Asador Montañés

Eating grilled food without leaving the slopes

The Asador Montañés is the grilled-meat restaurant of the Formigal-Panticosa resort itself, in the Izas-Sarrios sector of Formigal. It appears in the resort's food offer and opens in ski season, from 12:00 to 16:00. It has two spaces: the dining room, for sitting down to eat meat, and a bar with tapas and raciones inspired by traditional dishes of the Tena valley.

The idea, according to Aramón, is mountain cooking that gathers recipes from the area and also from other ranges, with an Alpine nod here and there.

What to order

On the resort's page they highlight the beef tomahawk, the ternasco with designation of origin and the shepherd's migas. The menu published on Aramón's blog gives more detail and prices:

• Starters: Aragonese shepherd-style migas with grapes and egg (€13.95), perretxico croquettes (€12.50 for a portion of ten, €7 for half), pickled partridge salad (€13.95), porcini cream with a low-temperature egg (€12.50) and a plate of chorizo, black pudding and longaniza from the embers oven (€12.50). To share, Swiss cheese fondue with porcini and Graus longaniza, €52, minimum two people.
• Grilled meats: Pyrenean veal sirloin (€26), Simmental beef high loin at €69 a kilo and veal cachopo stuffed with cheese and piquillo peppers (€21). All come with a side.
• Desserts: from €6 to €7.50, with Sacher cake, mango semifreddo or artisan ice cream.

Bread is charged separately, at €2.90 per person. The wine list has wines from Somontano, Rioja, Ribera, Toro and Rías Baixas, and champagne. There are vegetarian and gluten-free options; the menu indicates the allergens in each dish and warns that traces may be present. Prices are those of the published menu and may change from one season to the next.

Booking and getting there

Book online, on its booking page. At weekends and long weekends in season it is best to do it before going up.

The restaurant is in Sarrios, one of the Formigal bases. If you get around the valley by car, the free bus to the slopes links the Formigal development with Sextas and Anayet, and from there the lifts take you around the resort. If you do not ski, ask at the ticket offices how to get to Sarrios before buying anything.

With children and to combine

For families with skiers of different levels it is a good midday meeting point. In the afternoon, those still keen on snow have the night tobogganing or NieveAventura at the Portalet. For dinner in the village, Cambium is in Sallent de Gállego.