If there was a dish that typified our experience at Le Chateaubriand, this might be it. Beneath the wafts of radish and turnip is a piece of dorade, cooked so softly that eating it reminds me of nuzzling a baby’s neck. The sauce is a twist on the French classic beurre blanc, but with the […]
Quest for the best
Sometimes the adage of ‘fresh, seasonal and local’ can get overworked to the point of senselessness- a notion that’s been chewed over and spat out more than a tough piece of steak. Then there are places where the philosophy chimes as clear as an alarm marking the way out of sleep. That’s what we found […]
“Is it really the best?”That’s the question that has been invoked the most in the wake of our visit to the place nominated as the best restaurant the world over the last two years. For some people ‘The Best’ is about service. For others it requires some ticking off from a shopping list of luxury […]
There was nothing about our arrival at El Celler de Can Roca that indicated we were about to eat at the second best restaurant in the world. The road that winds down from Girona’s Ibis Hotel towards this suburban pocket of this city is a busy one, guarded by wire and dust. Littering our path […]
I can see the finish line. It’s been a tough few years. We’ve subjected our bodies to all manner of punishment. We’ve trekked vast distances and wreaked a fair bit of damage to the bottom line of our mortgage. But someone had to do it. (Actually, no one had to do it. And it didn’t […]