Eat in Valencia

What to Eat in Valencia Today?

Search Valencia dishes by craving — all i pebre, bunyols de carabassa, esmorzaret and more.

5 dishes worth going out of your way for in Valencia, 2 of them vegetarian. Each one lists where to eat it, because the dish and the room that does it well are not the same question.

Leave room for Bunyols de carabassa.

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All i pebre

Non-veg

Eel from the lagoon stewed with a great deal of garlic, sweet paprika, olive oil, potato and a little chilli — the name is simply 'garlic and pepper' and there is very little else in it.

€14–22

Best around: El Palmar

Bunyols de carabassa

Veg

Pumpkin fritters — pumpkin purée, flour and water, worked by hand into rings and dropped into deep oil in front of you, then rolled in sugar and eaten with thick chocolate.

€3–6

Best around: Ciutat Vella

Mild

Esmorzaret

Non-veg

The Valencian mid-morning meal, in a fixed order: a picaeta of olives, salted nuts and pickles, then a bocadillo big enough to be lunch — cured meats, blood sausage, horse or tuna, always with a broad bean or a whole clove of garlic in it — then a cremaet.

€8–15 with a drink

Best around: Mercat Central

Orxata de xufa amb fartons

Veg

Tiger nuts soaked, crushed and pressed with water and sugar, served ice-cold or half-frozen as a granizada, with fartons — long soft glazed buns made to be dunked whole.

€4–8

Best around: Ciutat Vella

Paella valenciana

Non-veg

Short-grain rice cooked flat and dry in a wide steel pan with chicken, rabbit, flat green beans and garrofó — the broad white bean — plus tomato, paprika, saffron and a sprig of rosemary. The prize is the socarrat, the caramelised layer stuck to the pan.

€18–30 a head

Best around: El Palmar and Malva-rosa