The Sandoval family wins the second Michelin star
Last year we talked about The journey towards the product: the kitchen, above all things. —reading that, honestly, we believe was not entirely misguided. This course we have intuited like a shadow (What The nothing of The Neverending Story) toured this kingdom of gastronomy (which we love so much): it's called disenchantment . A sector, that of stews, where passion, creativity and love without measure for the kitchen (there is no other way to understand the wear and tear that the life of the hotelier brings) but also the disenchantment, boredom and that feeling of exhaustion (at least in the circle - press, agencies and environment - that surrounds the chef) that this bubble maybe it's about to deflate.
I want to think that he will survive the love for gastronomy (“There is no love more sincere than the love of food”, Shaw) and that when the time comes we will know how to look at the sky —and its Stars— beyond the branches of this forest. Must eat. There is drinking. We have to live.
The Sandoval family (finally) achieves the second Star for Coque and for Humanes with his 'Archaeology of flavors' , "which arises from our roots, to extract the purest from each product and then apply the most advanced technique" . A weak year for Madrid (the second was also expected for Diego Guerrero), notable for Barcelona (the Adrià cramp that doesn't stop) and splendid for Andalusia . The South (Málaga, especially) shines more than ever in La rouge.
Mario Sandoval directing the roost
NOVELTIES OF THE RED GUIDE 2016
Two stars:
-Madrid: Restaurant Coke by Mario Sandoval - Majorca: Zaranda by Fernán Arellano and Itzi Rodríguez
A star:
-Barcelona: Enjoy, Hoja Santa by Paco Méndez and Albert Adrià, tresmacarrons. -Bilbao: Zarate restaurant -Madrid: lua restaurant - Huelva: Acanthum by Xanty Elías.
- Malaga: Kabuki Raw at Finca Cortesín, Sollo de Diego Gallegos. Messina by Mauricio Giova -Tenerife: Juan Carlos's Corner -Girona: Emporium - Santiago de Compostela: Marcelo House by Marcelo Tejedor
- Zamora: The hermit -Segovia: Villena - Algarve (Portugal) : Bon Bon
Enjoy: it's time for 'vibrant cuisine'
Three stars:
Life goes on. Akelarre, Martín Berasategui and Arzak in Guipúzcoa, Azurmendi in Vizcaya, DiverXO in Madrid, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Sant Pau in Sant Pol del Mar and Quique Dacosta in Dénia.
This year, if we had to choose a headline (which is just a clue) it would be “Faith in gastronomy” . This year too many things have happened: Paris, Turkey, the war in Syria, the refugee catastrophe... The world is falling apart (yeah) but we have the gastronomy . Life, around a table; The headline bursting in red and gold on the cover of Charlie Hebdo may be naïve and banal, but I couldn't agree more:
“They have the weapons. Fuck them, we have the champagne."
Let's toast, dammit.
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Sandoval brothers