ANDALUCÍA - MÁLAGA - RESTAURANTE KALEJA

KALEJA One Michelin Star

The name of this restaurant by Chef Dani Carnero is particularly apt (Kaleja is the Sephardic word for alley) given its location in Málaga’s Jewish quarter, just a few steps from the city’s Picasso Museum.

It is a gastronomic restaurant based on the interpretations of the traditional Málaga recipe book and the enhancement of humble ingredients that have sometimes disappeared from large restaurants, such as beans, lentils, etc.

There are two different dining areas in the restaurant, where three menus are offered. “it is a kitchen for everyone” says Dani , who continues to run his other restaurant La Cosmopolita, also located in the historic centre of Málaga.

One table is set in the kitchen and has a capacity for a total of six people, in an exclusive corner of the fire pit where you can taste the 'Notes' menu and observe the process of preparing each dish.

In Sala, the main room, which has seven tables, twenty or so diners can enjoy a more spacious service.

The two menus

Great Memoria Menu €110 pp beverage not included.

Memoria Menu €90 pp beverage not included.

There are wine pairing at €50 and €40.

I am not sure if all the descriptions are correct, as we never received a menu.

We started off with a glass of Cava.