Hola amigos! MISS LOPEZ here again after writing and reading all day  in Sweden. I have things to write so I decided this time it´s perfect!  How is your Holy Friday  going? I remmember this day as a child in Spain going to the church really to tell you the truth and not eating meat as it´s Friday according to Catholic…or going to nice beaches in Galicia, Spain. 🙂 Well long time ago but still remmember this day to celebrate it in a more religious way. Check it out  https://www.spain.info/en/reportajes/la_semana_santa_en_espana.html
Whatever I promise you can enjoy the most RELIGIOUS experience in terms of avant garde cuisine in Spain these days. In fact at the cuisine awards ’50 Best restaurants in the world”, according to the influential British magazine ‘Restaurant Magazine‘, the second and the third award of this list are in Spain. Cool! :)… The first prize went to the Danish Noma! Indeed, as pointed as many pools, the place by the chef Danish René Redzepi ranks second for consecutive year at the top of the list . A young teacher  much in the line of Ferran Adria who, incidentally, led this ranking since 2006 until last year (which fell to number two) and this time is not on list because of the inminent closure of El Bulli next July ( Foundation for processing.) The genius Ferrán Adriá in the first picture by the way.
This does not mean however, a loss of hegemony of the Spanish avant-garde cuisine. Quite the contrary. And among the top ten Spanish restaurants are three : El Celler de Can Roca (Girona), in the picture which  placed in second place on the podium, the Basque Mugaritz that scales other two posts getting the bronze medal, and eighth in the list, the veteran Arzak, which goes one step over 2010.
So here it comes the top ten ranking made up by  the jury for this prestigious and influential international award as follows :
1. Noma (Denmark).
2. El Celler de Can Roca (Spain).
3. Mugaritz (Spain).
4. Osteria Franciscan (Italy).
5. The Fat Duck (UK).
6. Aliena (USA).
7. DOM (Brazil).
8. Arzak (Spain).
9. Le Chateaubriand (France).
10. Per Se (USA).
If you want a full list can do so at the web Official The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards . See another very good reason to visit Spain, to eat at the best restaurants in the world!! Cool! Viva the good cuisine 🙂
I am so happy on the 5th of Maj I´ll be travelling to Madrid for a weekend to show you the city and of course try the best cuisine too and tapas. Do you want to link and eat Spanish tapas with me, MISS LOPEZ? 🙂 I´d be fun so let me know!
Enjoy Spain and Spanish cuisine at Easter too and FEELGOOD! Viva Miss Lopez´s tips with the best cuisine! and enjoy the rest of the Holy week too, la Semana Santa! with a Spanish touch the way to want it!
Hasta la vista!