Spain scores high on World’s 50 Best Restaurants list
April 25, 2009
Spanish cooking has made headlines in recent years, with the world’s attention focused on the high quality traditional cooking as well as the innovative molecular gastronomy practiced by leading chefs. The restaurant magazine-S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list places Spanish restaurants in 4 of the top 10. Ferrán Adrià’s El Bulli restaurant in Catalunya has been in the number one spot–The World’s Best Restaurant– for 4 years in a row. Andoni Luis Aduriz’s Mugaritz in the Basque country is in 4th place, Joan Roca’s El Celler de Can Roca shot from 21st to 5th place, and everyone’s favorite, Arzak, comes in 8th.
Other restaurants in Spain on the top 50 list include Martin Berasategui–the benchmark in contemporary Basque cooking (33rd place)–and Asador Etxebarri in 39th place. Asador Etxebarri near San Sebastián is barbeque turned art form, or so they say. I know where I’m eating next time I’m in San Sebastián.
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1Computer Chairs | July 24, 2009
This does not come as a surprise for me. Spain has always been known as one of the culinary capitals of the world.