Sushi black tiger from Green Tea Food and Drinks
We have always heard that you go to a hotel to sleep or are attracted by its famous buffet breakfasts, the kind that give you energy for the next five days.
But Since last June 21, the Hotel NH Zurbano has been trying to establish a new and disruptive concept of restoration within its spaces . How? **With the Green Tea Food and Drinks restaurant. **
A HOTEL LIFE, WITHOUT LIVING IN THE HOTEL
"Historically, the only thing that hotels did well at the restaurant level were breakfasts, and we wanted to turn that around," said Hugo Rovira , General Manager of NH Hotel Group for Spain.
This is an objective that he has described as an “obsession” for the NH: “open the hotels to the people of the city and that the hotels have life and interesting gastronomic proposals; not just offer beds.
Thus, at Green Tea Food and Drinks there is a varied gastronomic offer, with Southeast Asian specialties, including sushi and meat offerings. Without forget Another of its strong points: a mix of signature cocktails.
This is how it looks on the outside Green Tea Food and Drinks
And all within the spaces of the NH Zurbano, replacing the old The Corner restaurant. Proof of wanting to open the doors to those who are not guests, is that it can be accessed both through the hotel and from outside.
It shows that quality and good service can be combined with affordable prices. "Not everything in life is Michelin stars and sky-high prices," they explain.
EXOTISM LOADED WITH CHARACTER
The hotel has been undergoing several years of renovation, but they still wanted more. They ended up choosing Roger Chen for it, and he expresses his success by stating: "I think it's going to give us the ultimate win for any hotel accessory."
So it ends combining the urban, cosmopolitan and modern atmosphere of the hotel, with a more exotic and groundbreaking atmosphere of the restaurant.
Roger Chen proposes to enjoy with a novelty that "is increasingly fashionable, a fun concept, to eat and drink" . He is responsible for Zen Group and takes more than 35 years dedicated to Asian haute cuisine.
This is inside Green Tea Food and Drinks
TO EAT!
We access a place that preserves the essence of Asian gardens (plant, exotic, tropical decoration, peacock feathers...) but with many touches of decoration and details that call us step by step.
The bar sports golden fish scales, and the black stone gives a very elegant touch to the central axis of the entire room; everything combines with a parquet floor and mirrors of simulated metal suns.
We go to take a seat, and we see that random perfectly matched being able to choose between tall green velvet chairs, sofas, low wooden chairs or stay at the bar. The different and varied lamps that have been chosen for the entire premises draw our attention. But ultimately all natural colors and placed very geometrically and carefully that makes everything in a set cozy and harmonious, despite the hodgepodge of details that surrounds us.
Black Rice from Green Tea Food and Drinks
A SPACE WITH SUSHI BAR AND SUSHI WOMEN
In this new gastronomic space of the NH Zurbano from the Chamberí neighborhood we know Annisa Maryam. She comes from Indonesia and she is the sushi women in charge of elaborating the different proposals of sushi, nigiri and sashimi in elaborations of Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Korean influence. Although they also prepare Mediterranean options.
But let's focus on the important things: sushi mix with meat. The new fish and chips, let's say, in a renewed sushi and meat. A proposal that at first may shock, but ends up more than convincing us. A select combination of meat from La Finca and fish and seafood from Pescaderías Coruñesas.
We can also choose the Poke bowl Green Tea (made with rice, vegetables, strawberries, mango and marinated tuna and salmon with soy sauce) , Nigiri of foie, butter fish and truffle either Sashimi of tuna, salmon or sea bass.
But our eyes can't help asking for the Sushi & Sashimi boat to share between two. The spring rolls they never cease to surprise us either, with the just and perfect thickness of the puff pastry.
For the only carnivores, dishes such as Mongolian sirloin, sirloin with foie and boletus or the grilled entrecote.
Vietnamese Nem Rolls from Green Tea Food and Drinks
On the other hand, we find a special selection of Uramaki rolls . Although for them other specialties are Szechuan-style caramelized beef wave steamed sea bass with ginger and shallot, the black cod and Saikyo miso or the tempura lobster.
And, of course, to accompany or finish, a cocktail menu by Lea Valenzona. House Special Sangria, or for the more daring, a Singapore Sling.
Green Tea Food and Drinks Menu of the Day
This is the inside of the new and exotic restaurant at the NH Zurbano
The facade of Green Tea Food and Drinks
Address: Calle de Zurbano, 81, 28003 Madrid See map
Telephone: 913 76 69 52
Schedule: From Sunday to Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 20:00 to 00:00
Half price: The Green Tea Tasting menu costs 22.50 euros per person, while the Gastronomic menu is priced at 32.50 euros. The third option is the menu of the day, from Monday to Friday for 12.50 euros.