Sponsored by the president of AETHMA, Rafa Codina, and international prestigo cook and adopted son of Dénia, Quique DacostaThe Mayor of Dénia, Ana KringeAnd the Councilor for Tourism, Pepa Font, Presented an ambitious project to be declared Dénia City of Gastronomy by UNESCOWithin the Creative Cities Network.
For weeks the tourism department is maturing this idea, which also represents the line to follow in the area over the next four years. If it is finally achieved, will be a great attraction for tourists, and different actions and events throughout the year that promote our cuisine will be made.
Among other actions to promote the candidacy of Dénia, Font has announced that the contest Arroz a Banda under a new format will resume and Gastronomical Days.
But until that happens there is a long way to go: the creation of a management team of the bid, which will bring together representatives of AETHMA, the CDT, María Ibars Institute, Fishermen's Association and all culinary areas of the city; the drafting of the report showing that Dénia meets all eligibility criteria and the submission of the application at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. The intention is to present it before next summer, and it is estimated that in 2013 the final decision of the Director General of UNESCO will be known.
Rafa Codina, president of AETHMA, has been convinced that Dénia can get it although the road is going to be hard, just like Quique Dacosta, who in addition to being absolutely committed to the project, said that "it seems that the reports are made for Dénia to get it. "
The title of City of Gastronomy I currently hold three cities in the world: Popayan (Colombia), Cheng Du (China) and Ostersund (Sweden), and two other candidates today, TaiPei and Spanish Vic.
Of course! I don't know what to say anymore ... You don't seem to understand me. I love Denia and I don't eat fast food. I like to eat well and I have my favorite places. Raising prices seems like a joke to me (almost in bad 'taste' if we consider that Spain is not doing well economically). The only thing I consider excessive is that we are talking about UNESCO and World Heritage Sites. Only fools (or those who have never left their region) can consider that Denia could have a gastronomic culture at the height of being a world heritage site. But I think that Ana Kringe and Quique Dacosta, Denia's adopted son, are looking for a leading role, nothing more (although I think that chefs of Quique's height will piss with laughter…). And finally, I adore Denia and the Marina Alta, I like local food but I still think that you have to be a little humble in certain things ... Why not start restoring Denia, leveling it up, dynamiting all the horrendous urbanizations in Las Marinas and other areas and create a beautiful Denia ... where you can eat at ease in a pleasant environment, with professional staff and owners who are not looking for quick and easy money but who have love for their trade ... for example ...
Look Rubio to begin Denia has prices like the rest of Spain and even it would seem reasonable that go up a bit since Denia is a tourist town and live it, on the other hand, has restaurants with high quality cuisine, for what price and quality go hand in hand, Denia is charming in every way and one of them is gastronomy, rarely have eaten rice with so much quality, if you ever have eaten because it seems you have not tried zilch of Denia, dedicate to tasting fast food burger and it sure will conquer more!
In this area, everyone who comes from the north is called 'foreigner', 'foreigner' to all who are not 'from the village', 'gabacho', if it is not foreigner to hear generalization, to the French and then all kinds of nasty denominations of people that come from people from other continents but that I am not going to mention here.
A person, even if they come from another country, has the right to have an opinion, right? I think, yes, still ... let's see what will happen with the gabiota ... Well, I'm not English, to begin with, I have lived 32 years of my life in Mediterranean countries, I have been to many places, I have eaten, savored, passion for dishes, ingredients, tastes, details ... You can eat well (without feeling too much emotion) in Denia in some places. But if we talk about UNESCO and the Gastronomic Heritage of Humanity, what a man! It is a total laugh ... rather to put on Thursday (which comes out on Wednesdays). Why not start with something like 'Denia, a gastronomic place of interest in the Marina Alta', to start with a little modesty… A little humility please!
I have traveled extensively in Spain and I have to say that there are wonderful places to eat better than in Denia and cheaper, which by that I mean that what they have to do other than promote themselves is lower prices with bars and restraurantes Denia that compared to other sites are quite high in the times correomoos since many of them want to fill the coffers with a few months of work and that will not wash.
Look forgive, not to have eaten you, but you do not spend the entire salary to eat well in Dénia, in any tapas bar you eat and you eat a lot better than in your country and I have checked, and I'm living in he.
If you don't have a love for cooking in Dénia, come to London hahahahaha, let's see if they have it, since here a medium-high quality restaurant in the center of London the menu is burgers and sandwiches ... you eat fatally in England and you I will know well if you are guri (as you say)
I'm sorry but I did not change the Mediterranean diet and the bars in my town for anything in the world. And the tourists either that every time I tell them where I'm from they tell me ooooohhhhhh how do you eat there …… Ala !!! a greeting is said.
With forgiveness for errors
Castilian ... I am a foreigner and I have gone a bit fast.
What nonsense! Another 'mega project' of the bombastic beings of the gabiota and the adopted son Quique Dacosta. To eat reasonably well around here you have to have a lot of pasta. Everything else offered by the hotels in Denia and the Marina Alta are salads that are dying of sadness, tapas? Yes anchovies or, if there is, a potato omelette that is dry like the floor of the shoe that Chaplin ate, freshly mixed dishes taken from the freezer, 'easy open' can olives, desserts; flanecico or fruit. Here there is no passion for cooking, for service, for decorum, for detail, for kindness ... the 'local gastronomy' is sad, expensive and shameful ... except for the privileged who have well-filled bank cards and for the politicians (paid by the city council). And look, I like living here ... but travel a bit to see places where the kitchen is loved, from the most humble tapas to the most extravagant dishes.