Nothing looks better in the window of a bar than a good tortilla de patatas. In Valencia there are 5 places where they have turned the pincho into an art form and, also, a field open to experimentation with the most unlikely and daring recipes of this national dish.
These are the best tortillas you can try in Valencia.
La Pichurrita
The temple of gourmet tortillas in Valencia. In La Pichurrita they have up to 10 different types of tortillas, each one more peculiar. Their star recipe is the Carbonara, with Parmesan and guanciale. But you can also opt for more traditional or exotic recipes, such as shitake mushrooms.
Poeta Durán y Tortajada, 7; and Avda. Regne de València, 66.
Pizcueta 14
The cafeteria Pizcueta 14, finalist in the last edition of the national potato omelette contest, serves one of the best omelettes in Valencia. Pizcueta 14 not only prepares the classic Spanish omelette, but also makes them with Roquefort, Camembert cheese, hake with piquillo peppers, wild asparagus or sobrasada, among other options available daily in its display case.
📍 Félix Pizcueta, 14.
Alhambra
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The most famous in Valencia, for sure. This bar reopened in 2021 after a sudden closure due to health problems of its former owners, authors of an omelette recipe 15 cm high, 32 eggs and 4 kilos in weight. A tradition that the new owners have resumed following the legacy of Benito Bazán, creator of this bar with so much tradition. You can try up to 14 omelettes here.
📍 C/ Calixto III, 8.
La Peseta
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You’ll have to go all the way down to Poblats Marítims to try another delicatessen like this one. A wide variety of tapas fill the menu of this temple of lunch, since 1906, but its potato omelette is undoubtedly one of the most demanded. And not to mention its variations with cheese or eggplant. As we like to say, have tapas here and you’ll be right.
📍 C/ del Crist del Grau, 16.
Bar del Mercado Rojas Clemente
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The bar-restaurant of the Rojas Clemente Market in Valencia is a spectacle. For its showcase, with which you can consider yourself having lunch just by looking at it, and for its tortillas, which vary every day so you can always try new things. One of their latest creations, a natural tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil omelette.
📍 Plaza Rojas Clemente.
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