More than 50 restaurants are participating in the “Rambla Tast”, from 9 to 12 June
The pull of gastronomy (including of author) will be the engine to try to reconquer the Rambla of Barcelona from 9 to 12 June. A difficult mission in a shaft taken by tourism but, curiously, it will partially defray who this year assembly. The municipal contribution to give life to this macro meeting of flavors that attracts more than 550,000 visitors this year will the revenue from the tourist tax. They will be 50,000 euros, as detailed yesterday the aldermen of Ciutat Vella, Gala Pin.
The councillor argued that use of the charge levied and served to “recover space” and, somehow, to compensate overdose travelers in the area. An assembly designed to “achieve attract locals”, albeit fleetingly, and although foreign visitors also enjoy the initiative, which will be served in doses of four euros. As a novelty, an area of Barcelona will join snacks to already established areas of Signature cuisine, Traditional cuisine, Tapas and dishes and pastry shops.
Another novelty is that there will be no paper fascinatingly but each attendee can load a card with the amount you want to spend your taste during the four days of the event. And reload if necessary. As always, the price is uniform and every creator chooses to offer a dish developed for the occasion or a sample of some consolidated the house recipe.
VISUAL TEMPTATION
The offer for the palate visual adds, as the match wins gastronomic “show,” said Roser Torras, director of GSR, the organizer together with the Association of Friends, Veïns i Comerciants de la Rambla. These culinary shows will come to the streets in this third edition, the couple kept the taste Aula, open to the public and free, at the Centre d’Arts Santa Monica. And as icing, evening musical performances on stage Estrella Damm.
Joan Oliveras, of Friends of the Rambla, “the taste is essential to believe in the resilience of the Rambla, cosmopolitan and classless”. And he emphasized that most addicted to this show, they expect to pay off with record participation are residents of the city.
Flavors alignment will print. In paragraph author, from the proposal of Nandu Jubany of Petit Comité (a green rice spinach with mushrooms, spring vegetables and yogurt) to Romain Fornell of Caelis (fried egg with potato foam and ham), passing by Albert Raurich Two sticks and Thai noodles. A list that integrates establishments like Gaig, Kao Dim Sum, L’Egss by Paco Perez, BistrEau by Angel Leon, Espai Kru, Spoonik, Via Veneto, Loidi, Estimar and others.
The sandwiches come from the hands of Guixot, the winery La Punctual, El Filete ruso, Carles Abellan group, Monvínic, Rock Bar, Sagas, Tanta and Casa Pepe charcuterie. Seeketh tapas and dishes can attack Arume, Bas Bar, Bodega Sepulveda, Ca la Nuri, Llamber, Hand Rota, Brito, rasoterra, Amaya and Taberna Tio Carlos.
The traditional cuisine will be represented by the Cent Onze (Le Meridien), Fonda España, Oaxaca, Topik and others. And the sweet finishing touch by Bubó, Escribà, Espaisucre, Ochiai and Oriol Balaguer, among other firms.
In parallel, 14 restaurants and bars of the Rambla hold their own tapas competition from 2 to 12 June, whose recipes are served at 4.5 euros.