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20th April 2024 BRASSERIE- RESTAURANT ATMOSPHÈRE…WORLD CUISINE WITH A FRENCH TOUCH
This is world cuisine with a French touch, based on gourmet recipes and local products. Chef Emmanuelle Malibert, specialised in French cuisine, at ‘Brasserie- Restaurant Atmosphère’ she proposes a fusion of various cuisines. These include French classics made with local products to guarantee freshness and quality. In addition to the produce from Valencia, French specialties […]
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17th April 2024 KEDGEREE WITH ’24/7 VALENCIA’
I want to talk about a favourite breakfast of mine, which also makes for a delicious lunch. Kedgeree was originally Indian, but was brought back by the British and is now a familiar dish in the UK. Sometimes, eaten for Sunday brunch with champagne! I like to keep the spicy, Indian flavour in mine… but […]
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16th April 2024 THAI RED CURRY WITH PUMPKIN AND COCONUT AT ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
By Helen Westwater of ‘La Ola Fresca’ This month’s recipe, ‘Thai Red Curry with Pumpkin and Coconut’, is a little spice and a scent of some of the ‘Tapas Audaces’ we were serving in our ‘Gourmet Knights’ sessions with Alberto Corella in La Ola Fresca on Friday and Saturday nights. The recipe requires some ingredients […]
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10th April 2024 TAPAS IN THE PARK! ‘OLI BAR’ OF RUZAFA
24/7 Valencia: Can you tell us something about Oli Bar? OLI BAR of Ruzafa: “Oli Bar is a meeting place, located in the only green corner of Ruzafa, Manuel Granero Park. In our bar – charcuterie, with affordable prices for any wallet or purse, we offer Spanish ham or hand-cut ham, Iberian cold meats, Manchego […]
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9th April 2024 THE EMBLEMATIC ‘MERCADO CENTRAL’ OF VALENCIA
Valencia’s Central Market is one of the largest markets in Europe! Perched high above the ornate iron and glass dome, it’s feet resting on a golden ball, is the Cotorra del Mercat, the big green parrot that is the symbol of the Mercado Central in Valencia. Cotorra means parrot in Spanish, but it also means […]
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6th April 2024 VEGAN & WHEAT-FREE ‘SPANISH TORTILLA’ BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
There’s an expression in Spanish ‘como agua en mayo’, for something that comes as a happy relief, be it water to soak dry fields or for money or even for an exciting new recipe, ‘Vegan tortilla!’ As regulars at ‘La Ola Fresca’ will know, it has become my favourite Spring delight but it is great […]
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5th April 2024 MI MEDIA NARANJA: THE HISTORY OF VALENCIA AND ITS ORANGES!
For many visitors to Valencia, one of the things that the city is most famed for are its oranges. Crowned the orange capital of Europe, Valencian oranges are thought of as some of the best – sweet, tangy, and not too bitter. ‘Mi media naranja’, translated to ‘my half orange’, has now come to signify […]
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1st April 2024 FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ ….CHIMICHURRI AND CARROT TOPS
If you get an organic veg box, you will find your vegetables don’t come neatly trimmed to fit their plastic container but bustling with a jungle of accompanying vegetation. Waste not, want not! Don’t throw it in the bin. These leaves and tops are the top of the pops… with nutrients of around six times […]
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25th March 2024 EASTER SPECIAL! ‘TORRIJA-BRIOCHE’ WITH COCONUT ICE CREAM…BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
As in many countries, traditions marked by religious public holidays go hand in hand with food. With the start of Easter, Spanish culinary delights such as Mona de Pascua, Sopa de Ajo, buñuelos and chocolate eggs, all celebrate the return of eggs and fat back on the table once more. All this after a month […]
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23rd March 2024 LA MONA DE PASCUA (EASTER IN VALENCIA)
EASTER DESSERT: Today, it can be found with slight variations practically all over Spain. It is an Easter dessert whose tasting symbolizes that Lent is over. ORIGIN OF NAME: The name comes from the munna or mouna, an Arabic term that means “provision of the mouth”, a gift that the Muslims gave to their lords. […]
