I found the potato wedges perhaps misjudged, not crispy enough for my tastes but again, a good simple vehicle for the lamb. The lamb was – quite rightly – the star of this dish, with the couscous complimenting well without being too showy as to steal the shine from the quality of the souvlaki. Lamb souvlaki (€14.90) served as a solid Greek choice: tender skewered lamb marinated in mustard and crusted with pistachios, served pink with couscous and potato wedges. Mains were the hardest to choose from, but the special of crispy Iberia pork with apple marmalade and potato puree (€18) was a brilliant choice, again the combination of crispy and creamy textures between the pork and potato proving a winner. Pureed fava beans with caramelised onions and balsamic (€6.50) completed a great start to the meal with some warm bread. Feta wrapped in filo, drizzled in plenty of honey and sesame seeds (€6.50) sounded too good to resist and turned out to be one of my favourite dishes of the trip the creaminess of the warm feta teamed with the crispiness of the pastry working well with the sweetness from the honey. And we haven’t even got to the food yet.Īs with all the best places, the menu reads so well it makes it tantalisingly difficult to choose what to order.
Walk through a couple of sparse rooms and you’ll reach steps that climb up to the outdoor courtyard, where uneven walls painted powder blue and mustard yellow surround marble topped tables and white director chairs overlooked by lime trees. In short, Marco Polo is beautiful – everything you could want from a holiday dining experience. To reach Marco Polo Mansion, first you must navigate a maze of medieval cobbled lanes through Rhodes Old Town to find an inconspicuous wooden door that could easily be the entrance to somebody’s house.
Our final night was spent at Marco Polo Cafe, and what a way to finish the holiday off. I’d done my research, had a long list of places to try and most nights was not only left satisfied but genuinely impressed by the secret culinary successes of Rhodes.
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So as you can tell, there is a very varied selection of meals to choose from, and the fact that even children are catered for, this is an ideal place to stop for a bite to eat, enjoy an evening meal, or even a continental style breakfast to start the day.Rhodes is full of excellent restaurants, which I have to be honest, I was a little surprised about.
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Yet you could opt for cheeses or a more standard dessert like tiramisu, chocolate mousse or creme brulee, plus the Cafe Marco Polo also has ice creams and sorbets on offer.
Now one thing you find all over Paris is their love of sweet pancakes as a dessert, which is a speciality of French cuisine known as crepes, and here they serve these with different toppings including even Grand Marnier. In addition to all of these, they also have a speciality dish for each day of the week such as a stew with bone marrow on a Tuesday or leg of lamb with potato gratin on a Sunday, and these range in cost from around €14.50 up to €30 as of 2015. The Plats or main courses could be things such as veal, grilled steak, fillet of chicken, beef tartare, salmon, mussels, and specialities like house paella or fillet of beef with Foie Gras, to name a few choices.
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