The 1st Palma Variety Fair, which took place this weekend in the Pere Garau neighborhood, was a huge success in terms of participation and a variety of activities that received the support and joy of those attending. However, a serious logistical problem left many attendees without food and unable to enjoy the fair's key element: the variety.

The name Biel Roca Joan is directly associated with one of Palma's most traditional and beloved bars, Can Biel Felip. A lifetime dedicated to the hospitality industry, starting with a small hostel in Peguera, moving on to the bar at the San Fernando sports center, and culminating in the resounding success of Can Biel Felip, Roca defines himself as an "old-fashioned" restaurateur. The key to his business and his success is quality and care, both in the products and the preparation of the recipes, as well as in the customers, whom he knows almost personally and enjoys speaking with day after day. The founder of Can Biel Felip is one of the great champions of Mallorcan cuisine and acknowledges that one of the reasons that prompted him to embrace this type of traditional cuisine was that he saw that "food from abroad was in fashion and no one was taking care of ours, the local cuisine."

The varied menu, one of the most typical dishes of traditional Mallorcan cuisine, has managed to survive and overcome all trends (the latest being avocado toast) and is one of the most requested and beloved snacks on the island. Meatballs, Russian salad, cuttlefish appetizers, and loin in sauce, all in the same dish, an impossible combination that is not easy for a foreigner to understand. Where it is increasingly difficult to find this emblematic delicacy, which combines different tapas all in a single dish to the surprise of visitors, is in Palma, especially in the city center. The surge of establishments with a modern air to attract tourists, who roam the streets of the capital by the thousands, has been pushing aside traditional bars, where it was unthinkable not to be able to eat varied food. However, the varied menu is still holding strong in the rest of the municipalities, and also in the outskirts of the capital. This weekend Palma will host the And a variety fair to promote it and also as a show of strength of this recipe.

Palma is preparing to host the first Fair of the Varied Mallorcan, which will take place on September 27 and 28 in Pere Garau Square. The initiative calls for one of the most popular dishes on the island, which has established itself as an emblem of traditional Mallorcan cuisine.