcome to read about our entire trip to The Basque Countries on http://france-midi.blogspot.fr/2011/08/brollopsdagsresa-till-baskien.html

WEB: http://www.barelglobo.com/index.htm
LATEST VISIT: 2011
NUMBER OF VISITS: 5 

Reasons for the ♥:
The central location, the very pleasant atmosphere and the fantastic pintxos makes this place a must when visiting Bilbao.

FORN DE SANT JOAN

 FORN DE SANT JOAN - c/ Sant Joan, 4 | 07012 Palma de Mallorca

As Mallorca is still a heaven for tourists, preferably Germans, most of the restaurants are tourist traps with menus on all living languages. We were however lucky to find a really good restaurant - FORN de Sant Joan. This is a very nice modern restaurant with very pleasant service. The food is made with high ambitions that they live up to. It is not very expansive either.

I specially remember the my lamb that had been cooked for seven hours. It was tender, juicy and tasty. It was served on smoked mashed potatoes – delicious and different! My desert was also something extra. It was fresh strawberries that they had made holes in and filled with crème brulé. The whole thing was covered with a crust of burned sugar. We could also get good wine by the glass, which is perfect when you are two people.

An interesting thing we noticed on Mallorca was that being a waiter still seems to be a respectable profession for men, like it was in Sweden in the old days. It is nice to be served by a person who knows what he is talking about instead of a young girl that does not know the difference between a sole and a turbot.

Those who can read Swedish are welcome to read about our entire trip to Majorca on http://france-midi.blogspot.fr/2009/09/min-forsta-resa-till-mallorca.html 

WEB: http://www.forndesantjoan.com/
LATEST VISIT: 2009
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1

LA TABLE DES FRÈRES DE IBARBOUR

LA TABLE DES FRÈRES DE IBARBOUR - Chemin Italienea - 64210 Bidar

Guide Michelin 

The food is exceptional in the Basque Provinces, both on the French and Spanish side of the border. We went there to celebrate that we had been married for 20 years. One of the restaurants we visited was La Table des Frères de Ibarbour i Bidart . This traditional restaurant has one star in Guide Michelin.

We started off with an aperitif in the lovely garden while they prepared our table and we studied the menu. The food was excellent and a little more rustic when we mostly find on Michelin starred restaurant. The setting was pleasant and the service, naturally, perfect.

Those of you who can read Swedish you are welcome to read about our whole trip to the Basque Countries on http://france-midi.blogspot.fr/2011/08/brollopsdagsresa-till-baskien.html

WEB: http://freresibarboure.com/fr/
LATEST VISIT: 2011
NUMBER OF VISITS: 1