7,5

El Cenador de Salvador

Salvador Gallego
Salvador Gallego
País: Spain
Localidad: 28411 Moralzarzal (Madrid)
Dirección: Avda. de España, 30
mapa
(+34) 918577722
Cierra: Sunday nights, Mondays and Tuesdays midday and from the 7th to the 30th of January, except for weekends.
Precio: 75/90 €
Precio menú degustación: 72 y 85 €


  • Pularda de Bresse con berza y hongos
  • Pularda de Bresse con berza y hongos
  • Cochinillo confitado en aceite picual
  • Cochinillo confitado en aceite picual

This is a cuisine capable of satisfying the most demanding palates, very diverse in its preferences, with the common denominator of good taste. This could be a good definition of what Salvador Gallego practices in his restaurant and what he teaches to the already numerous students that pass through the doors of his ever more accredited Culinary School: the “chef” sits atop the throne, above all, as an example. And to eat at ‘El Cenador de Salvador’ is generally a sensory celebration.



7,5

Bens d´Avall

Benito Vicens
Benito Vicens
País: Spain
Localidad: 07100 Sóller (Mallorca)
Dirección: Urb. Costa Deià, ctra. Sóller-Deià
mapa
(+34) 971632381
Cierra: Sunday nights and Mondays, and from November 6 to March 6
Precio: 55/75 €
Precio menú degustación: 65 y 75 €


  • Foie gras caramelizado
  • Foie gras caramelizado
  • Duo de pescados
  • Duo de pescados

As soon as you sit down to your table here, on the terrace with magnificent views of the Mediterranean (reserve next to the railing), Benito Vicens receives his clients by starting them off with a classic gastronomic landscape of Spain: our "Pa amb oli"; a game starred bread and olives. What does this mean? Well, it means that we find ourselves before a deeply rooted cuisine, with a clearly identifiable Majorcan accent.



7,5

La Sucursal

Jorge Bretón
Jorge Bretón
País: Spain
Localidad: 46003 Valencia
Dirección: Guillén de Castro, 118.
mapa
(+34) 963746665
Cierra: Saturdays midday, Sundays, 15 days during Easter week and again in August
Precio: 60/75 €
Precio menú degustación: 45/70 €


  • Tartar de buey con liliaceas
  • Tartar de buey con liliaceas
  • Salmonete de roca y corales de codium
  • Salmonete de roca y corales de codium
  • Arroz meloso de ostra, almeja de carril y perla de su agua
  • Arroz meloso de ostra, almeja de carril y perla de su agua
  • Taco de buey, praliné de trompeta, salsifis y jugo ahumado
  • Taco de buey, praliné de trompeta, salsifis y jugo ahumado

Javier and Manoli Salvador have seen their efforts and professionalism repaid with extraordinary success, which should come as no surprise considering the phenomenal way which they excel in every area: a charming location, diligent and pleasant service, and serious attention to details. In short, this is an exclusive environment accompanied by distinguished cuisine that is sensible, solid and effective. The young chef Jorge Bretón is in charge of transmitting the feeling of the establishment, which is modern, essential haute cuisine with endearing flavors and lasting references. He recreates historical tones in his cuisine, without being shrill. Sensitivity is ever-present in each expression. An example: the oyster wrapped in truffle gelatin with celery puree, fried artichokes and arugula – the ingredients, preparation and balance are impeccable. Virtuosic ability and common sense are repeated here time and again: polenta covered with black truffle and egg yolk. Inspiration and finesse that confirm a style: ribbons of squid with a ball of meat and pig’s feet in its juices and toffee of peas. Both flesh and art are honored by the pork jowl with trinxat (cabbage, potato and bacon) and Norway lobster tail, immaculate elements superimposed that come accompanied by a “lentil” salad, tiny “grains” that taste surprisingly of beef consommé. Distinction remains patent with the pancetta wrapped lobster and peas with mint and chanterelles. Mental precision, learned subtlety, reflective imagination, aesthetic sensibility and superb product: cod filet. Incredible quality! Outstanding preparation! With a gelatinous infusion of chard, confited tomato, and an assortment of spring leaves… beauty. The execution of the twice-cooked Mallard duck with sweet and sour sauce of the palmiped and pears is sterling. The rice with beans and turnips is succulent and light; a dish to enjoy on several occasions… And for the cherry on top: ganache of hot chocolate with cherry sorbet. The clientele is modern, cultured and classy, in perfect harmony with the space, and would not stand for being deprived of the best: the mi-cuit foie gras with homemade brioche toast and the honeyed rice of razor shell clams and normal clams topped with a thin octopus carpaccio and exciting counterpoints of ginger and lemon. Located in the Valencian Modern Art Institute (IVAM). How appropriate.



9

Mugaritz

Andoni Luis Aduriz
Andoni Luis Aduriz
País: Spain
Localidad: 20100 Erenteria-Rentería (Guipúzcoa)
Dirección: Aldura Aldea, 20. Caserio Otzazulueta.
mapa
(+34) 943522455
Cierra: Sunday night, Monday and tuesday and from 17th December to 20th January
Precio: 135 / 180 €
Precio menú degustación: 112 y 145 €


The essentiality and sobriety of Andoni Luis Aduriz ‘s culinary work is definitely amazing. The excessive calligraphy that used to characterize some dishes has disappeared in favour of some formal clearance. There is neither excess nor lack; everything is in the right place. The proposals are equally soaked with balance, measure and audacity. They all reflect an unquestionable argumentation. Every appetizer or small starter always contains palatal subtleties and astonishing taste parameters that could –should– be a bit more expressive.
The edible stone, a small potato wrapped into kaolin, accompanied with an extremely refined cream of toasted garlic, is frankly impressive. The same can be said about the pumpkin spaghetti, served with clams and lemon, almonds and fresh hazelnut. The mix of tender leaves, fresh herbs and fried duck tongues is all gentleness, sensitivity and exquisiteness. The sediments of toasted wheat with hermit crab coral and salicornia cuttings offer a stunning game of analogies that can be compared to the previous dish. The guest discovers one of the secrets of this cuisine’s grandeur once he/she tastes the vegetal symphony, truly moving and memorable: cooked and raw vegetable stew with herbs, wild and cultivated sprouts and sweet dressing of purple carrot. The emotion and the intense pleasure goes on with the blanched Camus artichoke proposed onto a layer of fleshy artichoke leaves and flowers seasoned with Iberian pork fat. And the show continues, as astonishing as before, with the glutinous cod accompanied by mastic and gelatinous pine kernel creams, or with the unctuous bread soup covered with crab meat and perfumed with rose geranium leaves. The parade of magnificent dishes goes on and on: longueirones (small razor-shells), seasoned with black bean juice and aromatized with cinnamon oil; grilled lobster proposed with sautéed herbs and dried peaches; cockerel with amaranth “roe”, marinated herbs and sautéed baby carrots; browned ray fibres with toasted butter glaze and creamy hint of pork; duck sirloin with iodized accompaniments and summer truffle chips… The final apotheosis arrives with some red fruits soaked in decooked orange blossom leaves and with the grilled and salted walnuts served with milk ice cream and armagnac jelly.



9

Akelarre

Pedro Subijana
Pedro Subijana
País: Spain
Localidad: 20008 San Sebastián (Gipúzcoa)
Dirección: B. Igueldo. Paseo Padre Orcolaga, 56.
mapa
(+34) 943311209
Cierra: From January to June: Sunday night, Monday and Tuesday. From July to December: Sunday night and Monday. Also closed February and the first half of October.
Precio: 150/200 €
Precio menú degustación: 135 €


  • La red del pescador
  • La red del pescador
  • Calamar semicrudo al calor de la sal con carpaccio de tomate
  • Calamar semicrudo al calor de la sal con carpaccio de tomate
  • Buey de mar
  • Buey de mar
  • Esponjoso de foie gras
  • Esponjoso de foie gras
  • Navaja con pata de ternera
  • Navaja con pata de ternera

Pedro Subijana’s cuisine, reaffirmed by the work he has been doing during the last few years, proudly spreads out its most emblematic dishes. Legendary proposals which have brought a new concept of dining room service, improving the culinary finishing in front of the guest, such as his spiny lobster distilled in a coffee maker or his prawns with beans flambéed with wine brandy, which both won the Dish of the Year award. This great chef earned quite a lot of Dishes of the Year, actually, most of which are still available and must be remembered or discovered: egg and caviar on cauliflower purée and spring onion butter; false risotto of vegetables and beet yolk; molluscs in the fisherman’s net (barnacles, oysters, clams, razor clams, cockles, mussels and borage arranged under a wonderful net of rice cream garnished with little shrimps, seaweeds and spring onion flowers); gin tonic; and many other proposals that would also have deserved the award, such as the zebra bay squid (black and white, stuffed with a “Pelayo” garnish); the wholemeal red mullet with fuselli; the sea bass or hake with barnacles, olive oil pearls and arugula; the foie gras with white wine sauce, salt flakes – sugar– and black pepper grains (Venere rice, actually); and the roasted suckling pig with tomato ball and Iberian pork emulsion.
Another recipe that is prepared under the eye of the guest and also deserves a separate mention is the baby squid with salt: half raw baby squids lain on a tomato carpaccio garnished with vegetables and spring onion flowers, slightly heated, and covered with a serviette full of “incandescent” salt. Unbelievably natural and exquisite. The spider crab (or king crab) leg placed on a blini filled with the meats of the animal’s body, swimming into a delicious consommé of the seafood, is an immaculate and utterly smart proposal. Other eternal pride of the house (in summer): the beans, now served with oysters and gelatinized balls that taste of bean pods. The roasted pigeon with hints of chilli sauce and cocoa is impeccable regarding product quality and doneness, and magical for its exciting counterpoints. And what can we say about the porous foie gras with peanut toast or about “Lime-lemon”, a very pure and refreshing frozen butter; two extremely technical and satisfying proposals.



7

Galileo

Flavio Morganti
Flavio Morganti
País: Spain
Localidad: 32710 Santa Baia – Pereiro de Aguiar (Ourense)
Dirección: Ctra. OU – 538 (carretera de Trives), Km. 11
mapa
(+34) 988380425
Cierra: Sunday nights, Mondays, and three days over Christmas
Precio: 60/100 €


  • Jurel o chicharro con escabeche y sus verduras
  • Jurel o chicharro con escabeche y sus verduras
  • Raviolis de grelos rellenos de cocido gallego con salsa de varios quesos
  • Raviolis de grelos rellenos de cocido gallego con salsa de varios quesos
  • Carabinero tibio en consomé de carne, juliana de verduras, puerro y huevo de cod
  • Carabinero tibio en consomé de carne, juliana de verduras, puerro y huevo de codorniz
  • Filetes de gallo en tempura sobre risotto de calabaza con cordón balsámico
  • Filetes de gallo en tempura sobre risotto de calabaza con cordón balsámico
  • Chuleta gallega de vaca vieja
  • Chuleta gallega de vaca vieja

Flavio Morganti es un cocinero que poco a poco, sin alharacas, sin alianzas, se ha hecho un lugar importante en el panorama de la restauración gallega más actual; la suya es ya, sin duda, una de las mesas más destacadas de Galicia. Flavio, italiano del lago di Como, ejerció en su país natal y, durante 15 años, en Suiza, hasta que recaló en las cercanías de Orense, en la tierra de su mujer. Italia, Suiza, Galicia... buen cóctel, cuyos elementos se dejan notar en sus articulaciones y combinaciones. Su culinaria es académica y sosegadamente innovativa; le gusta hacer cosas nuevas amables, asumibles, sin ninguna estridencia, lo que queda patente en sus menús degustación, nunca fijos, siempre según el mercado, siempre según la idea que le surja en ese momento, o el producto en plena sazón. Tiene, como suele decirse, ‘mucha cocina’, inmenso oficio. La experiencia y el buen gusto se paladean.
Lo mejor en una visita a Flavio es dejarse aconsejar, acudir sin ideas preconcebidas, con un espíritu abierto y, por encima de todo, sin pensar que se trata de un restaurante ‘italiano’: no lo es, claro que no lo es. Es un gran restaurante cuyo chef nació en Italia, que es otra cosa, claro que pastas y arroces son algunas de las especialidades inexcusables.
Los garbanzos con callos de bacalao son un aperitivo contundente y suculento. También tiene su fuerza el canapé de rizos de foie gras con realce de frutos rojos. Ya metidos en platos, el jurel o chicharro brilla por su frescor y brillantez, se sirve con un escabeche y sus verduras, no repercutiendo la acidez, matizada, al pescado, ya que el vinagre se utiliza como un aderezo al final y no como un medio en el que hayan estado sumergidos los elementos. Otro plato sencillo y bien acabado son las kokotxas de merluza en un copioso pilpil verde perfumado con lima, una insinuación, salsa que en bondad supera a las papadas del pescado, buenas pero no excelentes. Muy logrados los raviolis de grelos rellenos de cocido gallego con salsa de varios quesos, autóctonos y parmesano, además de otras pinceladas cromáticas. Doctoral el carabinero tibio, por efecto del calor que le trasmite el impecable consomé de carne en el que nada, de sorber hasta no poder más, todo ello con una montaña de verduras en juliana, un pequeño puerro y un huevo de codorniz. Los filetes de gallo en tempura, perfecta la fritura por jugosidad y costra, sobre risotto de calabaza con cordón balsámico merecen una altísima consideración en tanto que nos parece una construcción integral lúcida desarrollada con encomiable precisión. La chuleta de vaca vieja gallega es de una nobleza excepcional, con mucha grasa infiltrada, si bien no soltaba sobre el plato toda la sangre que a nosotros nos gusta ver correr. No contento, el anfitrión nos agasajó con unos antológicos chorizos de su suegra, a la antigua usanza, acompañados de unas primorosas patatas también del terruño, que nos hicieron cantar el Galicia Patria Querida. Surtido de quesos, orujos, licor de hierbas… hasta pronto.



7

El Campero

José Melero
José Melero
País: Spain
Localidad: 11160 Barbate (Cádiz)
Dirección: Avda. de la Constitución, local 5 C
mapa
(+34) 956432300
Cierra: Sundays and november
Precio: 60 / 100 €
Precio menú degustación: 48 €


  • Morrillo de atún
  • Morrillo de atún
  • Estofado de galetes de atún
  • Estofado de galetes de atún

It is with due merit that El Campero receives distinction in this guide. The owner, ideologist, and everything man of the establishment, Pepe Melero, has created a paradise of wonderful products and ingredients of the Atlantic. Here, it is commonplace to meet chefs and gourmets from across Spain that come to enjoy, throughout the monographic menu, the jewel of the Strait of Gibraltar: tuna de derecho, so called because, after filling up on succulent oceanic oils, it returns to the Mediterranean to spawn between April and July every year.



9

Sant Pau

Carme Ruscalleda
Carme Ruscalleda
País: Spain
Localidad: 08395 Sant Pol de Mar (Barcelona)
Dirección: Carrer Nou, 10.
mapa
(+34) 937600662
Cierra: Sunday, Monday, Thursdays midday, and the first three weeks of May and November
Precio: 90/ 120 €
Precio menú degustación: 99 €


  • Ensalada de endivias blanca y roja con colas de cigala, olivas y salsa de plátan
  • Ensalada de endivias blanca y roja con colas de cigala, olivas y salsa de plátano
  • Ravioli vegetal con jamón
  • Ravioli vegetal con jamón
  • Arroz y trufa melanosporum
  • Arroz y trufa melanosporum
  • Tortilla de gambas
  • Tortilla de gambas
  • Pez loro
  • Pez loro

Carme Ruscalleda is all personality, character, independence, passion for products and seasons, full identification with her land, rigour, sensitiveness, refinement, complexity without over-ornate garnishes, chromatism without sophistications … A chef who is now reaffirming her long career, her feelings, her virtues and a totally convinced side of herself.
The house works on the same major figures, giving them different shapes and colours every season without basically altering the message. Red prawn, crayfish, sea cucumbers, red mullets, parrot fish, cod … have always been the stellar products of this talented cook’s imagination. Among her legendary proposals, let’s mention the prawn tortilla (omelette) accompanied by a soggy rice with prawns and artichokes, also accompanied by some prawns; the sea cucumbers casserole with turnip foam, spinach juice, cubes of continental toast and beans; the deboned red mullet stuffed with vegetables; the parrot fish or pearly razorfish with ñocas, curry sauce, spicy oil and spinach sponge cake; the cod with cabbage, potatoes and garlic mayonnaise; or the cod soup with mushrooms and almonds, among other delicacies… Other historic constructions have contributed to the worldwide fame of the house, such as the gigantic strawberry gazpacho; the varied versions of the contrasted salad and of the cocas (kind of pizza dough with different ingredients on it); the reverse cannelloni; the surprise meatball; the sole filets with figs, bones sauce, fig chutney and almonds; or the five-cheese assortment with its accompaniments.
Among the latest batch of dishes, one cannot but highlight the white and red endive salad with crayfish tails, olives and banana sauce; a real concert of harmonic contrasts. Or the vegetal ravioli with Joselito cured ham, whose courgette, aubergine, carrot, daikon and ham dashi get Japanese and Spanish cultures together. Or the deboned parrot fish with edible crunchy scales garnished with wholemeal bread and different kinds of tomatoes. Or the dentex with soft curry, dried fruits and vanilla pepper; a reinvention of the previous versions. Or the warm marinated suckling lamb with its cooking juice and young potatoes; a new adaptation of traditional tastes.



7

Altair

Ramón Caso
Ramón Caso
País: Spain
Localidad: 06800 Mérida (Badajoz)
Dirección: Avda. de Jose Fdez. López, s/n.
mapa
(+34) 924304512
Cierra: Sundays
Precio: 30/50 €
Precio menú degustación: 50 €


  • Vieiras asadas con criadillas de tierra
  • Vieiras asadas con criadillas de tierra
  • Rape con secreto de ibérico
  • Rape con secreto de ibérico

Altaír continues to be a recommended destination for those who love elegance and a chef’s cuisine that is based on excellent products. The setting is as impressive as ever: a minimalist aesthetic, dancing lights with translucent drapes offering lovely views of the Calatrava bridge over the river Guadiana, as well as disciplined and attentive service.



9

Calima

Dani García
Dani García
País: Spain
Localidad: 29602 Marbella (Málaga).
Dirección: Hotel Puente Romano. Bulevar Principe Alfondo von Hohenlone, s/n
mapa
(+34) 952764252
Cierra: Sunday, Monday and from 10th October to the beginning of april
Precio: 100/225 €
Precio menú degustación: 65 y 148 €


  • Palomita nitro
  • Palomita nitro
  • Nenúfares de puchero con huevos de codorniz
  • Nenúfares de puchero con huevos de codorniz
  • Cocido rondeño con aleta de cazón
  • Cocido rondeño con aleta de cazón
  • Tomate raf relleno de pipirrana con percebes
  • Tomate raf relleno de pipirrana con percebes

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Dani García is making Andalusian cuisine’s history. He was the forerunner of haute cuisine in the region, its major master and by far the one who raised it to avant-gardism and showed it around the world. This real symbol has brought a new era. He has become a reference for all the young cooks of the planet. Apart from being able to design a galactic version of timeless popular flavours, he reinvented almost all the historic recipes using the most modern concepts and means. He embodies “technoflamenco”, a show he proposes every evening in an utterly luxurious setting, in front of the beach, overhanging the most attractive seafront of the city. The whole Marbella longs to get a table in this world-class restaurant.

Dani gives spectacular forms to all he touches, trying to impact the guests. He is a faithful reflection of the culinary trends that have been prevailing for the last decade. Nobody will forget the liquid nitro popcorn he introduced in Spain: a frozen popcorn with a neat taste of olive oil and tomato; really amazing. His ability to combine proximity and remoteness together with the elegance and harmony that are hidden in each construction, however complex and innovative they are, is also evident in the foie gras and yuzu turrón (kind of nougat). Whether the proposals are innovative, evolutionary or conventional, the use of technique is permanent. The Egg without egg is a personal version of a trendy recipe. The idea is to place some lychee jelly on the bottom of the shell to create floral aromas. The foil ball hides a mojete filled with anchovy stew. And the broken croquette with taste of cuttlefish is a rustic touch of the reviewed philosophy.

The dishes to be eaten with a spoon are raised to an incredible refinement, as proved by two delightful “stews”: water lilies with quail egg, brimming with floral hints; and shark flipper from Ronda, a bit heavier. The cold soups have always been there and always will. They are now proposed in a more complex way, such as the Raf tomato stuffed with pipirrana (tomato, onion and pepper salad), deliciously garnished with barnacles; or like the ajoblanco cream, served with caviar and fresh almonds. And what can we say about some Dani’s fetishes like the young hake, magnified with an original béarnaise, and the young rabbit, transformed into a substantial game dish...