The unsuspecting location: a supermarket strip mall in Costa Calma hides a tapas bar filled with locals.
El Bar de Marko is a diamond in the rough that produced my favorite meal in Fuerteventura.
Find the restaurant tucked away on the ground floor on the corner all the way to the right.
Choose indoor or outdoor seating, the staff is eager to please and explain all of the menu items, helping to make sure you order the right amount of food. The atmosphere is relaxed. A few tables, a bar, and the place would begin to fill up over the course of the evening.
Beer is served in a chilled glass. Splitting five tapas with a dessert was just the right amount of food for two hungry individuals. Do not miss out on goat cheese while in Fuerteventura. The fried wheels topped with jam were exquisitely bold and creamy, flawlessly balanced capped with sweetness – molding me into a person who truly appreciates this variety of cheese for the first time.
A fun interactive dish, the fish pies were a puzzle where each component was a fresh and essential piece.
Tasting the polla a la moni I was blown away with the most tender chicken with flavor so deep and nostalgic, drawing me back to one of my favorite childhood dishes that my mother would make.
Mixing sweet and savory, the fried eggplant with palm honey was crisp and dreamy.
My husband raved about the apple meatballs stuffed with blue cheese and caramelized onions so much – though I don’t eat red meat he had me taste the sauce, an utterly impeccable and unique combination.
Dessert came in a jar, a butterscotch flavor with a pudding consistency, topped with what tasted like freeze dried honeycombs.
A perfect ending to a delicious meal. Do not judge a book by its cover or you will miss out on the best food the island has to offer.
Good to know:
+There is a pinball machine in the arcade next door
+You will find free parking down on street