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Gastronomíay | 17/07/2023 19:00:00

The tapas tour awards honour 13 of the city’s establishments

L’Hospitalet’s tapas tours have served nearly 42,000 tapas dishes: 7% more than last year

This afternoon, 13 of the city’s establishments received awards for this year’s edition of the L’Hospitalet tapas tour. The prizes were given to the winners of the Primavera de Tapes (Springtime Tapas) tour, which ran from 20 to 23 April in parallel with the Festes de Primavera (Spring Festival), and the winners of the six neighbourhood tapas tours, which took place during the local festivals of Sant Josep, Santa Eulàlia, Can Serra, Collblanc-La Torrassa, Pubilla Cases and La Florida.

The tapas tours offer residents an opportunity to sample the culinary creations of the city’s establishments. In this year’s edition, 84 new creations were offered by the participating bars and restaurants, which together served a total of 41,985 tapas dishes: nearly 7% more than last year’s edition.

The aim of the initiative is to boost the restaurant and food service sector, which is one of the city’s main economic drivers, and to make high-quality cuisine accessible to visitors and residents. The tours are promoted by L’Hospitalet City Council’s Department of Economic Promotion, Commerce and Tourism, in collaboration with the L’Hospitalet Food Service Association and the Municipal Centre for Training and Employment (CEMFO).

There is also a participatory element to all of the tours, in which customers can vote for their favourite dish in the “Most Popular Tapas” category and enter a draw for different prizes. The winners of the other categories are decided by a panel of expert judges.

The awards ceremony was attended by the city’s mayor, Núria Marín; the Councillor for Economic Promotion, Commerce and Tourism, José Antonio Alcaide; chef and sponsor of Primavera de Tapes, Eva Hausmann; councillors from the participating districts; members of the panel of judges and the neighbourhood festival committees; representatives of the corporate sponsors; and leading figures from the city’s restaurant sector.

The city’s tapas tour calendar will now draw to a close with A la tardor, platillos! (Autumn Tapas), which will take place from 2 to 26 November.

Winners of the 2023 L’Hospitalet tapas tours

In this year’s edition of Primavera de Tapes (Springtime Tapas), a new record was set with 32 establishments – serving a total of 29,645 tapas – taking part across the city. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Tastiest Tapas: Tatos Bar, for its mini beef-cheek ball braised with injected meat juice.
• Most Creative Tapas: Mizuwari Cocktail Bar, for its vermouth infused with rosemary and orange peel with vintage rum and cocoa bitters aged in oak barrels.
• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: El Llindar, for its homemade brioche with stewed pork cheek, pumpkin, cinnamon, Gruyère and gherkin.
• Most Popular Tapas: El Llindar.

Seven establishments took part in Sant Josep de Tapes (Tapas in Sant Josep), serving a total of 2,460 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: Choroní, for its cassava ball stuffed with mincemeat and jalapeño mayonnaise in a gherkin and coriander sauce.
• Most Popular Tapas: La Olla de Barro, for its Ecuadorian-style spicy pork roasted with a mild mayonnaise sauce, served on a bread base and topped with candied onion.

Eleven establishments took part in Santa Eulàlia de Tapes (Tapas in Santa Eulàlia), serving a total of 2,875 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: Pecat Cocktail Bar, for its prawn wonton with Pad Thai sauce, peanuts and lemon, and its Feria cocktail.
• Most Popular Tapas: La 17 Café, for its Iberian pork cheek in red wine served on toast with a miso mayonnaise.

Seven establishments took part in Collblanc-La Torrassa de Tapes (Tapas in Collblanc-La Torrassa), serving a total of 440 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: La Cocina de Graciela, for its battered-shrimp taco.
• Most Popular Tapas: Bodega Pujós, for its diced chicken with mustard and honey topped with Doritos, pistachios, sesame seeds and balsamic sauce.

Nine establishments took part in Can Serra de Tapes (Tapas in Can Serra), serving a total of 3,740 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: Tapeo 17 for its mini mollete with pork cheek, apple compote, pear in red wine and crispy onion.
• Most Popular Tapas: Tapeo 17.

Seven establishments took part in Pubilla Cases de Tapes (Tapas in Pubilla Cases), serving a total of 1,185 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: Bar Lleida, for its mini sandwich of slow-cooked beef stewed in its own juices and topped with caramelised onion.
• Most Popular Tapas: Bar Lleida.

Eleven establishments took part in La Florida de Tapes (Tapas in La Florida), serving a total of 1,640 tapas dishes. The winning establishments in each category are as follows:

• Best Culinary Quality Tapas: O’Chispa Taberna Galega for its “O’Chispazo”: a potato nest with anchovy, tomato confit, mango and avocado.
• Most Popular Tapas: Tazas y Tarros, for its crispy stewed beef with truffled potato puree and carrot coulis.

During the ceremony, prizes were also handed out for the most popular tapas as voted for by diners. Products and services offered by the companies and organisations that collaborated with the tour: Diversus Group, L’Hospitalet Indoor Pàdel Centre, La Farga Shopping Centre, the food blog “L’Hospitalet Gastronòmic”, Tibidabo Brewing, and the Municipal Centre for Training and Employment (CEMFO).