La Massana Hosts 18th Winter Cooking Days with Mountain Gastronomy
From February 1-28, 16 restaurants feature innovative takes on trinxat, local veal, and fusions like tempura calçots, with menus €18-€60 and a.
Key Points
- 16 restaurants offer creative mountain dishes like trinxat variations, cod, veal, and tempura calçots.
- Menus priced €18-€60, including affordable tapas and small plates.
- Gastronomic passport app collects stamps; 3 for prizes at tourist office.
- Event grew from pork-focused Lo Mandongo, now emphasizes sustainable, seasonal cooking.
La Massana is hosting the 18th edition of its Winter Cooking Days from February 1 to 28, featuring 16 restaurants that showcase the parish's mountain gastronomy, local seasonal produce, and innovative spins on traditional high-mountain dishes.
The event emphasises dishes like trinxat, presented in various creative forms, alongside cod preparations, local veal, and unexpected fusions such as Japanese tempura calçots. Participating venues offer a range of styles, mainly mountain cooking but also tapas, inventive small plates, and more relaxed formats to appeal to broad audiences.
Menus are priced between €18 and €60, with affordable tapas and small-plate options increasing accessibility. Diners can use the gastronomic passport via the La Massana+ app to collect stamps for each completed menu; three stamps qualify for a prize at the tourist office.
Bet Rosell, the councillor for commercial revitalisation, praised the event's growth, stating it reaches "adulthood with great momentum, positioning itself as a benchmark for quality and sustainable cooking based on local, seasonal products." She also thanked the restaurant sector's commitment.
The initiative began four editions ago as Lo Mandongo, focused on pork varieties, before expanding into a broader winter format that incorporates diverse seasonal ingredients and responds to evolving tastes for a more varied culinary experience.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
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