Today sees the return of Ibiza Sabor, the twice-yearly food festival that celebrates the gastronomy of Ibiza and its food products.
Now in its sixth year, the event sees 40 restaurants participating island-wide, each providing their own take on autumn cuisine and all using local products grown and produced on Ibiza.
Try some delicious food with a range of three-course menus costing €25 as well as tasty tapas dishes at €7 apiece, which are served with a glass of local wine. The event runs from 20 October all the way through to 10 December 2017.
Restaurants participating in the set menu offering include La Imprenta, El Restaurante (Hotel Pacha), Mirador Dalt Vila and Samar in Ibiza Town; Royalty and Can Caus in Santa Eulalia; Es Nautic and Es Ventall in San Antonio and Sa Caleta and Ca Na Sofia in the San José district.
Enjoy new harvest Ibizan olives in the many menus and tapas dishes on offer with Ibiza Sabor
Autumn is one of the most perfect times to eat out on Ibiza, with the milder weather perfect for dining al fresco, then discovering the countryside or walking on the beach. It is a time to enjoy both a slower pace of life and some culinary treasures.
You will be able sample some scrumptious dishes made using great 'zero kilometre' ingredients like the locally-grown almonds and carob, two ingredients which are emblematic of Ibiza. The event will also be an opportunity to try fish from Ibizan waters that bear the quality mark of Peix Nostrum.
There will be both traditional and more modern renderings of Ibizan dishes like sofrit pagès (meat stew), bullit de peix (fish stew) and flaó, the sweet tarte made with goats' cheese, mint and aniseed.
Tapas can be had in a number of well-known Ibizan establishments, including La Cava, Bar Anita and Café Montesol. A downloadable PDF with restaurant map has details on all venues, plus menus (in Catalan, English and Spanish).
Local olive oil or the delicious spicy sobrasada sausage are some of the must try food products both of which will add a distinct depth of flavour to the many different dishes on offer.
A tasting of the new season olive oil takes place at Trull de Sant Joan from 10:00 to 13:00 on 11 November, where you can taste the first oil of Ibiza's 2017 olive harvest. See the Ibiza Sabor website for booking details and more events.
For a food lovers fandango, head to Ibiza this autumn to feed the senses and your bellies.
PHOTOGRAPHY | Ibiza Sabor
