Food

The beloved restaurant in Calpe, Alicante, is reopening with a new look and a fresh menu. With an open gas oven, Rusticana is the only restaurant in town with this feature, and it makes ‘Rusticana’ a place where locals and tourists alike can be transported to Italy for a little while. The oven creates a […]

Amadeo Faus and Alfredo Martínez via ‘NPQ editores’ have recently published ‘Paellas y Arroces Valencianos’ bringing classic paella and Valencian and Mediterranean cuisine to everyone. The owner of two restaurants in Gandia and Andorra, Faus also has a YouTube channel where he teaches viewers how to cook the food he grew up loving through his […]

Nestled in the centre of Castelló de la Plana, there stands a restaurant called ‘Arre’ that has recently been named in the Michelin Guide for 2025, after being recognized also by the Repsol guide. Arre’s team members include Pedro Salas, the chef, and Beatriz Villalba, who manages the dining room. But it is not just […]

At the first-ever ‘Mahou Pizzas Fest’ at the Marina of Valencia, nearly 19,000 gathered to discover and rate different pizzas from chefs and their restaurants all over the city. After three days of tasting, the people voted, and ‘Mamma Pazzo’ was named the best pizzeria in all of Valencia. Chef Sergio Paolini and his team […]

‘Portolito Playa’ and ‘La Mar’, the two Valencian-inspired establishments the group owns on the seafront, are celebrating their anniversary. The restaurant group Portolito has established itself on Valencia’s Playa de las Arenas with its two gastronomic offerings, ‘Portolito Playa’ and ‘La Mar’. Both feature rice dishes, while the latter also features grilled meats. This is […]

Within the ‘Tapas d’Ací’ competition, the ‘Buñol’ from the Albufera in Valencia has been crowned champion among the 60 proposals from all over the region. The tapa is now available to taste at ‘Pelayo Gastro Trinquet’ and in the other two restaurants of the Gastro Group Trinquet: ‘Vaqueta Gastro Mercat’ and ‘Casa Baldo 1915. The […]

This is the ‘Gómez’ hospitality group’s first establishment in the city of Valencia. Following its opening in 2009, Los Gómez Taberna, Gran Mercat, and La Picaeta followed, in addition to the ‘Yurest’ business line. ‘Puerta del Mar’ is named after the first restaurant José and Marcos opened next to the beach in 1997, so its […]

On May 20, ‘Ma Khin’ restaurant at ‘Mercado Colón’ of Valencia  hosted a private party for the press and friends of the restaurant, where each chef prepared a tapa from their country. Zaw Mahesh (Lahpet, London), Toshi Kai (Toshi Restaurant), Haesung Yoon (La Taula de Yoon) and Kristian Lutaud (Oligarum/EL Bulli) were some of the […]

On 20 May, the Mercado Colón restaurant Ma Khin is hosting a private party, where each chef will prepare a tapa from their country. Zaw Mahesh (Lahpet, London), Toshi Kai (Toshi Restaurant), Haesung Yoon (La Taula de Yoon) and Kristian Lutaud (Oligarum/EL Bulli) are some of the renowned guests who will participate in the event, […]

Nazir and Hiba, owners of the Miracle restaurant have an opinion: “There is no awareness of coeliacs”.The couple, originally from Syria, have been working for years to defend gluten-free cuisine in Valencia: “It’s very hard to tell a 4-year-old child that he can’t eat from his mother’s plate because he has coeliac disease”.  Miracle, the […]