Flavors and knowledge of a region
Everything is ready. Five restaurants will star in the first week of the new season of Menjars de la Terra and are finalizing details. They are heating the stove and encouraging those who have not yet decided to reserve their tables to enjoy one of the province’s most important gastronomy events.
In addition, the start signal will come from a celebrated region that blends tradition and knowledge when it comes to presenting a wide and varied gastronomic offer like Baix Vinalopó.
Flavors and knowledge of a region
The opening day is set for tomorrow, Monday, at the restaurant premises. Carlos from Elche is organizing the participation of the President of the Provincial Assembly, Tony Pérez, and the mayor of Elche, Pablo Ruz. The Carlos team has prepared a special menu for these gastronomy days, with information supported by the committee to highlight the increasingly renowned gastronomy of the Alicante province.
The President of the Provincial Assembly, Toni Pérez, stated that the institution should back these days: “How can an institution that defends municipalities and strives to preserve the province’s essence not do this? This is our vocation, and it is a great pleasure to contribute to the promotion and recognition of Alicante gastronomy by the Alicante Provincial Council. It already reaches thousands of people through the restaurants that focus on careful preparation and dissemination.”
A food tour full of tradition and Mediterranean flavors
On Tuesday, Menjars de la Terra moves to the Elche district of Torellano, to InnHE; on Wednesday, to the Brotherhood in Santa Pola; on Thursday, to Matola in the Elche district of the same name; and on Friday, the tour closes at the Palm Trees restaurant in Crevillent.
It should be noted that the Menjars de la Terra gastronomic days are open to everyone who wishes to enjoy the specially prepared menus offered by participating restaurants. The price is 42 euros per person, drinks and VAT included. Diners simply need to contact the restaurant to make a reservation. This is an extraordinary opportunity to taste the creations of the participating establishments and enjoy entertainment.
Menus and restaurants in Baix Vinalopó
Carlos (Elche)
Welcome cocktail:
Olives and toasted almonds, artichoke chips, salad tartlets, natural pomegranate juice.
Tickets offer rustic bread baked with extra virgin olive oil and aioli, natural tomatoes, pipes and faces, a regional cheese board with local sausages, escalivada with goose grilled over wood fire, shrimp tiradito with artichokes and young garlic, and a Mediterranean salad with mollar pomegranate.
Main course options include rice with rabbit and snails, rice with conch, rice with seasonal vegetables, or Iberian fillet with fried potatoes and date sauce.
Dessert is a mollar pomegranate Elche cake. Coffees and infusions complete the experience. Shopping centre options feature laudum red wine, monastery, White Marina Alta Bocopa, La Dama red wine from Bodegas Faelo in Elche, along with waters, beers, and soft drinks. The price per person is 42 euros, VAT included. Reservations: 965 42 71 84. Contact: [redacted].
Inn of Torellano
Appetizer: Coca Aurora with roasted vegetables, sour cream sauce, and smoked sardines. Starters on the table include Camp d’Elx salad with paprika and Mollar artichoke flower with pomegranate chutney, Iberian ham shavings, and toasted pine nuts. First course features Alicante wheat stew with pork ribs. Second course is oxtail timbale stewed in red wine with vegetables. Dessert is Jijona nougat cream millefeuille with tangerine sorbet. Coffees and infusions accompany the meal. Shopping centre options include White Les Freses Muscat of Alexandria and Finca Collado Red with Black Grenache and Monastrell. Waters, San Miguel beer, and soft drinks complete the offering. Price per person: €42 (VAT included). Reservations: 965 68 29 57. Contact: [redacted].
Brotherhood (Santa Pola)
Beginner’s course focuses on bread with tomatoes and aioli, a Brotherhood salad with salty meat, fried fish, grilled squid from Santa Pola Bay, boiled shrimp and white shrimp. Main course is creamy red rice with artichoke, fresh garlic, and red pepper. Dessert is homemade cooking. Coffees and infusions follow. Shopping centre includes Marina Alta white wine from Bodegas Bocopa and Louis XIV red wine Amphoras. Solán de Cabras juice, Mahou 5 Star beer, and soft drinks also available. Price per person: 42 euros (VAT included). Reservations: 657 95 79 16 and 965 41 32 59. Contact: [redacted].
Matola (Elche)
Beginner’s selections include toasted bread with pipes and carases, red tuna tartare with Mollar pomegranate pearls, oxtail cannelloni with Mollar pomegranate, and squid sautéed with artichokes. Green salad with artichoke and Mollar pomegranate. Main course: vegetable rice with Iberian neck. Dessert: Jijona liquid nougat cream millefeuille with tangerine sorbet. Coffees and infusions accompany the meal. Shopping centre features include Les Freses white wines and Sein Red Wine, Mistela La Palma, and White cream gold grain. Waters, San Miguel beer, and soft drinks complete the experience. Price per person: €42 (VAT included). Reservations: 966 63 12 52. Contact: [redacted].
Las Palmeras (Crevillent)
Individual starts feature Crevillent coca varieties with grated tomato and Cuquillo olive paste, smoked bacon crackle with Mollar pomegranate salad and Monastrell grape chutney, and artichoke confit with white shrimp and tuna parmentier with crispy toasted cashews. Tasting plates include Rice with soup Five handfuls and Shepherd’s migas with Aledo grapes from Terra Colorà. Main course is lamb braised with rosemary broth from Sierra Crevillentina. Dessert is horchata torrija with butter and sweet wine with Molar peel. Coffees and infusion of thyme and cantueso, with shopping centre options including Marina Alta white wine from Moscatel grapes, Casica del Abuelo red wine from Monastrell grapes, and Mistela La Palma. Waters, beers, and soft drinks complete the meal. Price per person: 42 euros (VAT included). Reservations: 965 40 01 88. WhatsApp: 615 22 63 39. Contact: [redacted].