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Latest Michelin guide for Spain stingy with 3 stars
The Michelin guide has kept its three-starred club unchanged in Spain and Portugal. – AFP Relaxnews pic, November 27, 2015.The latest Michelin guide for Spain has promoted two restaurants with their second star, but the elusive three-starred club remains unchanged.
In the 2016 edition of Michelin’s guide for Spain and Portugal, the big winners are The Coque, just outside Madrid, and Zaranda in Mallorca, which each earned a second star.
At The Coque, helmed by chef Mario Sandoval, the dining experience is a mobile one: diners begin their culinary journey in the cellar, then move to the kitchen, living room and lounge.
The menu centres heavily on the restaurant’s wood-fired oven where oak wood, old vine shoots, bourbon barrels and Muscat branches impart smokey, earthy flavours and textures to each dish.
At Zaranda, chef Fernando P. Arellano works with local produce to create dishes like creamed goat’s cheese, strawberries and basil coulis, and glazed veal pavé with leeks and potato salad.
Zaranda has closed for the season and reopens in February of next year.
The 2016 guide awarded 15 restaurants with their first star, with Andalusia and Catalonia home to the highest number of newcomers in the category – four in each region.
Meanwhile, the release of the 2016 edition may have disappointed the likes of chef Andoni Luis Aduriz, who has been unable to land a third star for his San Sebastian restaurant Mugaritz, despite regularly cracking the top 10 list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
This year, Mugaritz placed sixth.
A note of three stars denotes an exceptional restaurant that is worth a special journey, while a two-star ranking represents excellent cooking worth a detour.
Overall, the 2016 guide for Spain and Portugal, includes eight three-starred restaurants, 23 two-starred restaurants and 157 single-starred restaurants.
Michelin guide Spain and Portugal retails for €29.90 (RM135). – AFP Relaxnews, November 27, 2015.
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