My hero!

On the weekend Adria, 46, held spellbound a sell-out audience of 1500 chefs and foodies at Hamer Hall, lecturing about his approach — part bowerbird, part boffin — and presenting videos of elBulli’s methods and food.

Dishes included flexible meringues that look like timber, astonishing replica fruit, leaf-like crackers, and sponge cakes prepared with a soda siphon and cooked in the microwave.

Adria walked on stage with a baguette and explained that the science that goes into creating bread — or, indeed, making water boil — is as mind-bending as anything that springs from his kitchen.

“Much of my food is simple,” he says. “But it’s new and that’s unsettling.”

We saw many of his “new” methods on screen, cooking with nitrous oxide, liquid nitrogen, dehydrators – it was phenomenal.

My new signed book:

I’ve emailed through my reservation request for 2009. Fingers crossed… (they say it takes around two to three years normally)
Perhaps I can plan for an extravagant 30th birthday celebration at the rate I’m going!

I booked for a table of four. Who will be the lucky people to join me if I get the table? Oh the suspense!

p.s. it’s pronounced “El Buu-ee”

Edit: Epic fail

From: Restaurante EL Bulli [mailto:bulli@elbulli.com]
Sent: Friday, 31 October 2008 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: Reservations – visitors from sydney

The demand that we have received at the first moment has again surpassed our limited possibilities for one season and we regret not to be able to full fill more reservation requests.

We thank you sincerely for all your interest and we will be at your disposal if you wish to revise the situation during the season, near your available dates as we must confirm all the reservations 10 days in advance.

Tel. +34 972 15 04 57 (during the season – after 3.00 p.m.)

2009 Season - Open from June 16^th   to December 20^th  

Only dinner service 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. except on some Saturdays of September-October-November and December that we will be open for lunch (1.00 – 2.30 p.m.) and closed for dinner.

normally Monday and Tuesday closed

SEE EXCEPTIONS OF OUR 2009 CALENDAR AT www.elbulli.com  (see reservations)

2010 RESERVATIONS

We do not have information about 2010 season at this moment but we never start the management until we have finished the season before.

You will find information at www.elbulli.com see reservations) in December 2009.

Sincerely yours,

Luis Garcia

ElBullirestaurant

Cala Montjoi - 17480 Roses

Tel.  +34 972 15 04 57 

Fax. +34 972 15 07 17

E-mail: bulli@elbulli.com

Web:   www.elbulli.com

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