Dinner at grillmarket in iceland

Tasting menu  included. Duck confit salad, smiked duck breast, whale, monkfish, pork ribs, crispiy pork belly, goose and rain deer and a symphony of desserts 

My Michelin Star experiences to date

EI I was reflecting on my dining experiences over the years and realized that I have eaten at a crap load of  great restaurants including several 3 Michelin Star establishments; Alinea and Grace in Chicago, 

2 Michein Star: L2O, Sixteen, Graham Elliots in Chicago;  Terrazzo Casino, Sanceloni in Madrid

1 Michelin star : Elizabeth in Chicago, Commerc 24 in Barcelona 

Alinea 2011

ALinea 2012

Grace 2013

Grace 2014

Graham elliots 2011

graham elliots 2012

L20 in chicago 2013

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 Sixteen  2014

Santceloni. 2014

Terrazzo casino. 2014

Commer24. 2012

Elizabeth 2013

Elizabeth 2014

Stay tuned in 2015. 

Diverxo in madrid, cellar con roca girona 

Dinner at Fish market in Iceland

Nordic cooking at Salt Eldhus in Reykjavik

My second time at this cookung class, to learn about Nordic and traditional Icelandic recipes using local ingredients. this visit included smoked lamb first course, Pan seared salmon with Barley rissotto with wilted spinach and for dessert; rice pudding with watm cherry sauce.

Iceland winter adventure gastronomic tour day one

Dinner at Dill restaurant in Reyjkavik 

Lunch at Frontera Grill in Chicago, Chef Rick Bayliss really knows what Authentic Mexican food is.

Authentic flavours. Of Spain

Vegan paella

Inspired by my recent trip to Spain, i brought back a couple of kilos of Bomba rice from Valencia.

Recipe : 

12 inch paella pan

2 cups of rice, smoked using a smoking gun and hickory wood. Let steep in smoke for 6 hours

Pinch of spanish saffron

1tbs sweet paprika 

Salt and white pepper to taste

8 cups of vegetable stock

1cup of peas

1/4 cup of spanish onions small dice

1/4 of red peppers small dice

2 cloves garlic minceec

1 bunch of asparagus tips only 

Artichokes in oil

1cup of sliced button mushrooms

1/4 cup of spanish olive oil 

1pint of grape tomatoes cut un half

Method:

Heat oil in paella pan

Add onions and garlic, sautee until translucent

Add rice and stir until all rice is coated with oil

Add peppers and mushrooms 

Add 4 cups stock and stir Reduce heat 

When rice is al dente, add more stock and peas

When stock almost dry, add asoaragus spears and cover 

Garnish with artichokes 

Drizzke with olive oil 

Serves 8

Dinner at 2 Michelin star Santceloni in Madrid

Dinner at Michelin 2 star Terrazzo casino in Madrid..... Elbulli lives on

Galacian sea food in Madrid Spain

Best places to eat in ICELAND

THE FISH market

THE grill market