He warned in Twitter and has finally announced it, so much so that in the menus of the restaurants of the popular Chef Jose Andres There is no longer a trace of Russian salad. Have you finished with them and stopped making them? No, she has turned them into ‘Ukrainian salad’.
Although the Asturian chef, famous for his more social side throughout the dispute between Russia and Ukraine through World Central Kitchen, is not the first in this occurrence, yes, it is quite evident that he is the most relevant chef who has made this decision.
The ingredients do not change, only the name, like a claim that the chef, based in Washington but in constant movement, he carries out as one more gesture in favor of Ukraine. This is how the usual dish already appears on the Jaleo menus (both in Washington and in Chicago and Las Vegas, and in Mercado Little Spain (in New York).
And starting tomorrow officially I’m announcing that the iconic Spanish tapa: Ensaladilla Rusa…..will change its name to Ensaladilla kyiv or Ensaladilla Ukrainiana….at all my restaurants!!! https://t.co/NSb8HKcUaY
– José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) May 14, 2022
The decision, already taken into account several weeks ago by an innkeeper from Zaragoza, now takes shape in the name of the Asturian chef, who renames one of the most popular tapas in Spanish cuisine, signifying himself with the Ukrainian cause.
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We do not know if the decision will be upheld over time and, perhaps, in decades, no one will call this mixture of potato, egg, mayonnaise —and some other ingredient— Russian salad, but for now it seems that the name is starting to stick.
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