Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'El Bulli'
Barcelona / El Bulli Wrap-Up
This is my last post about Barcelona and El Bulli---thank you all for your patience as I recounted my trip in such great detail. For anyone who wants a quick all-purpose post that covers the bases, here they are: we stayed at (and loved) the Banys Orientals which was recommended by a reader, had the friendliest staff, and lovely music on its website. (They also helped us rent a car for our journey up to El Bulli.) In Roses, we stayed at the Hotel Coral Playa, which was recommended by Louisa Chu, and was a charming (and relatively inexpensive) option for those of you lucky enough to get a reservation at El Bulli. As for our dinner at El Bulli, many of you asked how much it cost. The answer is $1000 (about 700 Euros). That may seem outrageous, but I'd been saving since February so when it came time to order wine, etc, I didn't have to be a cheapskate. (Without the wine, and without a tip--which, I imagine, is optional (though I left a nice one)--the meal could've been more like $700.)...
Dinner at El Bulli: The Greatest Restaurant in the World
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The Ultimate Reservation
For the past four years, every since I knew about it, really, I've been e-mailing El Bulli--frequently cited as the best restaurant in the world--for a reservation. And almost like clockwork, I get an e-mail back a few months later stating that because of intense demand (800,000 people applying for 8,000 possible reservations, according to Wikipedia) my request couldn't be honored. That is until yesterday......
