- From April 16th to 19th, every day, a restaurant in the municipality will be preparing this typical dish as part of the Broad Bean Gastronomic Days.
The poor people take center stage this week in Poble Nou de Benitatxell. The municipality dedicates a festival to its star product, the Mitjafava Fest, and among the activities in the programme, the Fava Gastronomic Days stand out.
Since dimarts 16 and ends at divendres April 19Every day, a restaurant in the municipality will prepare a special menu with an arròs dish with fava with the protagonist. The most typical of Poble Nou is the arròs amb fava pela, a rather sweet rice especially in the middle of the fava that is cuina with the dried and peeled faves (from this name) and that is characteristic of a few towns in the Marina Alta such as Benitatxell, Xàbia or Jesús Pobre. Antigament, it is cuinava per mig dia and it is guarda a plate per night, when the llauradors who work from dawn to dusk return home and menjaven “de recapte”.
The bar will show you the gastronomic days The Thresher (reservation phone: 647 60 67 84) on Thursday 16th, the La Cumbre Restaurant (96 649 32 13) the dimecres 17 i Celeste's Raconet (662 40 51 52) on the 18th, I will hit the bar Ca Toni Mònica (96 649 36 36) on Sunday 19. To ensure correct service, prior reservation is necessary.
