Cod omelet

Cod omelet
Roxario
Cuoco: Charo Zapiain
Nazionalita: Spain
Localita: 20115 Astigarraga
Indirizzo: Nagusia, 96.Errekalde Enea
(+34) 943551138


Rafael García Santos, who is (almost) always right, claims this to be the best cod omelet in the world. According to him, it is “the most wonderful cod omelet, a world class dish light years ahead of the rest. Immensely succulent with three perfectly balanced and complementary flavors that give it a richly nuanced character: the saltiness of the cod, the sweetness of the poached onion and the light spiciness of the green chilies”. I concur.



Blood sausage and pistachio nuts crunch (2001)

Blood sausage and pistachio nuts crunch (2001)
Fagollaga
Cuoco: Isaac Salaberria
Nazionalita: Spain
Localita: 20120 Hernani (Gipuzkoa)
Indirizzo: Ctra. de Goizueta 68, Barrio Ereñozu
(+34) 943550031


Cook the blood sausage and cream with meat sauce. Scald the mixture after adding agar-agar and gelatin. Let rest in a cool place for 12 hours, coat with pistachio nut and garlic chips, fry and arrange on a line of apricot purée. The Fagollaga restaurant, established 1903, has evolved to creative haute cuisine thanks to Isaac’s talent, representative of the forth generation of a family that has always been devoted to the cookery business.



7,5

Goûts Et Couleurs

Jean-Luc Fau
Jean-Luc Fau
Nazionalita: France
Localita: 12000 Rodez
Indirizzo: 38, rue Bonald
mapa
(+33)0565427510
Chiusura:: Dimanche et lundi, le mois de janvier, 10 jours en mai, 10 jours en septembre
Prezzo: 30/70 €
Menu di degustazione: 69 €


  • Pradera
  • Pradera
  • Carpaccio de gambas con gelatina de coral y aceite de saúco
  • Carpaccio de gambas con gelatina de coral y aceite de saúco

Jean-Luc Fau est un personnage unique du monde de la restauration. Depuis qu’il a ouvert son propre restaurant à Rodez, il se consacre aux métiers de cuisinier et de peintre, deux activités qu’il réalise avec brio et qui, dans son cas, s’influencent mutuellement. Presque autodidacte, érudit, intimiste, audacieux et, par-dessus tout, extrêmement créatif, il est parti de zéro et en seize ans, il est parvenu à se construire un style très personnel et à faire de son petit restaurant de Rodez l’un des détours gastronomiques les plus intéressants de France.



Turnip tops, amaranth, clams and lemon (2004)

Turnip tops, amaranth, clams and lemon (2004)
Piazza Duomo
Cuoco: Enrico Crippa
Nazionalita: Italy
Localita: 12051 Alba (Cuneo)
Indirizzo: Piazza Duomo, 4
(+39) 0173366167


Enrico Crippa is a chef who has found his way of expression in purity. A luminous and inspired cuisine based on a great capacity of analysis, culture and intuition. The scalded turnip tops, the amaranth and dashi quenelle, the raw clam and the lemon gelatin with its grated zest combine in perfect harmony. The construction lies on a turnip tops, garlic and anchovy cream that is decorated with a sesame oil and gomasio coulis. A real masterpiece.



Sautéed hooked squid (2004)

Sautéed hooked squid (2004)
Mugaritz
Cuoco: Andoni Luis Aduriz
Nazionalita: Spain
Localita: Errenteria (Gipuzkoa)
Indirizzo: Otzazulueta Baserria - Aldura Aldea 20 zk
(+34)943518343 / (+34)943522455


Andoni Luis Aduriz is a chef with an extremely complex mind. His dishes, exceedingly thought out, are the fruit of interminable pyrotechnical mental lucubration. This sautéed squid is served on a plate heated with steam, the chlorophylline mixed with a few green almonds. Lastly, it is finished with a squid and water spinach consome. The result is exciting and attractive.



Spaghetti with oysters (1997)

Spaghetti with oysters (1997)
Vintage 1997
Cuoco: Pierluigi Consonni
Nazionalita: Italy
Localita: 10121 Turín
Indirizzo: Piazza Solferino, 16H
(+39) 011535948


Often the simplest ideas yield the best results. Since the day Vintage 1997 opened, Pierluigi Consonni has offered these voluptuous spaghetti: meticulously cooked al dente and sautéed very quickly in the pan with chives and Marennes d’Oléron Spéciales de Claire oysters. The combination is served garnished with seaweed and dressed with a ribbon of extra virgin olive oil. Those who do not like cooked oysters must try this dish: you’ll change your mind.



Baba of Williams pear liqueur (2004)

Baba of Williams pear liqueur (2004)
Il Verso del Ghiottone
Cuoco: Roberto Campogrande y Gilberto Demaria
Nazionalita: Italy
Localita: 12063 Dogliani
Indirizzo: Via de Magistris 5
(+39) 0173742074


A dessert in three movements. 1st movement (adagio ma non troppo): Baba of Williams pear liqueur. 2nd movement (allegretto): Bronte pistachio and milk foam with dehydrated orange. 3rd movement (andante cantabile): pear compote, dolcetto (chinchona bark flavored wine) reduction and ginger confit. A small symphony directed with four hands by Roberto Campogrande and Gilberto Demaria, two promising young Piedmontese chefs.



Half-cold with passion fruit and potato chips (2003)

Half-cold with passion fruit and potato chips (2003)
Villa Crespi
Cuoco: Antonino Cannavacciuolo
Nazionalita: Italy
Localita: 28016 Orta San Giulio
Indirizzo: Via G. Fava, 18
(+39) 0322911902


Antonino Cannavacciuolo, South European cook established in Northern Italy, offers a more and more appreciated cuisine which alternates between dishes that are based on the Campanian tradition and personal creations. This soft half-cold is a simple mixture of passion fruit purée, whipping cream, eggs and sugar. The fondant chocolate coulis and the blue potato chips sprinkled with powdered sugar create a very effective contrast of textures and colors.



Plin Ravioli (1961)

Plin Ravioli (1961)
Guido da Costigliole
Cuoco: Lidia Alciati
Nazionalita: Italy
Localita: Località San Maurizio 39
Indirizzo: 12058 Santo Stefano Belbo (Cuneo)
(+39)0141841900


Hats off, gentlemen! What you see here are not just ravioli, but “The Ravioli” par excellence. Lidia Alciati has been making them for forty four years, according to a recipe that the passage of time has preserved intact: fresh pasta, made painstakingly by hand, stuffed with a mixture of pork, beef and rabbit blended with Parmesan, eggs and spinach, all minced and seasoned with onion, nutmeg and rosemary. Accompanied by Alba white truffles when in season. Not to be missed.



Mediterranean bluefin tuna in all of its states (2005)

Mediterranean bluefin tuna in all of its states (2005)
Octopus
Cuoco: Olivier Bontemps & Fabien Lefèvre
Nazionalita: France
Localita: 34500 Béziers
Indirizzo: 12 rue Boïeldieu
(+33) 0467499000


Two chefs, a maître and a somiller: “eight young arms” coming out of the French high-level restaurant industry (Del Burgo, Marx, Robuchon, Troisgros…).
Hence the name of this delicious restaurant in which prêt-à-porter haute cuisine
is offered. In this dish, the tuna is presented in four variations:
raw in tartar, browned on one side on a stone (photo), dry with quail eggs and salad, and boiled in miso soup. All of them irreproachable.