The Principality of Asturias is one of the best references in Spanish cuisine, its dishes and recipes perfectly represent the always unique union of gastronomy and leisure.
This month of June along the Asturian coast and inland, we will be able to attend different gastronomic events where culinary traditions, ingredients and recipes of all kinds will delight visitors to the fishing villages of the province.
The Cantabrian is an incessant pantry of excellent raw materials, and from the interior, the beef and vegetables of its green valleys provide us with a most interesting route of conferences and celebrations around the hotel and gastronomy industry.
Gastronomic days of the sea in Ribadesella
In the first days of the month, more specifically on June 3, 4 and 5, in the coastal town of Ribadesella, the local hospitality industry pays a gastronomic tribute to sea products and their possibilities of preparation in the Gastronomic Days the Sea.
A dozen hospitality establishments in the municipality will offer their menus prepared for the occasion, based on a starter, two dishes and a dessert, with a fixed price that will vary depending on the establishment between 22 and 35 euros.
In all of them you can also participate tasting the excellent tapas that they already make in their kitchens, a perfect occasion to offer the visitor dishes inspired by marine products, crabs, squid, carpaccios, or frixuelos are a small sample of the elaborations that they eagerly await. to be able to pair with the excellent local cider.
We leave all the establishments and their menus, tapas or recipes prepared for the occasion here linked on the website of the Ribadesella council.
Gastronomic tourism is booming, and to collaborate with accommodation, several hotels and hostels in the town will offer discounts of 15 and 20 percent on their packages for the weekend.
Seafood Gastronomic Days in Llanes
In another latitude, but also looking at the Cantabrian, the fifteenth will be held on weekends from 10 to 12 and from 17 to 19 June, in the fishing village of Llanes Seafood Gastronomic Days.
The local hotel industry is a benchmark when it comes to the production of seafood, and the rich raw material that they have based on andaricas, spider crabs or lubricants will be a clear reference to take into account in any of the establishments attached to them.
This traditional gastronomic festival of the Asturian spring, is promoted by the local council and hospitality entrepreneurs, who, as on previous occasions, will prepare menus based on the delicacies of the sea that reach its shores, at a price of 36 euros put diner, with a wide variety of dishes and wines with Denomination of Origin.
The establishments attached to the conference and their exclusive preparations to offer visitors on public holidays will soon be published on the website of the Llanes City Council tourism office.
Gastronomic days of the Candás Octopus
A few kilometers from Cabo de Peñas, the northernmost point of the Principality, is the fishing village of Candás, where gastronomic days will be held with a charitable purpose.
These are the Candás octopus days, where the Matiella Neighborhood Association and the Candás Neighborhood Association promote an intense meeting to enjoy and eat the best cephalopods on the coast.
In the surroundings of “La Carpa” between the halt and the station, as on previous occasions, neighbors and visitors of the municipality will meet, to celebrate and raise funds to allocate it to people with fewer resources in Carreño.
3 days of festivities that, together with the culinary proposal, can be enjoyed in the company of the little ones thanks to the children’s recreational area, which will be installed in the “Los Angeles Fountain” on June 3, 4 and 5.
Oviñana spider crab gastronomic days
A little further west of the province, almost reaching the limit of Galicia, is Cudillero, another large pantry for Asturian hoteliers.
This time, it will be the area of Oviñana, the former parish of the council of Cudillero, which today houses hotels and residences, and on the weekend of June 10,11, 12 and XNUMX, it will also host the V Gastronomic Days of the Spider Crab.
A total of 7 catering establishments will prepare and cook the best specimens of the estuary, to delight lovers of seafood in their version “finger food”, with menus at a fixed price of € 25 per person, from the Casa de Comidas El Único to the Parrilla Tizón de Marta, without forgetting the restaurants La Cueva, Café de Cruci and El Regueirín, which together with Bar Las 3 Andaricas and The Café will complete the route.
The gastronomic offer in Oviñana is very varied, tradition and avant-garde come together on the same plane as do the most exquisite delicacies of the Cantabrian Sea with the best meats and products from the Asturian countryside.
This time it is the turn of the migratory crab, Maja squinado, known in these parts and in the rest of the country as spider crabthe centolla.
Magüetos skewers championship
We conclude the culinary route along the Asturian coast with an interesting contest of miniature bites, a little further inland, in the middle of the cider production area, and now also delicious Pinchos.
This is the fifth edition of the Magüetos pinchos championship in Piloña, which will be held in the hospitality establishments of Infiesto, Villamayor, Valles de San Román and Valle, during two weekends in June, the 3rd, 4th and 5th and the 10th, 11th and 12th.
A total of 15 establishments are those that prepare their creations, with detail and care to win the award for the best pincho in the Land of Asturcones.
For the occasion, an important cast of gastronomic experts has gathered to form part of the jury, such as the Organizing Director of the Asturias Pinchos Championship and other personalities.
We leave you here linked to the website of Piloña, land of Asturcones, all the information of the participating venues and their geographical location.