IBIZA - SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY - ES REBOST DE CAN PRATS - POST 2

Oct 23

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ES REBOST DE CAN PRATS

We returned to one of our favourite restaurants, serving traditional Ibicencan cuisine in Sant Antoni de Portmany (San Antonio).

Es Rebost de Can Prats Ibiza occupies a house dating from the early 20th century, which was once one of Sant Antoni’s first shops.

It sold everyday provisions, including chickens, eggs, cheese, rabbits, vegetables, potatoes and pebrassos (wild mushrooms).

The restaurant opened in 1994 in a house that had belonged to the current owners’ family for over 100 years and was once their grandparents’ home

Their aim is to keep preserving the traditions of Ibicencan cuisine, a passion that remains at the heart of the restaurant today.

We hadn’t made a reservation and arrived quite late in the evening, but fortunately, they managed to find us a table after a short wait. However, I would recommend booking in advance.

We started with a bottle of the excellent Segura Viudas Aria Brut Nature Cava.

Pan con ailoil y aceitunas (bread, alioli and olives).

As we had had a big lunch on the beach earlier, we skipped the starters and headed to the mains.

Fish was the order of the day, so we chose the pargo (grey snapper) and roja (scorpionfish). They used the fish juices, along with olive oil, to prepare a delicious side of potatoes and vegetables.

Roja (scorpionfish): Ibiza is one of the best places to enjoy this striking red, spiny fish, prized for its delicate texture and rich, intense flavour.

Pargo (snapper).

The fish was expertly filleted at the table.

We followed that with a couple of desserts.

Flaó d’Eivissa: A traditional Ibicencan tart made with fresh sheep’s or goat’s cheese, eggs and sugar, flavoured with mint and aniseed.

Postre de la Casa.

We finished the meal with a complimentary copa of the local herbal liqueur, Hierbas Ibicencas.

The service was excellent, as always. For anyone wanting to experience authentic Ibicencan cuisine, Es Rebost de Can Prats is one of the island’s real gems and a restaurant we would happily return to again and again.