There has been a verdict. The ‘World Culinary Awards’ competition has handed down its verdict and proclaimed a European city as the best culinary destination. In front of this city, they faced others like Copenhagen or Paris. From Spain, Barcelona was among the finalists.
In the end, it was a Portuguese city that won the award. Located near the sea and with an ancient gastronomic culture, Lisbon has been the winner of the last edition, proclaiming itself, in this way, as the best destination in Europe for food lovers. And it is that You will not only find Belem or cod cakes. Hide other things.
A rich and varied gastronomy
The Atlantic is located at the foot of Lisbon. The city’s gastronomy is made up of dishes in which fish and seafood are the protagonists. The star ingredient is cod. There, they know perfectly well that it is a very versatile productwith which you can make a thousand (and one) recipes. Likewise, there are many places where you can eat cheap, like the Canalha restaurant.
In addition to cod and Belem pastries, in Lisbon you can try other traditional recipes such as green broth, seafood rice or caldeiradaa stew that is made mixing fish such as hake, monkfish and turbot.
In summer, it is common the consumption of roasted sardinessomething that is also typical within our borders thanks to the espeto culture, for example. In the neighboring country, they are usually served accompanied of cooked potato or grilled pepper.
Not everything is fish in the capital of Portugal
Not everything is fish in the Portuguese city. The francesinhas cannot be missing either. It is a sandwich filled with all kinds of meatfrom sausage to ham or mortadella. The bread must be toasted and topped with melted cheese and an egg. The best? In Madrid there is a place where you can try this Portuguese recipe without leaving the country.
Barcelona was a finalist
Although Lisbon was the winner, we must not overlook that Barcelona was part of the group of finalists. There were also Paris, Copenhagen, Vienna, Florence and London.
The contest has been running for five yearsand is divided into several categories such as restaurants, hotels, chefs and citiesas is the case of Lisbon.
At the same time, there has been another Portuguese city that has won one of the contest’s prizes. This is Porto, which has achieved first place in the category of ‘Best Emerging Culinary Destination City’.
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