Parisien style with a Galician soul.
Note: jerky pizza with tomato emulsion and pecorino cheese on a black dough, made with charcoal. No problem! Italy, Argentina and Galicia They melt in one dish, well, in several, at Mama Chicó, and from that fusion come such special and showy things as this recommendation that you should already have engraved on fire.
Take note: cecina pizza.
Mama Chicó has landed in Madrid with the peace of mind of having been doing things well for a long time. In Galicia (between Coruña, Vigo and Arteixo) they have five stores, but the experience of this family of argentinian roots it comes from further away.
In the name of the restaurant is the origin of his passion for good eating and for doing things right. Mama Chicó was the nickname of the mother of the current owners, Rafaela Susana Fasanella, "a Buenos Aires mother who cooked to feed the soul." Those mothers who, in Argentina or here, don't know about gourmets or worry about fusions but do know what is best to feed their own, they know where to buy it and they know how to cook it.
Different spaces for different moments.
In Argentina is the origin of Mama Chicó because there Smug Hector he became an expert baker, an expert in kneading flour, an expert in fresh pasta. And already in Galicia, they combined that experience with family passion and, together with their son, Martín, created the first restaurant in that area of Spain "where nature is more than generous with the products of their land”, they say.
Fresh pasta, fresh bread...everything is fresh.
The handmade and the craft is in the DNA of this restaurant with a tropical Parisian decoration in which the workshop, Chico Bakery, in sight it has a privileged place: in the middle of the premises. There, every day, the confectioner Ana Cruelles makes the breads, cakes and desserts that are served from morning for breakfast to dinner (including snacks, yes).
But neither does it downplay the importance of the kitchen, also seen, which is chaired by the chef Salvatore Corradino, a Neapolitan that puts the Italian accent to this successful fusion. His are dishes like oxtail lasagna.
Chicó Bakery, her paradise corner.
WHY GO
We repeat it: for the cecina pizza with tomato emulsion and pecorino cheese on black dough made with charcoal. But also for its pasta, for the oxtail lasagna, right eye of its chef. And for the desserts and cakes that you can enjoy from morning to night.
It is also a good excuse to get to know this new foodie mecca in Madrid: Recollect Street.
Brunch time!
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
With that workshop, that bread and all that good product that comes directly from Galicia, they could not miss a good brunch. That if the heat drops, you can enjoy it at its outdoor tables, but if August is still hard, you can have it in that patio lounge that serves as a prelude to the restaurant full of charm and the smell of fresh flowers and dried herbs.
Another important extra? Those 62 centimeter pizza one of the largest in Madrid, which is used to feed four at once because, in addition, they allow you to order two varieties at the same time. The little ones? They are 30 centimeters. Mama Chico is perfect for sharing and also fits one.
Black is the new pizza!
IN DATA
Address: Recoletos Street, 10
Telephone: 911 571 246
Half price: €25-30