Tradition, avant-garde and quality product
Just open its doors at number 42 Calle Josep Benlliure in the heart of the Cabanyal-Canyamelar neighborhood an innovative concept that unites culture, tradition and gastronomy. the tailor shop It is all a declaration of intentions of the Chef Sergio Giraldo which returns to the gastronomic spotlight in this seaside neighborhood of the city of Valencia full of ceramic tile facades of a thousand colors , which looks to the future without forgetting the past and has done nothing but grow in recent years (and what is yet to come).
A new place that sits on what years ago it was a tailor shop , in which instead of gastronomic experiences, suits were made stitch by stitch and where the ship's masters went when they disembarked in the port of the city.
Here now ingredients are basted instead of garments
Now baste ingredients instead of garments . Here you will be able to taste the sea from beginning to end through dishes and cocktails with which to enjoy with the five senses, which promise pay homage to both the Mediterranean Sea and the Cabanyal . Ready for this culinary journey that mix tradition and avant-garde , not forgetting the importance of product quality ? Here we go!
SERGIO GIRALDO, SOUL, NEEDLE AND HEART OF THE TAILORING
The young and famous chef from Extremadura Sergio Giraldo It is the alma mater of this restaurant that has already become the most ambitious and personal project of his entire intense career.
“I grew up as a cook in the restaurant Echaurren from La Rioja I started there with 14 years . Then I went to the Basque Country to study and worked with almost all the Michelin stars from San Sebastián (from Martín Berasategui, through Mugaritz to Akelarre). I was Champion of young promises at the national level of cooking , from there I went to work and learn from the hand of Manuel of the Bear , without a doubt one of my great teachers. And from Cuenca I came to the Valencian Community where I have been in several gastronomic projects until I get to where I am today”, Sergio tells Traveler.es.
Bar and restaurant are the same heart but with two different proposals and menus
Your desire now? Even more than the first few months of the year! “I am even more excited than at the beginning. The work has been very well executed, the wait has definitely been worth it because we have had time to think and perfect everything. This is my most personal project , which means everything to me right now”, admits the chef from Extremadura.
next to him and completing the team of partners from La Sastrería we find Christopher Bouchet, great cocktail expert and bartender with a great trajectory behind him. And in the management part Rafa Recuenco and Israel Baquero who had already coincided with Giraldo since they launched Bar Mistela in 2019 and that today they continue to reap successes and create synergies together, this time with the incorporation of Cristóbal at the head of the room and the local bar.
“We are four people who are very close, and each takes care of a different aspect of the restaurant Whether it is the business, kitchen or cocktail area, in short, we do not overlap. Any decision is put to a vote between us and we are 25% each of the business. We are all one, a family that has been growing over time and that today we understand each other and work in the same direction”, says Giraldo.
Exterior of La Sastrería restaurant
The name of the place it was not random and you could not contemplate any other in any way. As Sergio Giraldo acknowledges: “When we rented the space, it was a tailor shop**. The first decoration option was to do something that looked like a fabric store, but the Masquespacio studio arrived and broke with all our schemes. We wanted to keep the name Y many details that there is both in the cards and on the plates they will have nods to this old purpose of the establishment”.
For him valencian studio who has designed the place is "the tailor in his kitchen who meticulously prepares dishes to perfection for his guests, always looking for his clients a novel food concept that touches all your senses, but especially your hearts ”, they comment from Masquespacio.
Two have been the years worked to fine-tune the tailor shop , cooked slowly but with the best of intentions. Despite They were scheduled to open in March. , the coronavirus and the subsequent months of hiatus they were forced to postpone plans from inauguration until August, the month in which this corner of the sea in Cabanyal . Time that the chef considers as a gift to finalize all the details of this project and not leave a stitch without thread.
Bar, restaurant and 'fish market': 3 in 1
ONE DOOR OPENS TO THE SEA, ANOTHER TO CANYAMELAR
The same place with an essence spun to perfection but separated into two different spaces . This is what the diner will discover once they cross the doors of the premises. In a first stage of the restaurant we find the neighborhood encompassed within the bar , the proposal more scoundrel where music and fun are more than guaranteed.
“In this part we want to be more dynamic where a large bar will welcome the diner to offer product cuisine in a format tapas or dishes with a great cocktail and wine proposal that invite the most informal and relaxed of lunches or dinners”, says Sergio Giraldo. An authentic festival for gastronomy in which everyone is welcome.
Once past this first space we are faced with the most sophisticated part of the restaurant , the beach with its low tables and a more relaxed atmosphere with the kitchen (the sea) in view of the diner , which will taste more elaborate traditional dishes but with a modern touch. Here one can choose between the menu or the tasting menu that promises to conquer even the most demanding palates.
The last part (and maybe the best of all) is the one known as 'The Market' (or what is the same, the back room), located to one side of the kitchen and with a separate door to the main one, with hanging salted fish and cooks cleaning the product . In this area is located what restaurants do not usually show, but that both Sergio and his team are proud to show because there is nothing to hide. Here are the guts of La Sastrería.
"It will be an authentic space to welcome the client, where the first steps of the tasting menu always keeping in mind that we have adapted it to continue with the currently recommended sanitary measures, but that it will still be just as authentic.
“Here the history of the neighborhood and La Sastrería will be explained , in addition to everything that the diner will find during the gastronomic experience”, indicates the renowned chef. Once this step has been completed, the client will be taken to the room where he will be a first-person witness to the preparation and fine-tuning of all his dishes.
Your kitchen does not stop evolving
In a scenario where Valencia will be the World Design Capital in 2022, the tailor shop is yet another example of design and interior design vibrate stronger than ever to all corners of the city.
“From the beginning, when they presented us with the project they wanted to carry out, we had a very good connection and we were immediately enthusiastic. They were not looking for the conventional, but quite the opposite; they were looking for something that would break with traditional patterns . There was no doubt that we wanted to be part of their dreams”, they tell Traveler.es from Masquespacio.
In the part of the bar more focused on street food the studio wanted to have the influences of the sea , representing a bar in the Cabanyal-Canyamelar neighborhood.
“It clearly has its inspiration in the beautiful facades that the neighborhood shows off and that are represented in its design in a more contemporary way. So when you enter you can see tiles everywhere, of different colors and patterns that we have custom designed for the project ”, they say from the studio itself.
Once in the kitchen, a great wave welcomes you, giving way directly from the neighborhood to the sea. All the tiles in the premises -as well as the great wave in the restaurant- have been created by hand by potter Amparo Camps and the result could not be more evocative.
Geometric shapes and a great variety in the polychromatic range
"What here the protagonist is the cook , we find a open kitchen of relevant dimensions and in which the restaurant guests will be able to see Sergio and his team preparing the food. It's like you're eating at sea ”, they acknowledge from Masquespacio.
And with what gastronomic proposal are they going to surprise? The team already has some of their favorites like the oxtail brioche, the titain dumpling or the Peking duck taco in the bar area.
In the restaurant part lobster dish with fried eggs and potatoes, the foie gras taco with potato foam or the monkfish tail with creamy peas and basil , are some of his star creations. And of course dishes off the menu that will vary every day according to seasonality and product offer.
Sergio Giraldo is clear about it: “If there is one thing that characterizes us, it is that we have a kitchen that does not stop evolving , we are all day creating dishes. The confinement has allowed us to prepare, test and decide on the entire menu that will change with each season. And as the days and weeks go by, we will continue to innovate in the gastronomic part. The bar and the restaurant are the same heart but with two different proposals and with two different menus Even though everything comes out of the same kitchen, they are totally different experiences”. Everything that is in the Mediterranean Sea will be able to find it without exception in La Sastrería.
And as for the cocktails... many signature proposals from the hand of Cristóbal Bouchet! "We have worked on macerated and fermented" , the renowned bartender tells Traveler.es. A wide variety of own cocktails which also includes a delicious homemade vermouth in which they have provided unique touches to give it its own identity.
And the combination that is going to succeed the most according to the mixologist? “The one I like the most is the one with Valencian botijo shape which is wonderful because they make us the container just for us , with a light touch to cassalla, with strawberries, yuzu, kombucha and several other ingredients. The result is a fresh and aromatic cocktail and we are sure that it is going to be one of the most demanded of the premises”, indicates Cristóbal Bouchet.
MASQUESPACIO, THE STUDIO THAT BRINGS LIFE TO THIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT
And once the gastronomic experience has been reviewed, it is time to give the relevance it deserves to the decoration and interior design of La Sastrería , which has been commissioned by the Valencian design studio Masquespacio . He has been creating projects for 10 years that are pure fantasy where geometric shapes and the great variety in the polychromatic range take on a special role in each of his proposals.
Although their mark can already be found distributed both inside and outside our borders, in Valencia they have signed establishments such as Rubio's notebook shop (Sorni Street, 9), the gnome gift shop (Cuba street, 32) or kaikaya restaurant (Town Hall Square, 10). And now it's time for the tailor shop.
From Masquespacio they define themselves as "a creative studio specialized in interior design and product design with an innovative approach in each project with the goal of creating unique experiences for people who live our designs ”. And boy have they created it.
THE OPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ADDS
“This bet from La Sastrería It will mean a before and after in the Cabanyal neighborhood . The area already had some restaurants of great relevance for their food in Valencia , but with La Sastrería it will be able to expand its recognition with a much more contemporary and innovative concept , with a Chef what's more First class ”, they comment from Masquespacio.
some of those renowned restaurants are Mountain House, William House Y other gastronomic proposals that have emerged over time with the intention of demonstrating that we are facing one of the most emerging neighborhoods in the city of Turia.
The Tailoring does not come to compete with anyone, but to add. “ We came to add what was perhaps missing in the neighborhood . In fact, what we want is that the more local people come, the better. Let's add a little more ”, affirms Sergio Giraldo.
He was clear from the beginning that the opening should take place in this maritime area of the city that has so much history to tell. “the tailor shop is a declaration of intent that gastronomy is committed to Cabanyal-Canyamelar, which we are here for something ”, continues the renowned chef. Said and done.
Address: Carrer de Josep Benlliure, 42, Cabanyal-Canyamelar (Valencia) See map
Telephone: 960 83 52 25
Schedule: From Tuesday to Saturday during lunch and dinner hours + Sunday only for lunch (12:00-17:00). Closed Monday.