Last year I had this great spate of productivity – I promised myself that I would read at least one book a month and often managed two. I was trying to get through the classics, the Nobel prize winners and the smart books that every intelligent thinking person should be able to casually boast about. To…
Author: Qin Xie
El Poblet and Restaurante Quique Dacosta
Restaurante Quique Dacosta, Denia, lunch
The Fronteras menu at the three Michelin-starred Restaurante Quique Dacosta in Denia where Dacosta explores his understanding of the kitchen today as the theme of 2016: 1st Act Rice liquor quinine and emulsion of yuzu Chinese orange Cocktail of cockles Carbon of pericana Raim de pastor and kalanchoe Piadina of fermented corn, red tuna and…
El Poblet, Valencia, dinner
The transformed landscapes menu from Quique Dacosta’s one Michelin-starred restaurant El Poblet in Valencia with selected dishes from past menus at Restaurante Quique Dacosta in Denia and dishes created for El Poblet: [Sweet corn leaf, mushrooms leaf, herb leaf, beetroot root and tomatoes with vinaigrette] Petals of rose Apple gin and tonic Rompepiedra leaf with…
Jidori – Dalston, London – Review
89 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB www.jidori.co.uk Jidori was Plan C. Not in earnest, as it was always the plan to visit after Lyle’s and The Clove Club, though there was a Plan D. I’m not sure there’s anyone who found it on the first go. This Dalston restaurant lives in the stripped down shell…
