Savor Spanish Saturday at Migas

Emily Young | Jun 17, 2011 6:00 pm | 4 comments | 2408 reads

A trio of Spanish guest chefs will present a special dinner at Migas this Saturday (8pm, June 18). For RMB 400, you’ll get five starters, three mains, one dessert and wines, all themed around the Val D’Aran region in the Pyrenees. Take note: This dinner is available for one night only. We strongly recommend you splash out and give it a try.

One highlight will be the “Surf & Turf” dishes, the signature dishes of Angel Pascual, owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Llucanes in Barcelona. In a master class held at Migas yesterday, Pascual cooked three “Surf & Turf” samples; all successfully married ingredients from mountain and sea. Pascual’s sweetbread and prawn stew was especially memorable. Cooked in a mixture of house-made fish stock and beef stock, the tofu-like texture of the sweetbread provided a burst of flavor, relegating the prawn to a supporting role. We couldn’t help drinking up every drop of the superb soup.

Carlos Sanllehy owns Eth Restilhe de Garos, the same Vielha restaurant where Migas’ executive chef Aitor Olabegoya once worked at. This traditional country restaurant in the Val D’Aran region specializes in the preparation of pates, sausages and other cold cuts. Sausage lovers will savor a selection of Val D’Aran pates and homemade sausages.

After these two chefs is Jean Pierre Castillo, a master butcher who transforms cutting into an eye-catching performance. He can swiftly segment an entire pig, chicken or rabbit, and furthermore can shave a whole chunk of pig skin into dozens of snow-white, handkerchief-thin layers. For carnivores, Castillo has brought quality steak from Frissona to present at Saturday’s dinner. This dry-aged steak was among one of the best I’ve ever tasted, especially when paired with flakes of salt.

This is the third “Chef Encounter” event the enthusiastic Migas guys have organized, bringing renowned chefs from Spain to share their gastronomic culture with Beijing foodies. For reservations, email sofia@migasbj.com or call 138 1088 0301. Get a move on.

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Emily Young's picture Emily Young Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 23:13

gonobobel wrote:
This restaurant has portions that you can eat up in one (maximum two) bites, and they cost 60-80 RMB each. I'd expect paying 400 and leaving hungry.

Yeah, it's tapas, but once I paid 600 RMB for two people (excluding wine) and we felt as if we just had some appetizers, meaning still very hungry.

Unless you are very very rich and ready to throw away several hundred RMB on a meal the size of a single appetizer, you really have nothing to look forward to in Migas.

Thanks for your kind reminder. But prob we'd better not predict what will happen based on previous experience. If you are interested, but still afraid of small portions, please call to confirm, or you'll prob lose a good chance to enjoy an authentic Spanish feast.

Emily Young's picture Emily Young Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 22:57

Monkey King wrote:
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For RMB 400, you’ll get five starters, three mains, one dessert and wines

Is this for more than one person? Seems like a hell of a lot of food. Or does three mains mean it's for a trio?

This is all for one people. I've no idea about the actual portions yet, but you can call to find it out.

gonobobel's picture gonobobel Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 22:40

This restaurant has portions that you can eat up in one (maximum two) bites, and they cost 60-80 RMB each. I'd expect paying 400 and leaving hungry.

Yeah, it's tapas, but once I paid 600 RMB for two people (excluding wine) and we felt as if we just had some appetizers, meaning still very hungry.

Unless you are very very rich and ready to throw away several hundred RMB on a meal the size of a single appetizer, you really have nothing to look forward to in Migas.

Monkey King's picture Monkey King Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 20:34

Quote:
For RMB 400, you’ll get five starters, three mains, one dessert and wines

Is this for more than one person? Seems like a hell of a lot of food. Or does three mains mean it's for a trio?

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