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Xató is a winter salad of curly endive with salt cod, anchovies and tuna, dressed in a romesco-family sauce of nyora pepper, toasted almonds and hazelnuts, garlic and vinegar.
Xató belongs to the romesco family of sauces and to the wine country south of Barcelona: the Penedès and Garraf towns of the "xató route" each keep their own recipe. Its origin is placed in the ceremony of tapping the new wine barrel, when farmers and fishermen ate salty fish with winter greens and a special sauce. In Salou, Boquet puts a salt cod xató with romesco and anchovies on its set lunch.
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Boquet mixes Catalan home cooking with fishermen's dishes on Carrer de Berenguer de Palou in Salou, best known for fish off the grill and rice dishes.
OrderXató de bacalao with romesco and anchovies, the Tarragona winter salad, from the set lunch.
TipThe €21.50 menú del día runs only at lunch, Tuesday to Friday outside public holidays, and it is not meant for sharing.
Arena Restaurant is the Hotel Blaumar's restaurant open to the public on Passeig Jaume I in Salou, serving rice dishes and sharing plates by the promenade.
OrderA rice dish and a few raciones to share, the house recommendation in the Repsol guide.
TipArena opens from March to November only; the fish comes from the nearby fish auctions, so ask what landed that day.
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