Author: Xescu

On October 26 we say goodbye to the 2025 season, after a summer just as intense as the previous ones. As usual, thousands of paellas, fideuás, ‘bullits de peix’, grilled fish and lobsters with fried eggs and potatoes have come out of our kitchen, as well as portions of grilled red prawns, marinated tuna, Joselito ham, Padrón peppers and so...

The restaurant management has already decided on an official date for the opening of Es Torrent this 2025 season. It will be in just over a month, on Friday, April 11. As always, we will start work a few weeks early so that our lounges and terrace, as well as the spa area, are ready for the arrival of the...

At the Es Torrent restaurant we have launched, through this website, a new online reservation system that allows our diners to request a table with a pre-established schedule. The tool is open to requests for up to 20 diners and, in the case of larger groups, the same procedure as always must be carried out; that is, write an email...

The recipes made with local fish, with dishes such as‘ bullit de peix ’, barbecue or seafood rice, are the best known in Ibiza. The island's sea, however, provides a seafood of extraordinary quality, with four essential products: red shrimp, lobster, Norway lobster and Royal Norway lobster. Below, we explain why they are so special and how we like to...

It is surprising how the Ibiza recipe book can combine identical ingredients and culinary techniques, offering dishes with notable differences. A good example are three of the dishes that are an indispensable part of Es Torrent's offer and the island's gastronomic tradition: bullit, guisat and brine. The three dishes are made with the same fish: at least three different varieties,...

Since 2008 there has been the Pitiusa Federation of Indigenous Breeds (Fepira), which works to prevent the extinction of livestock of local varieties, as they are part of the cultural and gastronomic heritage of Ibiza and Formentera. It is made up of five breeders' associations dedicated to the Ibizan sheep, goat, chicken, rabbit and pig, which are unique varieties of...

One of the most abundant and unknown foods in Ibiza is carob, the fruit of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), which is a tree belonging to the legume family. Spain is the world's largest producer, with between 60,000 and 80,000 tons per year, and the Balearic archipelago generates 20% of all this production. The landscape of Ibiza is undoubtedly represented...