My yesterday dinner at Diverxo (3*, Madrid) was a disaster. First time in my life I couldnt force myself to finish some of the dishes. If there is a place on this planet (let alone 3 Michelin star restaurant), where ingredients go to die, it must be Diverxo. Complicated, pretentious dishes, buried in sauces and requiring endless explanations and instructions by the waiters, who were dressed like performers from Cirque du Soleil. Think of cocochas, cod cheeks, covered with buttery, heavy sauce; pork dumpling, covered with some other gooey sauce ( one can have similar dumplings at a decent Chinese restaurant in Europe, minus the unnecessary sauce), or spider crab concoction, mixed in tomato sauce and covered with some other sauce. The dessert was some kind of vacherin cream that tasted like cheap strawberry bubble gum. The most ridiculous thing about this place is that they think they are offering some kind of extraordinary culinary experience. At some point you have to stand up and pick up a shrimp head tempura hanging from above your table (why?) or there was another moment, when a waiter insisted on feeding us. (I chose to eat myself and that tomato sorbet (?) in a spoon didnt taste good anyway.) First time in my life I was so happy to escape a 3 Michelin starred restaurant.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:11:24 +0000
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