Calucha’s octopus and onion sandwich

Some breakfasts taste of place, harbour life and early-morning conversation. The octopus and onion sandwich at Bar Restaurante Calucha, in the port of Maó, is exactly that: seafood cooking tucked inside bread, without artifice, with just the right mellow touch and the deep flavour of well-made stews.

Biel Sintes, “Calucha”, cooks it masterfully, like someone who knows both the product and Menorca’s gastronomic memory. The octopus, tender and full of flavour, melts into the confit onion until every bite becomes a proper tapa, the kind that needs neither plate nor protocol.

Calucha is a family-run bar restaurant, with traditional Menorcan cooking as its reference point: octopus with onion, baked dishes, oliaigu, broth, cuttlefish with peas and its well-known potato omelette. With its terrace overlooking the port of Maó, this sandwich is a Menorcan-style breakfast: simple, honest, maritime and memorable.

Foodie factsheet

Restaurant: Calucha
Cuisine: Menorcan, homemade and seafood-based; tapas, sandwiches, omelettes and traditional dishes.
Recommended dish: octopus and onion sandwich.
Address: Moll de Llevant, 306, 07701 Maó.
Phone: (+34) 871 577 187
Atmosphere: harbour bar, welcoming, family-run, with a terrace overlooking the port of Maó.
Tip: go for breakfast or vermouth time, and ask also about the house omelettes.