{"id":732,"date":"2013-04-27T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.esmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=732"},"modified":"2013-05-27T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T12:06:04","slug":"dali-on-a-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.esmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/04\/27\/dali-on-a-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dal\u00ed on a plate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Piruletas<\/a>

Lollies with Dal\u00ed’s moustache and Mae West’s lips<\/p><\/div>\n

Salvador Dal\u00ed returns to Madrid from 27 April, with full honours. That day, the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum opens its\u00a0major retrospective of the artist<\/a>. Coinciding with this very comprehensive exhibition, the city is preparing to pay tribute to him. The\u00a0Hotel Palace<\/a>\u00a0was one of his favourite places in the city, which is why those in charge of this iconic establishment have decided to pay tribute to him with a Dal\u00ed menu, prepared by four young chefs from the Empord\u00e0 region. Anyone who tries it will have a variety of experiences, but always with a smile.
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The menu, named “From Impressionism to gastronomic surrealism”, brings Dal\u00ed’s culinary tastes to the plate. The result is a journey through the typical produce of the Empord\u00e0 region, fabulous ingredients that Dal\u00ed enjoyed throughout his life. Very simple products, but prepared in different ways to enjoy their colours and textures in surprising combinations.<\/p>\n

Right from the start we realise where we are. The names of the dishes evoke Dal\u00ed and the art world in general. These are the starters:\u00a0Still life<\/em>, a true delicacy that was eaten by the fishermen of the Empord\u00e0 region and that is nothing more than fried backbone of anchovy, showing that sometimes the simplest things are also the most succulent. Next we have\u00a0Oven dish eggs (without the dish)<\/em>, served in their own shell on bread. The chefs surprised all of those eating with the appearance of the\u00a0Miniature<\/em>\u00a0of pork<\/em>, a simple individual-sized mini Catalan salami. And to finish this part of the menu, accompanied by images to remind us of the artist,\u00a0Soft self portrait with fried bacon<\/em>, a cream of bacon with mustard flowers.<\/p>\n

\"Los<\/a>

The four chefs<\/p><\/div>\n

But do not expect an extravagant, extremely avant-garde and incomprehensible menu. The menu offered to us by Quin Casellas (of the Casamar Hotel’s one Michelin star restaurant, in Llanfranc), Marc Gascons (Els Tinars one Michelin star restaurant, in Llagostera), Vicen\u00e7 Fajardo (the La Pla\u00e7a Hotel restaurant, in Madremanya) and Jordi Garrido (the Mas de Torrent Hotel restaurant, in Torrent) is one of pure flavours, only slightly altered, allowing us to taste, and discover the flavours, of the produce loved by the genius from Figueras and that was served at the table in his house in Port Lligat, Cadaqu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0The Persistence of Memory<\/em>\u00a0lets us taste a renewed example of the myth of the Sea and the Mountain, the Impressionist movement is present in the next dish:\u00a0The First Days of Spring<\/em>, a sea bass on a green background prepared with the peas and artichokes so typical of this season. Sun and colour continue to be present in the\u00a0Portrait of Gala<\/em>, where the fun is seeing if you can resist the temptation to eat the composition until you’ve found all the features of the artist’s Muse. This is possibly the most varied dish, with dozens of vegetables providing up to 40 different textures.<\/p>\n

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\"Retrato<\/a>

Portrait of Gala<\/p><\/div>\n

Surrealism arrives with the desserts.\u00a0The Sublime Moment<\/em>\u00a0leaves you baffled when you are offered a fried egg with a surprise. Coffee is served with\u00a0The Accommodation of Wishes<\/em>\u00a0with cameras flashing left and right with the appearance of Dal\u00ed moustach popsicles and Mae West lips, which Dal\u00ed immortalised in the form of a sofa.<\/p>\n

\"El<\/a>

The sublime moment<\/p><\/div>\n

The menu will be available at the Westin Palace Hotel from 23 April, only at dinner time, priced at 55 euros. If you also want to include\u00a0the recommended wines (a red, Castell de Peralada, and a white, Oliver Conti, both from the Empord\u00e1 region, and a ros\u00e9 cava, Castell de Peralada, which was drunk by Dal\u00ed himself) add 15 euros to the price. The experience is worth it. Maybe when you have finished the menu and get to the stairs to leave the hotel you will imagine Dal\u00ed coming into the lobby wearing his ocelot coat, an image that some of the longest serving hotel staff can still remember. But that will just be an illusion. Today, the real Dal\u00ed is to be found inhabiting the different rooms of the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum, in an exhibition that nobody should miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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