Hotel del Oso Restaurant

In Cosgaya, on the road that climbs from Potes to Fuente Dé, the Rivas family run the Hotel del Oso, and in it a large dining room serving the district's cooking, with produce from Liébana. It publishes the menu with prices, so before you sit down you know what you are going to pay.

Two cocidos at the same price

The house dish is the cocido lebaniego, with chickpeas, cabbage, veal and pork, at €14. At the same price is the cocido montañés, made with small white beans, cabbage, potato and pork. If you only want the broth, the cocido soup costs €7.80. Among the first courses there are also vegetable menestra (€18), hen soup and rice with cachón (€17.80).

Valley meats and Liébana cheeses

Among the meats, the highlights are pig's trotters stuffed with mushrooms (€18), suckling lamb and chops (€24), braised heifer oxtail (€20) and entrecôte with Tresviso cheese (€25.50). The veal T-bone costs €62. There are fish dishes, from hake (€24) to turbot (€27.50), and cod pil-pil or with tomato at €20.

To share in the middle, a board of Liébana cheeses (€18), cecina (€17.50), borono, the local blood sausage (€12.50), and rabas (€18). The Iberian ham salad with apple vinaigrette and nuts is €19.30.

Homemade desserts for €7

Rice pudding and custard at €6.50; Liébana fresh-cheese tart, apple, walnut and chocolate, or Cantabrian cream toasted with Liébana orujo, at €7. The ice creams, at €7, are orujo with honey, fresh cheese, raisin or banana with chocolate. All prices include VAT.

How much you spend and when to call

With cocido, a main and dessert, the bill is around €45 per person; with a single spoon dish and dessert, a little over €20. The website does not publish the dining room's hours or closing days: call 942 733 018 before you go and also ask whether they serve people who are not staying.

The hotel has a large terrace with views of the river and the village church, and lounges with fireplaces in winter. The buffet breakfast is paid separately, at €14 for adults and €7.50 for children up to age 10, with a mini breakfast at the bar for €7.50.