Comments on: On elBulli

By: sd

sd — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:03:49 +0000

It was even more amazing hearing the man speak when he came to toronto a few months ago to promote the book.
If you want to further feed your obsession I suggest you watch Anthony Bourdain’s take on Ferran and El Bulli, It’s the next best thing to being there.
Here tis,
http://www.guba.com/watch/2000956244

By: Sameer Vasta

Sameer Vasta — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:00:06 +0000

“Would you be up to flying to Spain at a moment’s-notice, all to experience a once-in-a-lifetime dinner, but it’s kind of a crap-shoot as to when it might happen, and the bill will be hefty?”

Of course. How could I say no? (Seriously.)

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:31:06 +0000

Definitely, Alexandre!

Day to day, I try to make each meal a (much more modest) place made of dreams, as you so nicely put it. Grinding good coffee beans, braising a cabbage all day (apropos in this cold Canadian winter!), setting the table with nice cloth napkins and candles. Costly consumption and pleasure are not 1:1, for sure.

elBulli – it’s not reasonable, but is any dream vacation? Probably not. If I have the opportunity to get there, I’ll seize it.

By: enkerli

enkerli — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:06:46 +0000

(Came here through “Possibly Related Posts”)
Ah, the elBulli myth!
Yes, we all lust over that place. The lottery analogy is an appropriate one since it seems to be a place made of dreams.
Personally, I try to enjoy the simplest pleasures. Not only are my financial means insufficient to make elBulli a reasonable proposition any time soon, but it’s quite fun to make any meal enjoyable. When you really immerse yourself in a cup of Costa Rican Herbazu coffee or when you eat a slice of homebaked bread as if it were the best meal ever, you realize how distanced culinary pleasure can be from food consumption at any price.