Not even Alberto Chicote, one of the most beloved chefs (with permission from Karlos Arguiñano) in our country is free from the wrath of Twitter. In this case, the social network owned by Elon Musk has turned the weekend into a tug of war between the followers and detractors of the Madrid chef after posting on his twitter account the New Year’s Eve menu that he plans to serve at the Omeraki restaurant.
Without reading the fine print, as can be usual, many of the users of this social network have pointed at the price of the 350 euro menu that Alberto Chicote has designed to put the finishing touch to 2022.
A powerful figure, especially when many of the users who have reacted to the publication of the presenter of Nightmare in the kitchenhave made emphasis on some of the recipes that Chicote will launch for December 31 such as croquettes, sandwiches, skewers, consommé or macaroni (the traditional pennies Italians).
To this fact has also been added the stick that more specialized sectors have given to the pairing that Alberto Chicote proposes for this farewell to 2022, since all the wines present at this evening come from the same winery group and, in the opinion of some specialists, They are not the most appropriate pairing for this type of menu.
However, the reality is that Alberto Chicote has had to take his cape for a walk to be able to fight with the haters and detractors who have come to his menu of New Year’s Eve accusing it of being excessively expensive for the type of product that is servedfocusing more on the recipes than the ingredients themselves.
For this reason, the chef from Madrid has continued responding to those who have accused him of carero and has listed some of the ingredients that will be present on the menu and that justify the high price (in addition to the service and the day it opens): “Foie grass, wagyu, prawns, crab, caviar, sea bream, truffles, pularda , ham, scallops…”, answered Chicote with a lot of mettle.
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Summarized in 10 courses, dessert and the consequent wines, Alberto Chicote’s New Year’s Eve menu is topped off with the popular lucky grapes. What we don’t know is if the popular chef will also have haters in case the grapes come with their skins and seeds or some finicky needs them completely peeled.
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