AMAYA GARCIA
Updated Friday, March 22, 2024-00:04
The Madrid gastronomic scene has gems in the peripheral neighborhoods that deserve some recognition. Probably many of those who read this article will not have ever set foot in Coslada, a town in the Corredor del Henares, nor will it be in their plans to do so soon, but perhaps they will also change their minds when they learn the story of Muyummy (it means 'very tasty'). ), a small and hooligan restaurant where you can eat luxuriously.
Sergio García (39) is the cook -Aspen, La Verónica, Hispania (London)- and his sister Patricia (33), the head waiter.
Snacks that taste like Asia
come out of the kitchen
. "I have always liked working with the product a lot. The beauty is that with a potato you are able to surprise." Everyone in the neighborhood knows them and little by little their name has reached the ears of foodies more accustomed to reserving tables in downtown dining rooms. "
Beyond the M-30 you also cook and eat very well
," says Sergio, who before dedicating himself to the kitchen worked for seven years at Iveco making trucks.
Yellow curry shrimp.
But this entrepreneur's initial idea had more travel and
more commitment
. Born and raised in Coslada, in the middle of a job change and with no intention of opening anything of his own, life made a free store in his neighborhood cross his path... and things took a 360º turn. "He was cool to me and I didn't even think about what he wanted to do." He wanted to get out of his culinary comfort zone, offer a different proposal with "Thai, Chinese snacks, with something from Peru... I mix things from here and there" and, most importantly,
make his food available to everyone. job
. "I wanted to give people who usually don't have access to it the opportunity to try a different cuisine."
He did it with his savings, without any fund or investor behind him, and he has been on the job for four and a half years. "
In this time we have created nearly 3,000 dishes
." And in each of them he has tried to contribute something new. "We have evolved a lot since we started," he says next to the bar. "We started with a chicken Milanese and now we bring out a rice with lobster." This has increased prices somewhat and he knows that diners don't always understand this. "I know where I am and how far I can climb them."
The average ticket is around 35-40 euros
.
Sergio García, in the Muyummy kitchen.
Direct and without mincing words, he bluntly says that in his house "the customer is almost never right." He argues the idea: "You come to my house and I receive you. We have rules and we must respect them. You cannot come to eat at four and think that we have to receive you." He considers that for too long "the hospitality sector has been mistreated: people thought that we were here to serve them, period. And that's not the case.
I'm going to serve you as best as possible in my house, but I set the rules.
"And if you don't like them, you can not come."
Patricia, who left her office job to accompany her brother on his adventure, watches him a few meters away. "We have always been very close and I have greatly admired her way of cooking and her abilities," she says, somewhat excited. After the pandemic, she joined the project "to help"; Today she manages the room alone. "The hospitality drug immediately got into my body." With a slow tone, she is responsible for ensuring that the dance in the dining room flows well. "There is a lot of philosophy of sharing dishes here."
Ribs Mr Ping.
The letter is hanging on one of the walls. "
There are four dishes that are the classics
, the ones that everyone wants to try," adds Sergio, who likes to go to the market to buy whenever he can. The fish, however, is served by Pescaderías Municio, a stall at the Maravillas Market. "David [the owner] is one of the neighborhood gang," he clarifies.
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The classics taste like Mr. Ping ribs, korma curry, fried chicken and gnocchi, green curry with shrimp, bacon and
kalimotxo
and nasi goreng with carabinero. "Curies are essential," says Patricia. The Korean lasagna and the knuckle and kale burger also have their followers. "
We have nine dishes on the menu
." Some, like the croquette, have left the menu and have sparked some anecdotes. "There are clients who came at the beginning and, when they returned some time later, they found a very different proposal."
Knuckle and kale burger, one of Muyummy's dishes. EM
Improvisation
is part of Muyummy's script
.
Also the music, which always covers the atmosphere, whether it is rap or a rumba. "Many times I would arrive from shopping at 12:30 and by 1 p.m. I had not decided on the dish of the day," he says. "The trick is to get the most out of the minimum," she insists.
Located 20 minutes from the city center, the truth is that this dining room is getting better and better. "Many weekends, the room is full of people coming from Madrid." From Coslada to gastro heaven.
Address
: Virgen de la Cabeza, 26 (Coslada).