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| Barcelona: June 2024 | Other visits: December 2022 (Main article) |
Since our last visit to Enigma in December 2022, the restaurant has solidified its new business model and accelerated efforts to elevate the dining experience with the highest ambitions. We had the pleasure of dining with Ferran Adrià, who invited us …
Barcelona: December 2022
Disfrutar could succinctly be described with the words technique, magic and gastronomic pleasure. However, this summary omits much of what occurs behind the scenes.
While some may view Disfrutar merely as a disciple of elBulli, it has distinctly carved its own niche. Indeed, the restaurant inherits elements …
Cadaqués: September 2022
Whereas the trio of Disfrutar – Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas – has already achieved global success and is on the brink of becoming the best restaurant in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking in 2024, it is interesting to visit their first venture solo in …
| Errentería: October 2023 | Other visits: September 2021 (Main article) |
Mugaritz has taken a new approach to their seasonal menus, titling them in the manner of art exhibitions. The theme for 2021 was ‘The first times’, and for 2022 it was ‘The reasons behind taste’. For their 25th anniversary in 2023, …
| Barcelona: December 2022 | Other visits: June 2024 |
Enigma is back and with big ambitions. Albert Adrià has put all his efforts into his only remaining endeavour in Spain with a project that highlights a produce-driven cuisine elevated by thoughtful technique. Our first experience with this new concept was very promising.…
Castel di Sangro, Abruzzo: August 2023
Perched at an altitude of 820m on the Apennine Mountains of Abruzzo, Reale’s location might evoke a comparison with Le Suquet, but the food certainly has a language of its own. While Michel Bras evokes an uncanny authenticity and Alain Passard infuses a spontaneous …
Errentería: Septiembre 2021 – Tratando de descifrar Mugaritz
Mugaritz es un restaurante singular, una anomalía en el sistema o un glitch en la Matriz que parece difícil de repetir en otro lugar. En una época dominada por tautologías como ‘Brexit es Brexit’ o ‘la comida es la comida’…
| Errentería: September 2021 | Other visits: October 2023 |
A unique place, a system failure, a glitch in the Matrix that feels hard to repeat elsewhere. In an era where tautologies such as ‘Brexit is Brexit’ or ‘lunch is lunch’ rule the political and the gastronomic world, there …