The best Russian salad is made in Bilbao, in La Viña de Henao
The restaurant La Viña de Henao (Bilbao), María del Carmen Bedia Berodia's restaurant, has won the final of the VI National Russian Salad Championship - San Miguel, which took place this Tuesday at San Sebastian Gastronomika - Euskadi Basque Country. La Viña de Henao (Bilbao) takes over from Castru Gaiteru restaurant (Llanes, Asturias) as the new home of the best ensaladilla in Spain.
María del Carmen Bedia Berodia won by convincing a jury made up of chefs and journalists such as Martín Berasategui, José Carlos Capel, Julia Pérez, Carlos Maribona, Leonor Espinosa, Ricard Camarena and Benjamín Lana. The presenter was the food journalist and populariser of culinary history, Ana Vega.
La Viña de Henao is the home of the best ensaladilla rusa in Spain, the only tapa -with the exception of tortilla de patatas- common to the whole country. Behind them were the restaurants El Txoko de Ramiro Berri (Donostia- Guipúzcoa), Tangana, Local de Ensayo (Murcia), L'Arrosseria (Cunit, Tarragona), Avrile (Santander), Hermanos Alba (Málaga), Torres Herrera, La Isla (Seville) and El Pandora (Avilés, Asturias).
Previous winners
2022 Castru Gaiteru (Llanes, Asturias).
2021 Tragatá (Ronda, Málaga).
2020 Chinchín Puerto (Caleta de Vélez, Málaga).
2019 Candado Golf (Málaga).
2018 Tapas 24 (Barcelona).
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