Nachdem Frühstück mache ich einen Tagesausflug nach San Millán de la Cogolla am Fuße der Sierra de la Demanda. Ich besuche dort die Kloster Suso und Yuso. Das um eine Felshöhle errichtete Kloster Suso stammt aus dem 6. Jahrhundert. Beide Klöster haben eine bedeutsame Geschichte. Hier wurden im 11. Jahrhundert die ersten Wörter in altspanischer oder kastilischer Sprache niedergeschrieben. Das heutige Kloster Yuso stammt aus dem 16. und 18. Jahrhundert. Die Klosterbibliothek gehört zu den wertvollsten von ganz Spanien. Sehr interessant finde ich die 25 Originale von handgeschriebenen Gesangsbüchern.
Am Abend gehe ich im 1-Sterne-
Restaurant Marqués de Riscal essen. Ich bestelle das
Menu 18 Ideas plus Weinbegleitung. Nun ja, alle Gänge sind sehr gut präsentiert, geschmacklich ist es aber ein auf und ab.
Vine branches: these are the branches, after the harvest, we prune the vineyards, and our new habit is to get those vine branches and put them on the tables, so you can eat them 5/10
Black olives: here our black olives, are made of cheese, red pepper and anchovy 6,5/10
Morsel: this is a one bite appetizer, the base is made of coriander, dill and tarragon, and on the top of it you can find a goat's milk butter drops 6/10
Croquettes: our croquettes, made of Iberian ham, chicken and egg 7/10
Carpaccio: Norway lobster carpaccio over tomato tartar, with garlic sauce and wine caviar 7/10
Fresh grass: underneath, you will find a base of cheese with curry, milk's foam surrounding the dish, frozen foei gras and frozen fresh herbs 7/10
Under a blanket of dried leaves: beneath, a chestnut and boletus mushroom sphere, sautéed mushrooms and dried vegetables 6/10
Trout: a trout tartar with avocado mayonnaise and cucumber soup, inside of the tartar you will also find ham, mushrooms and wakame 7/10
Mediterranean: cucumber concasé, almond and apple sorbet 8/10
Beet: salty roasted beet, edible land made of chocolate and almonds, squid and yoghurt sphere meant to be eatwn at the end of the dish to refresh 8/10
Prawns: we continue with the garlic prawns and I'm going to add a garlic clove, which is not a real garlic, it is made of a shellfish broth 6/10
Cocotxas: hake cheeks with a meat broth, potato and bacon 7,5/10
Cod flakes: cod fish with a scent of grill, spring onion and edible coal, made of pepper 6/10
Glazed lamb: glazed lamb cooked for 11 hours at 90 degrees sert is to break the ice with the spoon 6,5/10
Pidgeon: roasted pidgeon over pear pure and the tasting notes of the Gran Reserva 6/10
Iced grapes: wine grapes with red fruits under the ice 6,5/10
Strawberries, bread and cheese: strawberries, bread and cheese 7,5/10
Chocolate and pepper: chocolate and pepper mousse, brownies, pepper's chudney and chocolate foam 5,5/10
Petit fours: macarons, almond financieras, white wine and red wine jellys 6/10
To be continued...