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The Mediterranean Summer is synonymous with beach, sun, tapas and of course the unmistakable flip-flops.
In the Castellón town of Peñíscola, the gastronomic event of the X Edition of the Chanclas y Tapas Route.
From the 1st to the 7th of next September, the different activities that surround this curious gastronomic sample, covered with tourism that presents the well-known beach footwear as the main engine to travel the stony streets of the papal city.
They will be 14 catering establishments of the municipality, who will offer the visitor 2 tapas each for them to choose to try and if they estimate it and their feet respond, they can issue their verdict at the local tourist office in order to participate in the vote for the winning cover.
The event has a bankruptcy vocation and at the same time it is informative about the local gastronomy, Taking refuge in the tapas route format, in order to be able to mix the architecture of the peninsula where the mythical Papa Luna castle stands with the culinary excellence of the local restaurants and bars.
The prices are popular for the summer season and it is sure that they help to extend the season during the first week of September, which usually suffers a decrease in visitors and surely with this proposal it helps to maintain activity in the kitchens of its establishments.
The contest, the tapas and their prizes
Only 3 euros to be able to taste a tapa with your drink, in one of the establishments that participate in this tenth edition of the Chanclas y Tapas Route.
For the winner of the Best Tapa, are awaiting you not only the recognition and the possibility of presenting the 2016 edition in your establishment, but also a cash prize of € 500.
The same monetary award is the one that awaits the establishment that is considered the Best in Customer Service and Attention, where the brave and intrepid tapas tasters have completed the route and voted for the place that has offered them the best deal.
As a third award, the Press Award, where a professional jury will be in charge of selecting the winner of the award, after having visited and tasted the tapas presented in each of the venues, but with the nuance, that they will do so incognito, and not presenting themselves as such. the capacity of each establishment in the elaboration, the attention and the treatment will be strictly “direct”.
As a novelty in this edition, the award for Best Pairing, local wine and tapas from competition to stage to see which is the perfect combination.
The presentation of the Route was held on Monday, August 24 at the winning Restaurant of the previous edition, Muva Beach, and then we leave you a link to the website of the Chanclas and Tapas Route, where you can locate, see the participants and the offer of tapas that are cooked …