The acquaintance with the national cuisine of Benidorm promises to be very exciting. Local restaurants offer many interesting dishes with seafood, unusual soups, and culinary masterpieces that are popular in different regions of Spain. Local restaurants specializing in the national cuisine have a good old tradition – they offer a new menu for each day, which is called «menu del dia», virtually every day. All food on the menu has the same price that is very affordable, so even budget travelers can pamper themselves with something delicious. As a rule, these menus usually feature the most popular local food: paella, gazpacho, various fresh vegetable salads, and fish dishes. The price per dish in such a daily menu usually ranges from 8 to 15 euro.
Residents of Benidorm are famous as some of the biggest fans of paella in Spain. This popular national dish is present in the menu of virtually all restaurants serving Spanish cuisine. It is safe to say that each restaurant offers paella in accordance with its own special recipe and with different types of seafood. Mussels and various types of shellfish, prawns of different size, and dozens of fish types – the variety of ingredients used in this ever popular dish is simply striking. In the past, local fishermen cooked paella from the seafood that they had managed to catch during the day. That is the reason why there are so many variations of this national dish.
All fans of seafood should not forget to visit a small national cuisine restaurant that is open on Isla de Benidorm. This restaurant has a great advantage – all food is cooked from freshly caught seafood that is regularly delivered by local fishermen. All fish and other fruits of the sea are caught not far from the island, so the restaurant’s kitchen gets the freshest seafood literally right from the fishing boat.
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