ANDALUCÍA - CÁDIZ - EL PUERTO DE SANT MARÍA - APONIENTE - VISIT 3

APONIENTE Three Michelin Stars

A return visit to the Angel León restaurant (famous for its cuisine of the sea and only from the sea).

After moving from its old location in the Centre of El Puerto de Santa Maria, the new, far more glamorous restaurant is just outside town, in what was once an old flour mill, initially built in 1815.

A small river/stream flows under the current building, and the energy it generated for the mill was used to grind the wheat into flour.

Situated on an abandoned salt marsh, there are never-ending possibilities of new food arising.

An army of chefs was preparing our menu del día at €215, with an optional wine pairing at €100.

Chefs everywhere!

We had the aperitifs to start.

Molusco jalapeña (mollusc jalapeño)

Camorón tortillita (shrimp fritter)

Sarda cortadillo (sarda cortadillo)

Huevas de lisa canelé (mullet roe)

Boquerón verduras (anchovy vegetables)

Producto? mahonese (product? mayonnaise)

Producto? mahonese (product? mayonnaise)

Plancton mantequilla (plankton butter)

Corvina bacon marino (seabass marine bacon)

Lisa fiambres (mullet cold cuts)

Calamar salpicón (squid salpicón)

Langostino esencia (prawn essence)

Ostión marinera (oyster marinera)

Holófilas a la crema (halophytes, a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, creamed)

Acedía tuetano marino (wedge soul marine bone marrow)

Puntillón morcilla (baby squid black pudding)

Ortiguilla puchero (stewed Snakelocks)

Coco (coconut)

Chocolates

Some of the wines we tried in the evening,

Bodegas Lustau Yodo Fino en Rama D.O.Jerez

A wine produced as a limited edition of just 1,000 bottles, which can only be enjoyed in Aponiente.

Zárate Tras da Viña Albariño 2012 D.O. Rias Baixas

Bodegas Forlong Tintilla 2016 D.O. Cádiz

At the end of the meal, we were shown the very impressive wine cellar from which our wines came.

This was another fantastic meal with the Chef of the Sea, Angel León.

APONIENTE

Calle Francisco Cossi Ochoa, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz

+34 956 85 18 70

www.aponiente.com

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