Overview
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Awards
- MICHELIN Guide
- OAD
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European Restaurants 2024, 45
- Elite Collection
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Elite Collection Top 100 2019, #46
- La Liste
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La Liste, #4
- Restaurant Ranking
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Restaurant Ranking 2024, #36, PRO #19.67, USER #19.00
Chef
Martín Berasategui
Cuisine
Creative
Foodle Reviews
While I have visited @lasartebcn in Barcelona a few times, last year was my first time trying the 3* eponymous restaurant of @martinberasategui in San Sebastián. With a total of 12 Michelin Stars at present, Martin is regarded as one of the best chefs in the world. His flagship restaurant has just passed its 30 year mark, and the tasting menu is a mishmash of the best dishes from over the years including past signatures such as the smoked eel millefeuille created in 1993 to... More
While I have visited @lasartebcn in Barcelona a few times, last year was my first time trying the 3* eponymous restaurant of @martinberasategui in San Sebastián. With a total of 12 Michelin Stars at present, Martin is regarded as one of the best chefs in the world. His flagship restaurant has just passed its 30 year mark, and the tasting menu is a mishmash of the best dishes from over the years including past signatures such as the smoked eel millefeuille created in 1993 to new creations in 2023!
The Great Tasting Menu:
The breads: bacon brioche; fenugreek bread; sourdough baguette; loaf of organic cocoa and tarragon
Our selection of butters 2023: red chili; lemongrass; tapenade
2023 Flame grilled squid on baby shrimp bread
2023 Our seasoned olive
1993 Mille-feuille of smoked eel, foie-gras, spring onions and green apple
2023 Marinated wild trout over black garlic and purple mustard, beet and horseradish
2023 Gilda with tuna tartar “Balfego”, anchovies cream, iced Basque chilli pepper and caper broth “Agrucapers”
2019 Oyster with emulsion of wasabi and crunchy sea lettuce
2001 Vegetable hearts salad with seafood, cream of lettuce and iodized juice
2022 “The Truffle” with mushroom moss and Iberian ham
2023 My version of hake loin “D& Burela” with kokotxas and aniseed hints
2023 Red mullet with its edible scales crystals, liquid bonbon of baby squid, octopus and its citric sauce
2023 Suckling lamb chop, its liquid fritter, spicy carrots and fried bread
2021 Hot & cold Gin Fizz of strawberries “Corazón Berry” and lime
2019 Lemon with basil juice, green bean and almond
2023 Chocolate Pacari and salt flower log, smoky perfumes of whisky, hazelnuts and cinnamon
Our “Pacari” 2023: Tahitian vanilla bonbon; coffee shell; ginger candy; hazelnut praline cube; walnut and honey nougat
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3*, Martin Berasategui
San Sebastián, Spain
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Martin Berasategui 1st visit — 3 Michelin stars (the chef holds 12 stars in total). Beautifully presented dishes, great technique and execution. Though the meal was more French than Spanish, somewhat lacking the sense of place. •
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Martin Berasategui 1st visit — 3 Michelin stars (the chef holds 12 stars in total). Beautifully presented dishes, great technique and execution. Though the meal was more French than Spanish, somewhat lacking the sense of place. •
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Second visit to MB. In more then 40 visits there I have never, ever not eaten well there. How Martin Berasategui maintains that level of cooking and creativity over such a long time is a riddle to me.
I will go there as long as somebody can drag me up the massive staircase to his restaurant.
38th Visit:
MB underwent a complete renovation during their winter closure. The dining room includes now the space which used to be the terrace, however they did not increase the number of seats, only the spacing increased. They uses much more wood to create a very warm atmosphere. A great change.
The food, as always is impeccable and the menu includes some of MB's classics as well as 7 new courses developed for the 2019 menu. One of them merits a special mentioning as it is fantastic and will... More
38th Visit:
MB underwent a complete renovation during their winter closure. The dining room includes now the space which used to be the terrace, however they did not increase the number of seats, only the spacing increased. They uses much more wood to create a very warm atmosphere. A great change.
The food, as always is impeccable and the menu includes some of MB's classics as well as 7 new courses developed for the 2019 menu. One of them merits a special mentioning as it is fantastic and will be come an instant classic:
Grilled hake steak with squid tartar and toasted walnut herb with hint of saffron.
The hake was wrapped with a very thin lawyer of pork belly almost like a skin around the fish. This kept moisture inside the parcel and created an incredible texture. Paired with the slightly smoky flavour it will be most certainly one of the dishes of the year.
MB keeps on surprising me. Year after year he churns out top notch menus, everything executed with total perfection and quite often creates greatness. Like this year!
THE GREAT TASTING MENU 25 ANNIVERSARY
#36th visit
Address
Loidi Kalea, 4, 20160 Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Hours
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 13:00 - 14:30; 20:30 - 21:30
Thursday: 13:00 - 14:30; 20:30 - 21:30
Friday: 13:00 - 14:30; 20:30 - 21:30
Saturday: 13:00 - 14:30; 20:30 - 21:30
Sunday: 13:00 - 14:30
Phone
+34 943 36 64 71
Website
https://www.martinberasategui.com/