METRÓPOLI -a reference publication for leisure and culture in the capital-
returns tomorrow, Friday, April 29, to newsstands with
Los Mercados de Madrid
,
a special full of reports and great photographs.
Thus, the magazine is transformed into a
large square
to host many of the city's markets (groceries and restaurants),
economic and vital engines that, in these times of pandemic, have been at the foot of the canyon
and have even reinvented themselves.
With chef Alberto Chicote we visited the Vallehermoso Market.
Led by renowned chefs, we visit several of these supply centers.
We're going "markets" (the one in Vallehermoso, specifically)
with the mediatic and tireless Alberto Chicote
who, between recording and recording of the eighth season of
Nightmare in the kitchen
and
with the inauguration of his new dining room (Omeraki) in sight
, has made room for us to talk about their projects.
Also acting as
guide
(in this case, in the La Paz Market)
is the chef and businesswoman Cristina Oria
, who manages a small gastronomic empire (restaurants, shops, catering...) to which she will soon incorporate a restaurant in San Sebastián .
In the heart of Mercamadrid.
Gianni Pinto, the fashionable Italian chef, whose restaurant Noi
has been released as a Bib Gourmand in the 2022 Michelin Guide , has even guided us to Wonderland.
For this restless cook, the markets are the best thermometer "of what happens around us ".
And
a source of inspiration and "creativity" are for Lucía Grávalos, from Mentica Gastronomico
, who has accompanied us to the Antón Martín Market.
The revelation cook of the METRÓPOLI Awards loses the Rioja vegetable garden and the supply benches, to which she went with her grandparents when she was little.
The recipes from the top 'gastro' stalls.
But the squares are not only for "supply".
In recent years,
gastro
stalls
-
from traditional bars to
rogue
bars , breweries and restaurants - have gained increasing prominence and offer a wide culinary showcase: traditional, traditional, seasonal, Asian, fusion, signature cuisine... Some of these top spaces have shared with METRÓPOLI the recipes for their most renowned dishes (
Casa Dani and its potato omelette; Tripea and its Peruvian-Asian-Madrilenian empanadilla; Matteo Cucina Italiana and its carbonara...).
The markets, bench by bench.
After the most gastronomic experience,
trips
arrive to some of the squares that give the city the most life:
a tour of traditional or newly minted stalls;
ethnic or historical...
Including the Mercado de La Cebada, a centennial space that has witnessed haggling, strikes and even riots, whose past and present we collect in an extensive report.
There is also
an exciting visit -in the middle of the night- to the largest commercial space for perishable products in Europe and larger than the Principality of Monaco!
, Mercamadrid, the so-called "market of markets".
The Super of the Pastors.
Also
the initiatives from the field to the table
, that is, from the small producer to the urban consumer have a place in this special (Naranjas Lola, El Super de los Pastores, Cobardes y Gallinas, Los Confites, Bio Traílla, Dehesa El Milagro), as well as the bazaars, which help
turn shopping into a fun experience.
Shopping 'in style'.
The finishing touch to
Madrid's markets
is provided by the unrepeatable
Abraham García
, chef and patron of the Viridiana restaurant, who has had an
idyll
with the market for more than 40 years, which he visits every day.
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