A Foodie’s Guide to Valencia Restaurants, Valencia, Spain

The silent partner behind the Amsterdam Foodie website is my brother - programmer by day, foodie by night. You never hear from him on here, but he actually built the whole site. He also accidentally named my entire brand by buying me the URL amsterdamfoodie.nl as a Christmas present in 2006. And why is any of this relevant to Valencia? Well, he moved there - and I went to visit him. Not surprisingly, then, he gave me the foodie guided tour of one of Spain’s sunniest cities - tapas, paella, horchata and more… And that’s why I’m able to bring you my Foodie’s Guide to Valencia Restaurants.

On my first evening in Valencia, we went to La Mirona in the Gran Via neighbourhood for tapas. Despite the fact that it was 9.30 at night because I’d come straight from the airport, we were still the first people there. When you come from a country where most of the population eats their dinner at 6 o’clock sharp, this is quite the culture shock! Still, late-night indigestion aside, the tapas at La Mirona is good - I particularly liked their pulpo (octopus) stewed in beer with potatoes, and their bacalao (salt cod) tempura. But you should definitely try their patatas bravas - if only for the black garlic mayo it comes with. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).