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For years, the capital sat on the sidelines, watching maverick chef-chemist Ferran Adrià, the founder of the foam, rise to prominence in Catalonia and become the world's most important culinary figure since Escoffier. To date, Adrià's only appearance in Madrid is a joint venture with NH Hotels called Fast Good, a cafeteria-style lunch stop. But his disciples have arrived, constructing kitchens with chemical laboratories full of centrifuges and nitrogen cartridges. If you come to the capital looking only for the latest in food science, however, you'll risk missing out on some of the city's noblest traditions: a simple roast suckling pig, for instance, or raciones (small plates) of marinated octopus. Don't skip the famous raw cured hams: jamón serrano and its pricier brother, the buttery jamón ibérico, best enjoyed by themselves on a plate, or at most atop pan tomaca, that classic Spanish toasted bread rubbed with garlic and a thin sheen of tomato. Eating traditional tapas has more to do with grazing while on a night out, so if you're looking for recommendations, go to our Nightlife section.
Santi Santamaría i Puig is a Catalonia booster, a previous three-Michelin-star winner (at Can Fabes, his restaurant in his hometown of, you guessed it,...more
The Casino is known in the city as the "El Bulli of Madrid." Head chef Paco Roncero trained under Ferran Adrià, who continues to play a role as a...more
Botin dates back to 1725, and little appears to have changed since it opened, including some of the waiters. The dining rooms, on the second and third floors of...more
When a delicate fillet of sole ennobled by an aristocratic reduction of fish stock and cava is priced at such an inexplicably low level, you might come to...more
Darío Barrio is another school-of-Adrià alum, and that's what the Madrileños are hungry for, if the instant success of this place after its 2004...more
When you want to eat nothing that's been deconstructed or otherwise engineered, when you yearn for honest Castilian food in a simple setting, there's nowhere...more
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