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Under the oak of Mugaritz

 

" Mugaritz pebbles .. or maybe eggs, it depends on your imagination"

Andoni Luis Aduriz belongs to a generation of chefs who have a story to tell through their cooking. The story of Mugaritz is a story of  Nature. The restaurant's name in Basque means "oak" ("haritza" ) and "frontier" ( "muga"). It is literally situated on a frontier of two villages 15 minutes drive from San Sebastian. The first amuse bouche you are served with you glass of cava are pebbles placed on black sand that are in fact boiled potatoes which you eat with some mayonnaise.

Txepetxa , San Sebastian

Tapas  ( or rather pintxos ) at Txepetxa ( 5 Pescaderie, San Sebastian) in San Sebastian.

 

El Bulli

Dinner at El Bulli was like a dream come true and I am not exaggerating.How did i manage to get a reservation when there are only 8000 places available per year versus to one million ( or two million according to some sources) requests? Well, i didn't. I've never been lucky in lotteries.One day I got an email from a friend  who said she had a reservation and we finally went to El Bulli together. That day i started believing in Santa Claus again. You don't get invitations to go to Ferran Adrià's restaurant every day, do you?

Some more teasers from El Bulli

Ferran Adrià is a master of illusion.

Game à la mode of Adria..

 

... and mojito.

El Bulli coming soon..