The odds of us hitting the jackpot in the lottery are not exactly high (one in 100,000, some experts say).
Data aside, the truth is that every December 22 someone falls.
And what better "celebration" than to enjoy the proposals of some of the Spanish restaurants that have either continued to rise in the Michelin Olympus
(new bestrellados)
or have entered it thanks to their
first 'macaron'.
Room of the Iván Cerdeño Restaurant (Toledo).
Iván Cerdeño Restaurant
Without fuss or noise
, the chef from Toledo, Iván Cerdeño
(with experience in renowned establishments, from El Celler de Can Roca to Langham in London) has risen up the Michelin Olympus. In just three years, his
gastronomic restaurant and most personal project
(opened in 2018) has achieved two stars from the Red Guide, the first, a few months after its inauguration; the second, just a week ago. In this dining room, located in the Cigarral de Ángel, a monumental rural estate in Toledo, Sardinia officiates a seasonal cuisine, environment and memory (where it draws on
its maternal heritage and recovers historical recipes from Toledo
, from the banks of the Tagus and of its mountains) that is not at odds with the avant-garde. Your proposal pivots on four
tasting menus
,
Monte y Ribera
;
Toledo forgotten
and
Memories of a cigarral
, all
structured in identical sections
that collect elaborations with legumes from their land;
river dishes, such as the brioche of marinated eel;
hunting (roe deer from the Montes de Toledo) and sweets, such as the buds of San Antonio and almonds.
Prices: 55, 80, 110 and 145 euros.
Address:
Cigarral del Ángel, Carretera de la Puebla.
Toledo.
Tel .: 925 22 36 74.
Amelia, on the beach of La Concha (San Sebastián).
Amelia by Paulo Airaudo
This charming dining room with only a bar, three tables and beautiful views of La Concha beach (San Sebastián) is also part of
the red sky
. Located in the beautiful
Villa Favorita hotel in Donostia,
the alma mater of this new biestrellado (it obtained the first red rosette seven months after opening, in 2017) is the Argentine Paulo Airado, who is committed to a creative "and audacious" tasting menu -the Michelin inspectors,
dixit
- where
Basque gastronomy and Argentine, Italian, Japanese influences coexist
. Although if there is a protagonist here, that is the
sustainable and seasonal product
, so much so that the menu can change every day, depending on what the market supplies. Menu price: 218 euros.
Address:
Zubieta Kalea, 26 (San Sebastián).
Tel .: 943 84 56 47.
Palometa resposada, in Smoked Room.
Smoked Room
It was the great surprise of the 2022 edition of the Red Guide: in just six months of life it has suddenly achieved two stars,
something rarely seen on the Michelin planet.
This exclusive space for 14 diners that Dani García opened in Madrid last June is inspired by Japanese bars and has its conductive threads in the ember and smoke.
An omakase menu reigns here.
In other words, the diner puts himself in the hands of the chef, which are none
other than those of the young Italian Massimiliano Delle Vedove
, who demonstrates a mastery of the technique and presents delicate and tasty dishes that are concocted with what they find on the market, all with first class products.
Direction:
Paseo de la Castellana, 57 (Hotel Hyatt Regency Hesperia).
Price of the
omakase
menu
: 180 euros, from January.
This New Year's Eve they will offer a festive and unique
proposal with harmonies
(menu and wine cellar, 550 euros).
Caracola in Miranda, one of the dishes of Alejandro Serrano Restaurant.
Alejandro Serrano
This
young chef, 24 years old, says goodbye to the year in a big way
: a flourish only one year after opening - he opened at the end of 2019, but the pandemic forced him to close a long season - his homonymous restaurant in Miranda del Ebro, his city native.
Trained at the Basque Culinary Center
and with experience in prestigious homes (
Azurmendi, Aizian, Diverxo, StreetXO or Coque
), the Burgos firm two tasting menus developed under the concept of
El Mar de Castilla
, where their attachment to the land and its passion for marine products. The first, Aquende (eight passes. 53 euros), is a market proposal based on local recipes; the second, Allende (10 passes and 72 euros), is a
commitment to tradition and avant-garde
And what dishes give life to both menus?
For example,
Pradera
, a cream of tomatoes and flowers and a cold infusion of tomato and rosemary with which it
vindicates the diversity of the lands
of Castile;
cod tripe or bluefin tuna on grass.
Address:
Alfonso VI (Miranda de Ebro, Burgos).
Tel .: 947 31 26 87.
Room of the gastronomic restaurant of the Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid.
Deessa
There are few doubts about the firm gastronomic commitment of the renovated Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid, you know,
five spaces created and directed by the
three-star
Quique Dacosta
. And since we are talking about celestial bodies, Deessa - the jewel in the crown - has just entered the red sky with a brand new
macaron
. The proposal revolves around
two tasting menus: Historic Quique Dacosta
, with
signature
dishes
from the Extremaduran chef based in Denia (such as the famous
Animated Forest
, a vegetable explosion, or the eel rice with cherries), and
Contemporary QDRITZ
, created
ad hoc
for this space (for example, turbot rested in Jerez, arroz arborio de colmenillas).
With the same number of passes, its price is 180 euros, 270 euros with harmonies.
In addition, they have an
exclusive Christmas Eve menu (495 euros)
.
Address
: Plaza de la Lealtad, 5. Tel .: 91 701 68 20.
Japanese proposal from Nintai (Marbella).
Nintai
Entering this restaurant and
feeling in Japan is all one, thanks to the delicacy and ceremonial
that surrounds this open space, in March, by Marcos Granda (sommelier, head of room and creator of Skina, two stars, and of Ayalga, brand new one star). Here everything happens around a wooden bar, where 12 lucky people enjoy two menus run by the
itamae Pablo Olivares.
Made with seasonal products, the
Omakase
consists of
four hot dishes and six sushi passes
(95 euros) and the
Great Nintai Menu
offers six hot passes and
10 pieces of sushi
(110 euros). The
trip
to Japan is completed with a
pairing with sake, champagne and
personalized
tea
.
Address:
Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 18 (Marbella), Tel. 952 60 89 66.
Poems Room by Hermanos Padrón.
Poems by Hermanos Padrón
With the kitchen in their DNA (their parents were cooks),
Juan Carlos and Jonathan Padrón
are two clear exponents of avant-garde Canarian cuisine, who
handle themselves with ease
in the Michelin world. In addition to recovering the finery that El Rincón de Juan Carlos (Tenerife) lost due to the change of venue, they have just won the first star for this elegant space located
in the historic Santa Catalina
, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, in the heart of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. With the Canarian product as a hallmark, the brothers have designed a
creative, cosmopolitan and simple
proposal
that plays with international flavors and textures and has nothing to do with the traditional cookbook. On the stove,
The young chef Icíar Pérez
perfectly replicates the Padrón dishes.
Average price: 70 euros, 120 euros for the
Poems
tasting menu
and 180 euros for the
New Year's Eve Menu
.
Address:
León y Castillo, 227 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas).
Cannelloni with orange blossom honey, syrup and hoya de la Iglesia cheese, in LIenzo (Valencia)
Canvas
María José Martínez and Juan José Soria
form a good couple also professionally. For seven years they have been in charge of what was then a modest gastrobar and which,
after years of hard work
- she in the kitchen and he as a maitre d 'and sommelier -
have become a culinary benchmark
in Valencia. What is carried here is an
original
and sincere
cuisine
, supported by
tradition but with avant-garde techniques and creations,
in the pantry of the environment and in the small producer, as well as in a winery that exceeds 250 references, many made in the zone. The offer is concentrated in
three menus that change with the seasons
: the short one,
Trazos
(55 euros);
the medium one,
Brushstrokes
(70 euros) and the long one,
Canvas
(95 euros).
Address: Plaça de Tetuán, 18, under right (Valencia).
Tel .: 96 352 10 81.
Sala de Auga e Sal, in Santiago de Compostela.
Water and Salt
The main characteristic of this new star, opened five years ago in Santiago de Compostela, is
its attachment to the product and the market
. Thus, its offer -the tasting menu
From Sarria-
is
outlined days -even hours- before the service
. It consists of 12 passes (65 euros, 35 euros with harmonies) and is offered at lunch and dinner. With first-class marine raw materials and
spoon dishes of great Galician tradition
, they develop a creative cuisine, with contemporary elaborations that have been recognized by the Red Guide with a
macaron.
Led by businessman
Alberto Ruiz Gallardón
, the young and experienced
Áxel Smyth
officiates in the kitchen
(She has worked at Casa Marcelo, José Carlos García, Gaytán, Baluarte, Miramar) and
Marta Costas
(who worked at A Tafona de Lucía Freitas)
in the living room and cellar
.
Address:
Rúa Fonte do Santo Antonio, 8 (Santiago de Compostela).
Tel .: 981 56 52 34.
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