There used to be a restaurant called elBulli about 165 kilometres north of Barcelona.
elBulli
It was something of a phenomenon: Restaurant magazine judged elBulli to be No. 1 on its Top 50 list of the world's best restaurants for a record five times—in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and No. 2 in 2010.
It's master chef was a man called Ferran Adrià.
It was very difficult to get a booking at elBulli; bookings for the next year would be taken within minutes of the book opening. Our friends Julien and Moyra tried several times to eat there without success. The restaurant closed in July 2011.
Mateu Casañas, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch, who worked there with Ferran Adrià, opened another restaurant in Barcelona called Disfrutar. It has very good reviews such as this, and this.
We thought we would give it a try, and were joined by Julien and Moyra who were to be in Barcelona at the same time.
We had the 25 course Gran Classic menu, recommended for first timers.
Frozen passionfruit ladyfinger with rum
Lychee and roses with gin
The beet that comes out of the land
The glass being smoked with burned oak before being used for cider.
Drink the cider from the smoky glass, while eating savory walnut candy with mango, tonka beans and whisky.
Idiazabal cheese Mille-feuille
Disfrutar's Gilda
Spray the glass with old vinegar and sniff it in before eating the next dish.
Surprise, and mixing senses like smell and taste.
Gazpacho sandwich with scented vinegar garnish
Crispy egg yolk with warm mushroom gelatin
Deconstructed Ceviche
Salt-cured razor clams with seaweed
Macaroni a la carbonara
Tomato 'polvoron' and arbequina Caviaroli with 'Liquid salad'
Suquet langoustine and Suquet cappuccino
Multi-spherical tatin of corn and foie
Pibil Squab
Squab and foie gras bonbon
Pandan
Cheesecake cornet
Chocolate peppers, oil and salt
Tartar al whisky
Cocoa and mint cotton
Julien
Moyra
What do you think that is?
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