04-08-2013
Balfegò’s great round nets which, at the end of the fishing season – at the beginning of July – host 6 thousand red tuna in Amettla de Mar in Cataluña. 45-50% of the total will end in Japan. And then Singapore, the US, Brazil, Russia, Italy...
(see part one) Nine large round nets accommodate in a sort of submarine zoo something like 6 thousand red tuna: the show you can enjoy in Amettla de Mar, Cataluña, at the end of the fishing season – at the beginning of July – is unique (you can see it closer thanks to the Tuna tour, and even enjoy the view of the darting fish). This is the Balfegó kingdom, that of the only company in the world that all year round supplies the most important restaurants with fresh Thunnus thynnus (in Italy their exclusive importer is Longino & Cardenal).
Riccardo Uleri, Longino & Cardenal's ceo, with a guy from Balfegó staff
An outdoor trip or a journey to the other side of the planet? One thing is for sure: the destination is delicious, by Carlo Passera
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journalist born in 1974, for many years he has covered politics, mostly, and food in his free time. Today he does exactly the opposite and this makes him very happy. As soon as he can, he dives into travels and good food. Identità Golose's editor in chief