Hi Cathy, it is very unfortunate to hear you did not enjoy this tour with us to the fullest. For us, the most important thing is that you really enjoy our tours and that we leave you with a smile. The food market indeed is a very interesting part of the tour, and that is why we always try to do some tastings inside this market as well(next to the other tastings in different places, outside of the market). The meat and cheese that you had here are Jamon iberico de bellota(or also well known as ‘Pata negra’ ham) and manchego cheese. This is very typical from Spain, known to be the best ham in the world and we tasted it with you in one of the best ham stalls of this market. Next to that, we tasted some very local delicacies in this market, such as the ‘Pastel de boniato’, a mix of flavours that now exist due to the mix of cultures in the past 1500 years, with the influence of the Moors, as your guide probably also explained..
For the other venues outside the market, we always pick very authentic places where we locals also go to if we are in for a treat.. Places that have existed for more than 80 years now, who work with a great quality product and prepare these in a really good way. Like this we can really give you a good reflection of the local food and gastronomy, and this is what a good food tour is about in our opinion. We feel sad that you did not fully enjoy them, but are of course very open to feedback and are always interested in improving our tours with good feedback from our guests. May we ask you to send us an e-mail to info@morevalencia.com so that we can get in contact with you to improve the tour further? Thank you!