The 'Delicia de Sepia' designed by the team at the Barcelona hotel Üpper Diagonal (Passeig de Manuel Girona, 7) has been declared the winner of the I City of Barcelona and Catalonia Pinchos and Tapas Competition, which yesterday celebrated its grand finale in La Llotja de Mar de Barcelona during a day in which 48 candidates cooked live.
This snack prepared with shichimi and mango mayonnaise, shrimp tartare and tuna salt will represent Catalonia in the next edition of the national tapas championship that will be hosted by the city of Valladolid next November.
The award for the second best tapa in Catalonia went to Salsa Street Food (Laforja, 130. Barcelona), which entered the contest with its 'Croqueta de cochinita pibil'. Third place, on the other hand, went to Can Culleres (Bilbao, 79. Barcelona), who competed with a snack called 'Peu amb bola'.
During the contest, the jury chaired by chef Carles Abellan and completed by the food critic Phillipe Regol, the cooks Carla Peyrón and Marta Alguersuari, the journalist Judith Calix, the chef Manu Nuñéz, and the organizer of the National Tapas Competition, Luis Cepeda ; He has also delivered other awards.
El Merendero de la Mari (Plaça de Pau Vila, 1. Barcelona) has won the most creative tapas award with its 'Viaje al Caribe', Hiu Restaurante (Av. del Baix Camp, 2. Cambrils) has won the tapas award most sustainable with its 'Sea and Mountain of White Asparagus' and Alba Granados (Enric Granados, 34. Barcelona) the award for the most traditional tapas with its 'Esquixada de calao con mousse de alibas de Santa Pau'.
All the finalist recipes of the 1st City of Barcelona and Catalonia Pintxos and Tapas Contest can be tested on a route that started last Thursday and will remain active until next Sunday. The Tapascat app includes the 48 establishments that have participated in the first edition of the contest, spread over seven locations (Barcelona, Girona, Cambrils, Sitges, Vic, Calella, El Masnou). Each bite, which is served with a beer, costs 4.50 euros.
