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January 24-February 2 Tapas Festival in Benidorm
The tapas trail will run alongside the world-famous Benidorm Fest
From January 24 to February 2, Benidorm will embrace flavours from around the globe with its Tapas Festival, running parallel to the world-famous Benidorm Fest. This third annual gastronomic event promises to be a delightful culinary adventure.
Explore a diverse array of tapas creations, each inspired by the music and spirit of Benidorm Fest. Here’s a taste of what you can expect:
- At Arrocería La Marina, savour their "Micrófono de Oro" with a lamb chop from Segureño, almond crust, truffled potato cream and padrón pepper.
- Bodegón Aurr offers the "Diva" by Melody, featuring an artichoke flower, shrimp and seaweed caviar.
- Rincón del Rivera presents the "Vieira del Rivera," a scallop shell with shrimp, panga, prawns, bechamel sauce, tomato sauce and gratin cheese.
- La Cava Aragonesa serves the "Brillos Platinos" with piquillo jelly, sardine tartare, persimmon, avocado, roe and crunchy seaweed.
- La Tabernita del Sur offers the "La Chispa, Hartita de Llorar," a tender veal pancake with snail juice in the Andalucían style.
- Marisquería el Puerto presents the "Frutti di Mare" with a smash burger featuring shrimp, monkfish, seafood, a spicy touch, onion, chives, coriander, rocket and black rice.
- Shija Sabores de los Balcanes impresses with the "Coto de caza," quail breast marinated in plums on roasted pumpkin, tangerine glyko and crispy wild boar.
- Cervecería l'Abadia serves "La Cochina" with torreznos de Soria on avocado emulsion, onions, parmesan flakes and Beniardá oil.
- Linaje de Castilla offers "Las 3 Bellotas," Iberian creations and royal dates with Japanese mandarin glaze and loquat honey.
- Los Peces serves the "Langostinos Hawaii Bombay" with shrimp, curry and pineapple sauce.
- La Fava presents the "Coca vasco-valenciana" with salmon jam, roasted garlic praline, cod confit and pilpil.
- Tapería Aurrera offers the "Dorayaki de Txipirón en su tinta y gamba," a fusion of Japanese and Basque flavours.
- Pinocchio Beach serves the "Raggio di Sole," gluten-free spaghetti carbonara croquette on salted sabayon, parmesan cream and guanciale crusts.
- Taberna Andaluza presents the "Flamenquín Deluxe," a crispy Iberian ham roll stuffed with cheese and dates, breaded with kikos, served with PX and honey and mustard oil.
- DNI Ibéricos serves "Nuestra Diva," a butter dough stick filled with Iberian pork, sauce, cream cheese and crispy Iberian ham.
- Mesón offers the “Rock and Roll ravioli with black pudding,” made of thin, crispy pastry with sautéed black pudding, apple and caramelised and salted nuts.
- Brasería Aurrera serves the “Hot dog without ketchup or bread” with double-grilled txistorra on flaky base and Creole sauce.
- La Pinta Beach presents the “Capricho del Capitán” with Mediterranean toast, smoked sardine, gouda and mustard.
- Malaspina serves the “Laksa Diva,” a fried Chinese bread with pork laksa and a tartare of red shrimp with citrus.
- Pintxos Aurrera offers the “Carla Frigo. Bésame,” a dumpling with goat cheese, caramelised onions and kimchi.
- Terraza Bahía serves the “Esgamburguer,” a mini burger with shrimp, secret herbs and mayonnaise.
Voting and prizes
Each restaurant has crafted a unique tapa that will be rated by the public on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Simply scan the QR code provided by the restaurant when you enjoy your tapa. If you don’t have a mobile phone, you can record your vote with a member of staff on site.
Provide an email or phone number to be eligible for the grand prize: two tickets to the final of Benidorm Fest 2025, including a Meet & Greet with the participating artists. Additionally, three winning restaurants will be chosen by the public, and they will award prizes to the creators of the three best tapas.
Images: Tapas Fest 2025
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