Once I have more time, I will be posting pictures from my favourite restaurants this summer. Meanwhile, do follow my feed and stories on Instagram for almost daily updates instagram.com/luxeat These images are from Casa Balbino, very simple, yet worth a trip seafood tapas bar in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Casa…

Lunch Cala Bonita❤️ – seriously good cooking and best I’ve had on a beach in Ibiza. Chef Pau Barba cooks at Can Domo agroturismo hotel at nights. Es Xarcu ❤️, Es Torrent, Ses Boques – traditional seafood and fish. Es Xarcu is my favorite, but the view at Es Boldado…

Apart from few exceptions (which are really worth a special trip), I usually prefer casual restaurants to fine dining in Spain. First, because Spain has really the best seafood, meat and some other produce in Europe and usually Spanish chefs and cooks respect those ingredients (Etxebarri and Elkano are the…

Disfrutar is the only restaurant I know that does molecular cooking in 2016 and gets away with it so successfully. This was a stellar meal- tasty, relevant and creative like I haven’t seen anywhere else. Pictures were taken on the 15th of July 2016 (First visit – 7th of December…

Ángel León is a celebrity chef from Spain, known for using fish scraps, plankton and other “second class fish”, usually ignored by chefs or fishermen. He is a big advocate for the sea and sustainable fishing. You can experience Ángel León’s passion through his cooking at 2 Michelin starred restaurant Aponiente,…

My recent meal at Quique Dacosta in pictures. Very good, modern take on 3 Michelin star dining with local ingredients from the land and from the sea. Quique Dacosta Urbanización El Poblet, Calle Rascassa, 1, 03700 Dénia, Alicante, SpainTel. +34 965 78 41 79fr.quiquedacosta.es

Scientifically known as aristeus antennatus, gamba roja species lives in the Mediterranean sea and East Atlantic Ocean, but it’s gambas rojas from Denia town that are most famous among the gastronomy lovers. What makes the gamba roja from Denia so special? To tell you the truth, gamba roja from Denia…

Cinco Jotas bodega has been raising Ibérico pigs and producing some of the world’s finest and most expensive cured hams for the last 130 years. On a recent trip to Spain, they gave me a tour of the pastures and introduced me to the very special pigs that give us…

I’ve been lucky enough to have met many exceptional people thanks to my blog, and today’s post is about one of those experiences. While I was staying at Maria Cristina hotel in San Sebastian last year, I had the great pleasure of talking with Andreas and Dr Shokat Cohen, organizers…

What does it take to achieve perfection with such a simple and archaic way of cooking as wood-fired grilling? I think of that each time I enter the modest kitchen of Victor Arguinzoniz, the grilling genius from the Spanish Basque country. When he opened Etxebarri over 30 years ago, he…