GASTRONOMY
AND FESTIVALS
Oviedo, like many other large
cities, has made a point of properly
mixing different gastronomic styles
and trends, without doing away with
its Asturian roots.
Traditional cooks’ dishes, traditional
cookery, latest trends, modern cuisine,
cider bars, wine bars, delicatessen, “tapeo” (snack
bars) etc. All these examples, among
many others, make up its varied, rich
gastronomic offer.
Oviedo, on account of its strategic
situation in the centre of the Principality
of Asturias,
picks up the best of all three “worlds”,
country, mountain and sea products
moulded by either expert or innovative
hands, turn into true works of culinary
art.
The best fish, vegetables, meat, cheese
and lot more are displayed around tables
and bars in Oviedo much to our guests’delight.
Not only in top-rated restaurants but
also in small, modest bars.
Traditional gastronomic holidays as
La Ascensión’ Day and “El
Desarme” (Disarmament’s
Day) blend in well with various annual
Journeys and celebrations where Gastronomy
is the central point.
Creative, modern, Asturian, merger
cookery together with traditional dishes
like “El Pote de Antroxu”,
chickpea stew with salted cod and spinachs, “carne
gobernada”, vegetable soup and
that sweet one generally associates
with Oviedo: the “Carbayón”,
a example of our sweetshops’ much-deserved
excellency. All that without leaving
out the cider, Asturias’ typical,
traditional drink. No better place
to taste it can be found than the charming
and lively places our city offers as,
for example, the “Bulevar de
la Sidra” (
Cider’s Boulevard).
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