Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Apr 21st 2009, 3:28 pm
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
God, id love it, if it was nearer and could afford it
Apr 21st 2009, 3:36 pm
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Looks great if you got more money than sense.
http://www.elbulli.com/catalogo/cata...milia=6&id=684
I`d prefer the local Venta.
http://www.elbulli.com/catalogo/cata...milia=6&id=684
I`d prefer the local Venta.
No prices mentioned either, a starter is probably the same as our weekly food bill. ;-))
Apr 21st 2009, 3:43 pm
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
As for prices (again from memory when I telephoned about 3 years ago) I think it was something like 225 euros per head for the desgustacion mentioned above.
Apr 21st 2009, 5:55 pm
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Well Arzak the average price is 125 Euro`s, he`s listed as 8th in the World.
Most of these resturants run a set menu, usually between 8-18 different taster dishes.
They only serve these dishes, the variety isn`t the same as say a Harvester.
Which basically means they no the number of clients well in advance and they cook the same food everyday for the year.
So its basical like you cooking a meal at home, you practice until you can cook it in your sleep, only then you start serving to your guests.
Most of these resturants although have excellent head chefs, most of the actual cooking is done by a lesser person of unknown fame.
Now you take one of these chefs and place him in front of 10 different ingridents and produce a dish once from scratch, then you`d get an idea who the best is.
The difference in the top 50 is basically size of resturant and business plan, Elbulli only excist`s because it wants the No1 spot.
Most of the others are interested in serving many clients, not the top end, Arzak only needs 2-3 days notice, Eibulli is fully booked for 2009.
Arzak lives to feed people, not to feed his ego.Many in the top 50 follow this rule.
Anybody who wants to eat at Elbulli frankly is wasting there money and is an idiot.
Most of these resturants run a set menu, usually between 8-18 different taster dishes.
They only serve these dishes, the variety isn`t the same as say a Harvester.
Which basically means they no the number of clients well in advance and they cook the same food everyday for the year.
So its basical like you cooking a meal at home, you practice until you can cook it in your sleep, only then you start serving to your guests.
Most of these resturants although have excellent head chefs, most of the actual cooking is done by a lesser person of unknown fame.
Now you take one of these chefs and place him in front of 10 different ingridents and produce a dish once from scratch, then you`d get an idea who the best is.
The difference in the top 50 is basically size of resturant and business plan, Elbulli only excist`s because it wants the No1 spot.
Most of the others are interested in serving many clients, not the top end, Arzak only needs 2-3 days notice, Eibulli is fully booked for 2009.
Arzak lives to feed people, not to feed his ego.Many in the top 50 follow this rule.
Anybody who wants to eat at Elbulli frankly is wasting there money and is an idiot.
Apr 22nd 2009, 8:08 am
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Now looking like a virus, since the kitchen was declared by the EHO as being "cleaner than a research lab" and since few of the 400 plus people who "claimed" to be ill ate anything similar, in fact some even said that they were still ill after about a month of eating there.................
Apr 22nd 2009, 8:40 am
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Maybe he bought in some dodgy food from Gordon Ramsey`s.
Apr 22nd 2009, 8:46 am
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Apr 22nd 2009, 10:11 am
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Now looking like a virus, since the kitchen was declared by the EHO as being "cleaner than a research lab" and since few of the 400 plus people who "claimed" to be ill ate anything similar, in fact some even said that they were still ill after about a month of eating there.................
Apr 22nd 2009, 5:50 pm
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Re: Michelin Stars are out - Spain´s got talent
Quite right - it was the Noro virus which is very common in the UK in winter.
It is the same virus that seems to regularly affect cruise ships.
Where Heston may get some stick in the report is that he allowed his staff to come back to work too early after getting the virus - which probably came from a customer!
As for El Bulli - it is not a meal out in the conventional sense - like the Fat Duck it is a "culinary and sensory experience". If you are lucky enough to be able to afford it and can get a reservation then go for it! It certainly doesn't make you an idiot!
