May's Mutterings

Tag: Jose Andres

  • Restaurant review: Minibar by José Andrés

    We dined at Minibar the other night, which is most accurately described as “better food through chemistry.” Seriously, dining at Minibar is a gastronomical experience (rather than simply dining) and a seriously impressive (and delicious) look at molecular gastronomy in cooking. We started off with a series of appetizers, which included: Yogurt carnation (not pictured)…

  • Restaurant review: China Chilcano

    The latest restaurant in Jose Andres’s empire is China Chilcano (pronounced cheena, Spanish style). This restaurant has occasionally been described as a Peruvian-Asian fusion restaurant, but that is not quite accurate. Peru is home to large Chinese and Japanese immigrant communities, and there is a melding of food that is indigenous to Peru. That melding…