The VI Days of the Spoon in Benidorm opens in the Espai d'Art with 'Menu degustación' by Alejandro Guijarro
19 participatings restaurants and all information will be accessible thanks to the application for smartphones Gastro Events
Benidorm Gastronómico 2017 has started this morning with the first of its calls, the VI Conference of the Spoon, in a joint act in the Espai d'Art of the town hall with the exhibition 'Menu degustación', by Alejandro Guijarro. The mayor, Toni Pérez, who also coordinates the municipal area of Tourism, has been in charge of giving the start of the first stage of this culinary show that "consolidates," said the positioning of Benidorm as a first-class gastronomic destination within our tourism offer ".
Toni Pérez has shared the stage with the Generalitat's Director General of Tourism, Raquel Huete, the president of the association of bars, restaurants and cafeterias in Benidorm (Abreca-Cobreca), Javier del Castillo; The godparents of Benidorm Gastronomic 2017, Juan Brotons and Pedro Cintas; And the designer Alejandro Guijarro, wanted to highlight the commitment to "technology and innovation" of Benidorm Gastronómico 2017, which has been revealed by the launch of Gastro Eventos, a free application for mobile devices (available in the Apple Store and in Google Play), which provides users with all the culinary offer, allows interaction between participants and facilitates the geolocation of each of the events.
The VI Conference of the Spoon proposes, until March 5, menus with a single price of 20 euros in 19 establishments. In the present call the restaurants Belvedere, Bolikki, Cervecería Angelillo, Condal, El Barranco, El Mesón, El Yantar d'Asturies, Esturión, Mediterranean Garden, La Bodeguilla de Salva, Brasería Aurrerá, La Cava Aragonesa, La Sidrería Aurrerá, Mal Pas, El Puerto, Sidrería el Hórreo, Son de Mar, Taberna Andaluza and Terra Atlantica.
The 2nd Gastronomic Fair, which will start on May 16, will be the second stage of the Gastronomic Benidorm 2017, which will follow the VII Tapas y Pinchos Competition, June 10; the II Contest of the Brochette, September 23; and the VI Days of the Rice, October 21.
'Tasting Menu' to open mouth
In the Espai d'Art of the Hall of the Town Hall, the exhibition 'Tasting Menu' by the municipal designer Alejandro Guijarro is on display from today until 10 March. An exhibition of 30 works with which the author unleashes his imagination and offers the viewer his peculiar vision or "deconstruction" (according to his words), the gastronomy based on porcelain dishes and content "Chinese corner ". Guijarro, has lamented that, despite the approach, and knowing that no one will be indifferent to his work, he has not managed to make any of his dishes "edible."
