One of the best incentives for the tourists to visit Palencia is its gastronomy. Enjoying a great meal in Palencia is very easy since there is a huge quantity of restaurants with menus of the day and prices that wave between 8 and 12 euros. Moreover, a cooking involving this region’s products and the implementation of Castilian traditional recipes is promoted in this Castilian province.
There are some dishes that cannot be ignored in your visit to Palencia. The Palentian vegetable stew is a dish made with delicious breaded vegetables and broth. The dish named Patatas a la Importancia (fried and stewed dressed potatoes) is also very typical in this province, as well as the Pisuerga’s crayfish, with its spicy flavour is very common in summer.
Some other relevant dishes are the Castilian Soup, the roasted Churro lamb, Saldaña’s beans stew, the Castilian stew, the stewed tortilla, dressed “palominos” (the child of wild doves), Cervera’s meat, or snails.
To finish any of the aforementioned dishes in a sweet way, you can enjoy any of the delicious typical desserts such as Brazo of San Lorenzo, Villoldo’s amarguillos, or Cervera’s socorritos.
Casa Pepe’s can be found in the Manuel Rivera Avenue and it is one of the most concurred restaurants by Palencia’s inhabitants. It has a bar area and a dining room. It also has a cooking that uses this region’s products and a winery with one of the best selections of Palencia’s wine. Bull’s tail and the truffle soup are two of its most successful dishes.
Asador La Encina: this restaurant is situated in 2 Caseñe Street. This asador (grill-restaurant) counts with a large list of tapas and an exterior terrace with an ample canteen where the diners can enjoy a pleasant breeze. Its speciality is the Churro lamb roasted in a oak wood fired oven. This restaurant can flaunt having one of the best Spanish tortillas in the country.
El Casero: it can be found in 108 Mayor Street. This restaurant, founded in 1923, is the most antique one of Spain and it is an emblem of Palencia’s city. It has a great variety of tapas and they are specialised on stews and codfish.
