FORMENTERA - PLATJA DE MIGJORN

ES CODOL FORADAT

UPDATE 2024

This restaurant is a great spot to visit on the Island, especially in the evening, when you can see stunning sunsets. It offers excellent seafood dishes and a good wine list.

Tuna tartare

Anchovies

Melon Mojito

A whole turbot grilled over coals

I think the restaurant changed owners in 2021. It is now owned by the same family that owns the excellent Can Carlitos in La Savina, which is by the ferry terminal.

Updated photos and a few words @thomhetherington

2022

They have an excellent T-bone, blasted to a charcoal exterior by the Josper oven, but still the colour of a Grand Cru Bordeaux inside.

Spider crab turned into a pimped-up Russian salad and served in its shell.

They also boast a rare vegetarian section.

All in a cool beachside setting at the end of a rutted track.

To finish off an excellent dad-rock soundtrack. Dire Straits, Tom Petty, Bryan Adams, and the odd bit of Dylan and the Stones are thrown in, too.

Updated photos and a few words @thomhetherington

Jonathan Lipsin's latest Formentera review...... 2017

Swimming, Rambling, Beaching, and Eating (It's what I do best!)

In between a lot of swimming yesterday, we walked about an hour down the beach past mostly nude body worshippers and brazen displays of sexual foreplay who are sequestered on various spits of sand along the tide.

The views are superb, and the sea is not bad either.

The water was turquoise blue, and it was stunning. My destination was a restaurant I had heard about called Es Codol Foradat at Calle Migjorn, further down the beach; it boasts paellas and black squid ink rice dishes. This is a Pityusic restaurant (The Pityusic Islands, often referenced simply as the Pityuses, or commonly but informally as the Pine Islands, is the name given collectively to the Balearic islands of Ibiza, Formentera) specialising in seafood dishes from the Island.

They also boast a vegetarian section, which impressed me. I was salivating, and I was on a mission to eat there. This restaurant is located a few meters from a fantastic beach, and we had a wonderful meal there.

I ate every bit. Black squid ink is delectable, has antioxidants galore, and is known for its beneficial properties. It is cooked in a paella pan with rice and seafood.

Striking on any plate, squid ink-infused cuisine is much more than a pretty edible. New research indicates that these unconventional foods are brimming with health advantages. The dark colour of these dishes represents a hearty dose of antioxidants and beneficial nutrients, and researchers have discovered that squid ink protects white blood cell production, ultimately boosting immunity. Moreover, several studies have found that the ink possesses anti-tumour and antibacterial characteristics.

I had researched all this before I went to the restaurant, and I was glad to learn about the properties of the ink.

We ordered the obligatory alioli and bread, which was infused correctly with garlic.

I loved watching the server dole out my portion. The rice was studded with seafood, including octopus and spiny lobster from this coast, red peppers, shrimp, and mussels.

The dish was cooked from scratch, and we had to wait, which I was perfectly fine with. I detest food that has been warming on burners for hours. The kitchen was spotless and efficient, and it would have to be because every seat was filled by this time.

Vegetable salad

All this was for 17 euros.

The cheesecake was light, which was a misstep for me, as I am used to great cheesecake from NYC. Nonetheless, it was pleasant, shall we say?

I have decided to stay away from the crowded beach a minute from my casa and wander this way to the more sequestered beaches. This is where I am reminded of the old Formentera, which has a more bohemian individualistic vibe. Here, I can eat at some restaurants that dot the beach, explore their paellas, and swim in warm water without the Milan and Rome crowd. Here, I can find the Catalan sensibility I knew in the 70s.

Immediately after the meal, we wandered down the beach and staked out a spot, and I dove into the sea and completed another 1000 strokes in addition to the 1000 I had accomplished in the early morning. 2000 strokes !!!

I was ecstatic !!!! A great birthday present to myself.

The rest of the day was spent casually swimming and lying on the beach. When we had enough, we wandered down to the legendary Blue Bar, where we enjoyed a shandy and some chips with guacamole before straggling back to the casa, where I finally admitted I was exhausted.

The Blue Bar

Great exercise, fabulous food, a beach and the sea, and I am good.

NOTE!!! I wear shades because I don't want to be recognised as a food reviewer. I read somewhere that that is how it is done. Everything looked black, though!

Returning to the Island made Jonathon relive some of his early favourites in music. The mixes below have some of them. Jonathon's music picks can be found here:

Jonathon's Formentera Hippy Throwback Volume 1

Jonathon's Formentera Hippy Throwback Volume 2

There is also a mix for Bernadette, "The Blues Lady of Formentera."

ES CODOL FORADAT

Calle Migjorn Km 8.9, 07860, Formentera

+34 971 328 281

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