HARAGI, a great party for people who love meat and grilling

Tapas tastings, spectacular live grilling, the best chops, workshops... HARAGI is here, the International Meat and Grill Meeting. 

The popular festival will come to Tolosa on Saturday 11 May. From very early in the morning, the aroma of the grills will fill Plaza Euskal Herria. There, international chefs from Chile, Turkey and Uruguay, alongside local chefs will offer live grill cooking sessions.

Also, they will hand out tapas such as suckling pig, chop chistorra, original Kebab or Chilean style lamb, among others. You can consult the time and day that each tapas will be served at. And don´t worry, the tickets will be put on sale at the time.

There will also be a space targeted at enthusiasts, that will reveal secrets such as how to correctly grill a chop. This will be carried out by the people in charge of the four grill houses of Tolosa: Casa Julián, Casa Nicolás, Burruntzi and Botarri. However, it is necessary to register.

 

The big meal of the Chop Menu will be the climax of the party, on Sunday 12 May. As with the celebrations of the Chop Festival, the market will be transformed into a large dining room, where the grill chefs of Tolosa will offer the traditional menu of their grill houses. And of course, chops will be their main dish! Pay attention, because tickets are being snapped up quickly!

 

How to get to Tolosa

 

If this article has whet your appetite and you plan to come to Tolosa, you don´t need to worry as it is a town with very good connections. In this other article we inform you about where to park in Tolosa or which public transport connections it has.

 

And why in Tolosa?

 

Tolosa has always been very linked to the grill tradition. It was in the grill houses of Tolosa where the first ox chops were served grilled on a tilted grill, an innovative technique that they were pioneers of and that is now used all over the world.

 

This tradition linked to grilling lives on six decades later. The fact is that four grill houses in Tolosa have maintained this way of doing things, from one generation to the next: using high quality products, and always in direct contact with all the diners. These values have made the grill houses gastronomic benchmarks, both nationally and internationally.

Throughout the year, thousands of visitors from different parts of the world come, solely and exclusively to savour the Chop Menu. And those who try it, return.

 

 

Public program

 

Saturday, 11 May

 

09:00-22:00. Haragi Fest
Local grill chefs and international chefs will grill their products and show off their grilling techniques. The meat prepared will be served afterwards.

09:00. The start of grilling.

• Diego Pérez Sosa (Uruguay): Grilled suckling pig with vinaigrette of smoked pine nut and onions cooked on embers.

• Txomin Parrilla (Basque Country): Grilled beef, technique created for the occasion.

12:00-13:30. SUA Space: inside the Tolosa grill house.

Gastronomic experience to discover and savour the traditional txuleta (chop) of Tolosa, alongside its grill chefs.  They will show cutting techniques, how to light the grill and ways of grilling. There will be a tasting afterwards

12:00-15:00. Tasting of grilled food.

15.00. The start of grilling.

• Txomin Parrilla (Basque Country): Grilled beef sausages, flattened at the end

• Joxean Goya (Basque Country): Grilled chop burger

• Barriola Harategia (Basque Country): Handmade grilled chop chistorra

• Yılmaz Öztürk (Turkey): Cag Kebab of marinated lamb and Kokorec of grilled lamb with oregano, red pepper and cumin.

19:00-22:00. Tasting of grilled food.

 

Sunday, 12 May

09:00-14:00. Haragi Fest

Local and international grill chefs will grill their products and show off their grilling techniques. The meat prepared will be served afterwards.

09:00. Start of grilling.

• Carolina Carriel & Isidora Díaz (Chile): Whole roast lambs with Chilean style seasoning

• Txomin Parrilla (Basque Country): Smoked ribs with cream of piquillo pepper.

12:00-14:00. Tasting of grilled food.

 

13:30 and 14:30 Chop Menu Lunch.

The traditional menu of the grill houses of Tolosa (Burruntzi, Casa Julián, Casa Nicolás and Botarri), prepared by the grill chefs of the four grill houses of Tolosa alongside international chefs.

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