Disfrutar Barcelona

Acho que nunca me foi tão fácil resumir um almoço. Uma refeição de 4h, um longo e prazeroso espetáculo gastro-performativo em que as texturas, sabores, temperaturas fazem parte da linguagem utilizada. Subtil, já que foco tem de ser apenas um - o objecto gastronómico. Uma performance que por diversas vezes apela ao comensal, que aqui é convidado a interagir e a finalizar o "acto” - , com um olhar (por uma lupa), com um cheiro (depois de lavar as mãos com whisky fumado), com um toque. 🥃(swipe ➡️)
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Técnica, criatividade, inovação e irreverência. Disrupção (bastaria ver a apresentação no Madrid Fusion). Percebe-se a linha condutora, ainda que com cunho próprio, que deriva dos anos que os chefs @oriolcastroforns e @eduardxatruch passaram no el Bulli, onde aí foram elementos chave para o sucesso do mesmo.
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Há muito que não tinha uma "das melhores experiências gastronómicas de sempre". E esta subiu directamente ao TOP3. São poucos os restaurantes que me fazem logo de imediato querer voltar, mas o facto de existirem dois distintos menus - e ter provado apenas um deles (ainda que com extras off menu) - fará com que muito brevemente volte para mais deleite.
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Um serviço 5* (gracias erick!) foi a cereja no topo do bolo. Que experiência #docaralho ou, como se diz por cá, de puta madre! 🙌🏻 #barcelona Less

Hoisin Cucumber
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Another incredible meal at ⭐️⭐️ @disfrutarbcn in Barcelona. This time we were treated to a new dining experience down in the research & development kitchen. As always there were a bunch of new dishes from the ever forward moving team here alongside some of our favourite classics. With the newly developed ‘de-alchoholised’ drinks pairing that I mentioned in my last post (FB link in bio), the team at Disfrutar continue to astound with their advancements. If, like me, you never had the chance to eat at El Bulli, this is probably the closest you’ll come. My number one priority when planning a trip to Barcelona is to book a table here. It should be yours to.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
OAD - 12
W50B - 9
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Another incredible meal at ⭐️⭐️ @disfrutarbcn in Barcelona. This time we were treated to a new dining experience down in the research & development kitchen. As always there were a bunch of new dishes from the ever forward moving team here alongside some of our favourite classics. With the newly developed ‘de-alchoholised’ drinks pairing that I mentioned in my last post (FB link in bio), the team at Disfrutar continue to astound with their advancements. If, like me, you never had the chance to eat at El Bulli, this is probably the closest you’ll come. My number one priority when planning a trip to Barcelona is to book a table here. It should be yours to.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
OAD - 12
W50B - 9
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I can’t think of any reason not to come back ro Disfrutar again and again. And again. This time for the signatures, but also some brand new stuff, as hot as any of their creations. Every single dish is a dream coming true!
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It is always impossible to sum up all the amazing flavors,
Ideas, creative extravaganza and unique solutions and techniques in a Disfrutar meal! This time I had a huge amount of brand new dishes (and also some signatures, luckily), and these guys just can’t stop being awesome! Always a must in Barcelona!
Will try to explain more details in my next posts, stay tuned!

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These are two collages of some of the dishes I had at Disfrutar in two meals, and by no means all. Pic 1 are dishes I have yet to post, pic 2 are those I posted before. If I were to post every dish it will take another two, three weeks 😅, but I think by now you get the idea of how amazing Disfrutar is. Their food is not just about using new gadgets or techniques to make some unconventional dishes. Their dishes are about provoking intellectual, mental and physical (your palate) reactions, things that are truly out of the box and pushing boundaries. They do it as an extension from tradition rather than trying to push back. And they succeed in making it even better in taste than the classics. That’s why it is so amazing.
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When I came in 2018 after a long time without revisiting the restaurant, Tony the gentleman who served me said I could choose from 25 courses or 30 courses. I said please tell Chef to decide for me 😊. Then he went to the kitchen and came back and said, Chef @eduardxatruch said actually there was a menu of 38 and if I would like to try. 😆😆😆 38 is a lucky number in Chinese, so bring it on!
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The menu was in pic 3, plus an additional Multispherical tatin of corn and foie gras, so 39 in total (plus drink 🍸 pairing). (By the way 39 is still a lucky number in Chinese 😜). It was one of the best meals I had in my life. So stunning, so many surprises. It was the meal I said to myself, Disfrutar is one of the best restaurants in the world.

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I was lucky enough to visit ⭐️⭐️ @disfrutarbcn in Barcelona a couple more times before Christmas within the space of just a couple of weeks (full review with all pics & wine is up on my Facebook now, link in bio ☝🏻) So this post covers both meals. It really blows my mind the level of creativity at this restaurant. I mean, the chefs are ex-El Bulli so maybe I shouldn’t be that surprised. But bare in mind that they run two menus, one consisting of their more classic signature dishes (between 30 and 40 by the way) and the other more forward thinking menu of dishes that are developing as the seasons pass and as the ideas are perfected by the team to a point where they are put on the menu (also 30 to 40 servings). So on any given day when you walk into the restaurant, they will have in the region of 80 different dishes coming out of that kitchen. And that doesn’t include all the tweaking that they must have to do in order to pander to the multitude of dietary requirements that are now so common place.
Pretty amazing right? Then consider this, I have been quite a few times now because I love the place, and sometimes, like this post, I have been and returned within a week or two. They keep track of this and so the result is that they produce a menu that has maybe 50% different dishes than the last time you came. That’s around 15-20 new dishes or dishes from the repertoire that they will call upon because they don’t want you to become bored of the menu. This is the true test of ambition and drive in a restaurant. As my friend @jeffrey_merrihue said, the El Bulli flame shines brightly at Disfrutar
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
OAD - 12 (2019)
W50Best - 9 (2019)
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A Barcelona restaurant that has featured regularly on my annual best dishes list is @disfrutarbcn I never had the chance to visit #elbulli but through the ingenious & inventive molecular cuisine of @eduardxatruch , @oriolcastroforns & Mateu Casañas I get a glorious glimpse of what it would have been like. A firm favourite of mine when in Barcelona. Or Spain for that matter, I flew from Bilbao and back last month just to eat their food again. I’m addicted 🤷🏼‍♂️ Continuing with my Top 40 (Top 80 available on my FB page link in bio) dishes of 2019 I wanted to give the top 10 a bit more of a spotlight as I think that these are all restaurants that deserve your attention. Some are already world famous and some lesser known, but without exception all are worth your time travelling to.
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Michelin Guide -⭐️⭐️
OAD - 12
W50Best -9
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And I almost forgot the amazing beverage pairing that went with the 29 courses @disfrutarbcn
Not quite 29 different wines, sakes, ciders & sherries but 14 isn’t too bad 🍷 🍸 . .
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Last but not least of this epic meal, Dish 29 @disfrutarbcn Feb 26th 2019 🗓 .
Fossil with cocoa pulp
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Michelin Guide -⭐️⭐️
OAD list -12
W50Best-18
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Another very unusual serving with corn @disfrutarbcn - a breast of squab was covered with a layer of baby corn cooked in some sort of Korean machine, which gave them a completely brown yet mild taste - a kind of slow caramelization at low temperatures as far as I understood. It was served with mole and truffle .
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Few restaurants can implement molecular gastronomy techniques, presentation and taste successfully. In addition to accomplishing this, Disfrutrar served us a seamless symphony of dishes, sometimes giving my son a dish I had already tried, while serving me something new.

Afterwards, they invited us to their Innovation Lab where they brainstorm their dishes, menus and presentation. They also work with local culinary students. This room had binders containing photos of all their past dishes. There were shelves of bowls, plates, stones, boxes, shells and anything you can think of to serve food. There were large boards, each with a menu taped to the top with photos of each dish on that menu displayed below. Less