Can Mach

Au cœur du village perdu de Tapis composé de 5 maisons en pierre et une église se cache le restaurant.
La carte y est simple la cuisine y est rustique. On y mange comme quatre mais on mange tout car les escargots à la catalane y sont divins, le sanglier tendre à souhait, les côtelettes bien grillés. On né viens pas ici pour manger des crudités ou faire régime.
L’accueil est simple et souriant, pas de chichi de ce côté la non plus. Une belle terrasse pour profiter de la vue sur la vallée.
Alors avec de supers prix que demander de plus? Venez nombreux.

My second visit to Can Mach within a week. This time, I ordered the Catalan– style escargot. Rich tomato sauce with bits of sausage in it. maybe linguica? I wish I knew where I could get this dish at home in San Francisco! I can’t fail to mention the view: spectacular.

What a gem in the Pyrenees! Can Mach may very well be the only game in town, but it’s well worth a trip from elsewhere. Located in Tapis, just a few hundred meters on the Spanish side of the border, this restaurant serves up a selection of Catalan favorites at affordable prices. The «tipico» Catalan salad with charcuterie is not only delicious, but large enough to share. An order of entrecôte
con frites, cooked to perfection, was sufficiently succulent to convert a vegetarian, and it was thick enough and large enough to share, leaving any diner totally satisfied.
Though two successive lunches on weekdays allowed for instant seating and excellent service, I’ve been told by locals «in the know» that weekends at prime time would suggest reservations.
Unilocalers! Get thee to Can Mach and enjoy not only a delicious repast, but your choice of indoor dining, or outdoor patio seating with a delightful vista of the Pyrenee foothills and the distant Mediterranean.