The most economical Michelin-starred menu in Valencia this 2025 is being cooked 45 kilometers south of Valencia city. The restaurant Origen, which in 2024 received a Michelin star for the first time, is the place that offers the cheapest tasting menu this 2025 after analyzing a dozen “starred” restaurants in the province.
It is 66 euros (2 euros less than other proposals such as Simposio or Lienzo), is served from Wednesday to Sunday and consists of 3 snack-type starters, 4 tasting dishes, a dessert and petits fours as closing.
The menu, named after “Carcaixent” (the town where the restaurant is located), focuses on a Mediterranean proposal with local and seasonal products.
The dishes that make up the menu are:
- Snacks
- Red and Green Pepper / Milk / Honey
- Sobrasada del Mercat / Espadán Cheese
- Sweet onion from Genovés
- Dishes
- Quisquilla de Santa Pola / Persimmon / Escabeche (pickled sauce)
- Ampurdan’ / Leek / Cuttlefish / Collaret
- Rice DO Valencia / Chicken / Pumpkin / Pumpkin
- Veal / Shallot / Sweet potato / Parsnip
- Dessert
- Chocolate / Almonds / Salt
- 3 individual petits fours
The proposal includes in the price the first service of bread with organic oil, although the water service has a cost of 3 euros per person. In addition, the proposal can be adapted to vegan or vegetarian cuisine.
Origen, the proposal of chef Àlex Vidal in Carcaixent.
Behind the concept of Origen is Àlex Vidal, a chef with international experience in restaurants in Singapore, Mexico, Austria and the United Kingdom, as well as others in the national territory such as Valencia, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha and the Basque Country.
Formed in Cullera, Origen is a dream, to create a sustainable space with products from Carcaixent and surrounding municipalities to develop their own proposal.
In addition to the Carcaixent menu, the restaurant awarded with a Sol Repsol also serves two other options: Origen menu, for 72 euros, and the Ternils menu, for 82 euros.
Origen is located at Av. Germaníes, 3, Carcaixent.