The Association of Hotel and Catering Businesses of Torrevieja and Region (AEHTC) and the City Council of Torrevieja have presented this Thursday, June 2, a new edition of the gastronomic days Torrevieja and the sea, to be held between 7 and 23 June.
The president of the association, José Ignacio Pastor, highlighted the quality of the participants in this edition and the "need to bring quality cuisine from Torrevieja to the palates of the users". On the other hand, Rosario Martínez, councillor for Tourism, commented on the "great success of starting the gastronomic summer with this event", bringing forward the summer dates and "thus kicking off the summer of 2022 in advance".
The participating restaurants and their menus are as follows:
Miranda Gallery (7/6/22)
- Welcome cocktail
STARTERS
- Shrimp croquettes with dried tomato mayonnaise and red prawns
- Octopus carpaccio with mustard and paprika vinaigrette with potato foam
- Low temperature egg with cuttlefish tagliatelle and cuttlefish ink purée
FIRST DISH
- Sardines in pickled sauce with fennel and red sweet potatoes
SECOND DISH
- Mellow octopus rice with tender garlic and clams
DESSERT
- Lemon pie
WINERY
- White wine cyatho verdejo rueda, red wine Avan Ok ribera del Duero, Alceño rosado 150 aniversario, beer Heineken, soft drinks, water, coffee
Sunset Beach (09/06/22)
- Sunset passion cocktail
- Chief's appetizers
MAIN
- Red mullet / paella / basil / marinated tomato
- Mackerel / citrus/artichoke /salicornia
- Neck of lamb/ strawberry/ goat cheese
- Red shrimp / wakame/ fennel/ dashi
- Veal cheek / carrot / melon / sour cream / oregano
DESSERT
- Mango Cheesecake / Pistachio / Yuzu / Cherry Ice Cream
- Coffee and sweets
Included : Soft drinks, water
WINERY
- Barahondo organic white - DO Yecla Cerveza Kriek-Belgium, Enrique Mendoza Rosado Monastrell - DO Alicante, Casa agrícola Pepe Mendoza red - DO Alicante, Enrique Mendoza sweet muscatel - DO Alicante
Luz del Mar (14/06/22)
- Welcome cocktail
STARTERS
- Marinated sardines on crispy potato crisp with confit tomatoes and grilled garlic shoots
- Dried rock octopus in carpaccio with Albatera figs, smoked cheese and citrus oil.
- Gatet in tempura with confit artichokes and romescu sauce
- Red mullet loin on crustaceans and peas mellow rice
MAIN COURSE
- Low-temperature cured Iberian pork shoulder lacquered with baked apple on parsnip parmentier and sautéed cabbage julienne.
DESSERT
- Cheese mousse with white chocolate, raspberry coulis, biscuit crunch and green pistachio ice cream
WINERY
- Selection of Alicante wines, special Águila 1900 beer - Heineken Group beers, soft drinks and minerals.
- Rosee Coffee or Infusion
Mesón Las Jarras (16/06/2022)
- Reception aperitif
FIRST
- Marinated salmon rolls with old mustard ice cream
- Norway lobster on the back
- Sautéed scallops with figs
- sweet and sour from Bierzo
- Candied artichokes stuffed with cod brandade with seafood cream
SECOND
- Beef tenderloin with boletus and foie sauce
DESSERT
- Iced nougat cake
DRINK
- Manzanilla La guita, Mahou beer, soft drinks, coffee, Alceño white Sauvigñon blanc, Tutor white verdejo, Alceño 50 Barricas red wine
Sailing Beach (21/06/22)
Menu Five steps from the sea
- Welcome cocktail with Verdejo de barrica (barrel-aged Verdejo), fried marcona and caldero croquettes
STARTERS
- Carved raff and capellan torrao with pickles and codium seaweed shoots
- Bay shrimp and white prawns paired with cava rosé
- Open scallops and clams grilled over charcoal with a touch of smoke and sage
MAIN
- Taco of wild grouper in a sangochao stew, with cuttlefish, cachelos and piparras cream.
- Presa de chato murciano braised with beef demiglace, alcasiles, roasted shallot and spicy serrano chilli purée
DESSERT
- Asian coffee pancake with roasted almond ice cream and zacapa rum syrup
The Columns (23/06/22)
Welcome cocktail:
- Quintos of beer Estrella de Levante
- Table of assorted pickles
- Tasting of international cheeses accompanied by an assortment of artisan breads and washed down with "Petroni" vermouth.
- Iberian ham sliced with marcona almonds
- Spoon of marinated bluefin tuna tartar (Ricardo Fuentes e Hijos) with wakame seaweed and sesame salad
STARTERS (centre table)
- Mango foam, Italian burrata, smoked eel and artichoke chip with charcoal-grilled pepper
- Low temperature egg on potato textures with black truffle and squid in Korean tempura
- Caramelised octopus with soy, sweet fruits and citrus fruits over beetroot parmentier and brown rice "venere" with basil and lime pesto
MAIN
- Acorn-fed Iberian Nan-Tok (Juan Manuel "Guijuelo") glazed in Thai broth on a crispy wafer of pulse flour, cumin, sesame, finished with green onion, Chinese pink radish and vegetable air biscuit.
DESSERT AND COFFEE
- Mascarpone, fruits of the forest and Jijona nougat cream with toasted egg yolk ice cream, paired with mistela "Do. Alicante".
- Assorted coffees "Jurado Hermanos".
WINERY
- Estrella Beer
- Verna, Punta Este, Rueda White Wine "José Pariente" ; Ribera del Duero Red Wine "Finca Resalso"; Rosé Wine "Viña Esmeralda".
- Farewell mini gin and tonics.

