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We recently ate at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and were mightily amused to see that the restaurant has brought the art and science world to their menu with, amongst others, a dish based on Einstein’s theory of Physics –
laid out on a plate with seaweed and anchovies.   It seems the restaurant, run by top Spanish chef Josean Martinez Alija , is joining other top Art Galleries in Spain who have introduced such delights as Monet canapés, Walt Kuhn cheese and Gaugin focaccia!

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Some may take the Pellegrino Restaurant Survey with a pinch of salt and yes, sure, it isn’t the Michelin listing, but how proud are we in Spain, particularly those of us in the Girona area, that Celler de Can Roca has just been elevated to the 2nd best restaurant in the world in the Pellegrino Restaurant Survey! Read more

 

Spanish chef, Ferran Adrià,  this week assembled some of the best chefs of the world, Joan Roca, Juan Mari Arzak and Pedro Subijana at his restaurant El Bulli in Roses, Spain,  for what has become an annual meeting of the great! Read more

Last week, we made a short visit to 41º Cocktail bar in Barcelona, Spain, owned by Spanish chefs, Ferran & Albert Adria.   41º is a very singular place, a classic Cocktail Bar but with a unique and very creative gastronomy – here the creativity has no limits!    The entrance to Ferran Adria 41º Cocktail Bar, which is situated on the Parallel in Barcelona, is discreet and gives the suggestion that it is a private club, but behind this somewhat austere and secretive façade we discovered a tiny bar with masses of personality. Read more

This Wednesday, the 12th January El Bulli restaurant in Spain will open for its last season.    Until the 30th of July every single session with be “a goodbye”.   However, THE SHOW GOES ON!   El Bulli-s new restaurant Tickets, in Barcelona is just about to start its own history – will it become as famous as El Bulli?   What is Tickets, anyway?   Tickets is the hyper-tapas bar/restaurant at 164 Avenida del Paral.lel in Barcelona, in the midst of the theatre district, just about to be open in February.  Read more

See NEW Michelin Starred restaurants for 2013

San Sebastian, the only city in the world with more concentration of Michelin stars by inhabitant, was chosen to unveil the content of Michelin Guide 2011 for Spain and Portugal. But there are no new three stars, there are a dozen losers, those who have lost stars and only three chefs have gained two stars. Last night, in the Maria Cristina hotel, the suspense was finally resolved.

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Now that Spanish chef Ferran Adriá is introducing changes in El Bulli and his brother Albert has closed Inopia, his famous Tapas Bar, we can´t wait to try tapas at TICKETS, their new project in common in Barcelona, open on January 11.   Here goes with the Press Release by the Adriá brothers:

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“To make a Tapa Flag”, this is the idea launched by Spanish Chef Ferran Adria in his presentation in New York as the Ambassador of Spanish Tourism.   The man considered by many as the best chef in the world and of whom a biography has just been published in the US, said that “Tapa is a great gastronomical revolution”.  According to this visionary of cuisine “Tapa is a way of life and lifestyle and a style of cooking very American.” Read more

The prestigious American gastronomic journalist Colman Andrews presented last week, in New York, together with Spanish chef Ferran Adria, a new book, in which he portrays Ferran Adria, El Bulli Restaurant and the now world famous gastronomic creations of this incredible chef.

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Everyone -from renowned chefs to top cuisine connoisseurs- is in great expectation  to find out if the 2 time Michelin star awarded Celler de Can Roca restaurant in Girona will be at last privileged with a third star in 2009. Read more