Ca'n Boqueta
Sóller, Spain
Ca'n Boqueta occupies a 16th-century stone manor house on the edge of Sóller, in the valley of orange groves that sits behind the Serra de Tramuntana in northern Mallorca. The restaurant serves traditional Mallorcan cooking at a level that takes the island's pantry seriously. Sobrassada arrives as it should: spread thickly on pa amb oli, the bread rubbed with ripe tomato and drizzled with Mallorcan olive oil, eaten as a starter while the kitchen finishes the main courses. The house also uses sobrassada in warm dishes, folded into sauces and over grilled meats, in the way Mallorcan cooks have used it since the pig slaughter season became the island's defining culinary moment. The setting — stone walls, wooden beams, a garden terrace — belongs entirely to the valley it sits in.
