Paladea Festival

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Paladea, a sport, music and gastronomy festival, is being held in Villaverde from 29-31 March 2019.

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The best restaurants will offer delicious Tapas at the Paladea La Oliva fair, this weekend in Corralejo.

Twelve establishments have prepared creations such as a mini-soup of ceviche with avocado, mini-hamburger with goat and caramelized onions, or even vegan Tapas, such as a spinach meatball with ginger and tofu.

The fair will be located in Corralejo next to the exit and arrival of Fuertebike, near the access to Morro Francisco.

Twelve of the best restaurants in Fuerteventura have confirmed their participation in the second edition of Paladea La Oliva, which is celebrated this weekend in Corralejo coinciding with the Acua Water Park Fuertebike 2019 mountain bike race.

The organization of Paladea La Oliva, in charge of the Caima Fuerteventura Handball Club and the City Council of La Oliva, and with the support of chef Marcos Gutiérrez at the coordination level, informs about the schedules of the gastronomic fair, which will open its doors 18 : 00 to 00:00 hours on Friday, the 6th, and on Saturday, September 7 from 12:00 to 00:00.

The fair will have an enclosure enabled next to the start and finish of the race, in the access to Morro Francisco from Corralejo, and its location will be marked with signage from the Juan Carlos Primero avenues and Pedro Guy Van Daele.

The participating establishments have prepared an interesting gastronomic offer from creative Tapas, made mostly with local products. Representing the host town, Corralejo, there will be the restaurants La Mamma, Sanus Fuerteventura, Oasis Papagayo, Hamburger Que Te Cagas, and Iberic HAM Factory ham.

There will also be representation from other locations, such as El Cotillo with the Marea Alta Restaurant, Ametz Catering and Gastrobar Kalima. From Parque Holandes, there will be Don Pepe Restaurant, Los Podomorfos from Tindaya and even two restaurants in Puerto del Rosario, such as Muka Muka and La Jaira de Demian.

The mayor of La Oliva thanked the participation of all these establishments and the effort they make to be at this fair, and chef Marcos Gutiérrez his involvement in the coordination of the gastronomic section. "Majorera gastronomy has taken a leap in quality, and every day that passes is a more important tourist attraction. This is thanks to the catering sector that has opted for quality and local product, so that a fair like this It is a great opportunity to continue promoting this sector, "said Isaí Blanco, who took the opportunity to" invite everyone to enjoy this weekend's sport, musical performances and gastronomy at Paladea La Oliva. "

First class Tapas with local products

Some of the participating restaurants have advanced some of the delicious Tapas they plan to serve. For example, Catering Marea Alta de El Cotillo is preparing a mini-soup of ceviche with avocado and a pole of salmorejo and white garlic, or the Gastrobar Kalima, which will serve three Tapas, a goat mini-hamburger with curler and caramelized onion, minced pork cubs canary, and marinated mackerel toast

The Oasis Papagayo Restaurant has made some squid in its ink, and there will also be a vegan offer by Sanus Fuerteventura, which will serve a spinach meatball with ginger and tofu, and a cabbage roll stuffed with vegetables with balsamic vinegar and almond reduction.

Musical performances

The programming of the gastronomic fair is completed with musical performances. On Friday, the 6th, those of Dunia Soto (8:00 p.m.) and the Bourbon group (10:00 p.m.) of Lanzarote are scheduled, and on Saturday, the 7th of Treintytantos, also of Lanzarote (3:30 p.m.) Sergio and Carlos (6:00 p.m.), Dj Maxi (7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.) and as a special guest Los Lola, at 9:30 p.m.



Acua Water Park Fuertebike 2019

If so far Fuertebike was the largest race in the Canary Islands that runs entirely in the same municipality, this year it will be the most important in the archipelago in all aspects, surpassing the thousand registered, beating its own record, and doubling the registrations of only two years.

Presenting on this occasion the nickname of the "Desert Challenge", participants have responded once again to the call of Fuertebike, motivated by the attractions of the race, such as the incomparable volcanic landscapes, cliffs and tracks by the sea of the municipality of La Oliva, or the two programmed modalities, Half Marathon (45 Km.) And Marathon (82 Km.).

The race is held on Saturday, September 7, being federated and valid for the official circuit, which will attract Fuerteventura to the best mountain bikers of the Canary Islands, and also of the peninsula.

Sports and gastronomy

Both this second edition of Paladea La Oliva and the sixth Fuertebike, involve an important effort of organization and collaboration between different entities.

The organizational section corresponds to the Caima Fuerteventura clubs and the Columbus Runner Fuer Club, together with the City Council of La Oliva from the Department of Sports. Organizations such as the Department of Tourism, the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Supermercados HiperDino, and as main sponsor include Acua Water Park Corralejo.

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A few pics from The Tindaya section of the bike race:

 

 

The emergency vehicle went haring off after them a short while later, down towards the Playa Jarugo section, hope everyone was ok.

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from RTVAC (enjoy the translation faux pas!):

Goat fajitas, black pork burgers, acorn ham salmorejo, vegan cuisine ... were some creations of the majorero restaurants at the II Paladea La Oliva Fair.
The restoration of Fuerteventura goes hand in hand at this gastronomic fair, offering the public culinary creations based on quality and local products



The II Paladea La Oliva Fair, held today in Corralejo, was attended by thirteen of the best restaurants in Fuerteventura offering creative Tapas. Fresh and local products, kilometer zero, creativity and variety are the hallmarks of this gastronomic fair that they have organized, coinciding with the Acua Water Park Fuertebike, the City Council of La Oliva and the Caima Fuerteventura Handball Club.

After the success of the first fair, as a novelty in this second edition, new establishments have been added. From Corralejo, they were the Iberic HAM Factory ham with a delicious salmorejo with acorn ham, the restaurants of Oasis Papagayo with classic Tapas of quality, like a potato omelette with eggs camperos and sauce of red pepper, Sanus Fuerteventura with an offer Healthy and avant-garde, the Hamburger specialists that you ***** with first class meat, from El Cotillo the Gastrobar Kalima with varied creations, and Muka Muka from Puerto del Rosario with its Moroccan cuisine, like a chicken mini-steak with almonds and cinnamon and different desserts .

Among those who repeat, La Mamma and Ametz Catering have joined in the same stand, preparing a mini-hamburger made of black pig baked with quince aioli, and sweet potato cupcakes with coriander aioli and sweet and sour mango sauce. La Jaira de Demian, a classic also from the gastronomy fairs, brought her Teror chorizo bomb with egg yolk and honey filling, and a hummus of Canarian avocados with majorera vegetable and crunchy bread from La Panateca seeds, the bakery from Villaverde.

Other establishments made Tapas based on the majorero product, such as the Tindaya Podomorphs with their specialty, the goat meat, cooked in a pie and in a minifajita with chili, or Gastrobar Kalima, which presented two goat mini-hamburgers and a taco of Canarian pork stuffed with garlic, tomato and onion. Casa Marcos, from Villaverde chef Marcos Gutiérrez, did not disappoint with his black pig meatballs with moruna spices.

There were also more international bets at the fair, such as Marea Alta, with a millo arepa stuffed with Peruvian-style ceviche of sama marinated with lime and red onion, and an Andalusian-style white garlic pole with almond milk, or that of the Don Pepe de Corralejo Restaurant, with a pork meat from Lanzarote fusing the Canarian and Mexican styles.

Restaurants like Hamburger Que Te Cagas have recently opened their doors, and in this Paladea they prepared some nachos of chili con carne and two mini-hamburgers, one of goat meat and cabbage sauce, and another of veal with mozzarella, arugula tomato and May sauce - pesto.

The Sanus Fuerteventura restaurant, opened in Corralejo by Roberto Picceli and Antonio Abbagnano, focuses on healthy cooking with the objective of "meeting a need that many customers have with four specialized menus, vegan, vegetarian, for celiac and diabetic". At the fair, Sanus prepared a double Tapas, presented on a completely biodegradable rice leaf, a cabbage roll stuffed with fresh vegetables sauteed with soy sauce and ginger, served with a drop virgin balsamic vinegar and almond oil presented in foil and powder ; and a spinach meatball sauteed with curry, tofu, olive oil and soy sauce served with citrus hummus and coriander.

The Paladea Fair goes ahead trying to unite the catering sector that is committed to quality, creativity and local products, and in this type of event looking for a platform to promote high cuisine majorera.

Throughout the fair, the public could enjoy the musical performance of Los Lola, and other artists such as Dunia Soto, the Bourbon group, Treintytantos Sergio and Carlos, and Dj Maxi.

VI Fuertebike

The sixth edition of Fuertebike has broken participation records. With 1,014 participants, this year has been the biggest event in Fuerteventura and the Canary Islands, and has had more than a thousand people displaced to the island of Majorera, among participants and companions, to participate in the race and enjoy the fair.

[Captain Sensible]

Paladea will take place in Villaverde on 27/28/29 March 2020.  It is a mix of gastronomy, music and sport.