Choosing a holiday destination is difficult, but perhaps something even more difficult is to choose a site where you can eat well. For many this is usually not the problem, most often they eat anywhere that offers the country; however, there are people who want to feed on the best way and even often travel around the world just to taste the food of a region. If eating is a pleasure and a must for you, then you should visit El Celler de Can Roca, the best restaurant in the world.
This prodigy local is located in Gerona, a small town in the autonomous region of Catalonia in Spain. It was founded in 1986 by Joan and Josep Roca, two brothers who were joined by a third partner, Jordi Roca, years later.
Why is this restaurant the best place to eat in the world? the food of El Celler de Can Roca is unique in its style. Despite being at the forefront of the modern cuisine, the dishes often evoke their ancestors to be located in Catalonia; it offers traditional Catalan cuisine influenced by different cultures around the world.
The restaurant only offers two ways of eating in their establishment, one is called “Plato by Plato” or the most popular is the two menus, called: “Tasting”, consisting of five dishes and two desserts; “Festival”, which is credited with nine courses and two desserts. All are priced between 165 and 190 euros respectively, excluding drinks.
Although it sounds expensive, it is a worthy price. People, who have had the privilege of eating in this restaurant, have ensured that money was well spent and that the food is out of this world. Note that the menus offered by El Celler de Can Roca are “set menus”, so you cannot choose what you will eat, this is because the chef wants to surprise you with his creations, in addition to turn dining in a unique experience.
Something characteristic of the kitchen is changing every season their dishes of the restaurant, as a way of renewing the same but keeping its Catalan roots. Thanks to this and its exquisite dishes, it has been awarded three “Michelin” stars, the maximum that can be awarded to a food local.
If you want to visit this restaurant you should be aware that it is one of the most popular of Spain, so making a reservation is not easy. Reservations can be made the first of each month, and they sell out the same day, so you should be very attentive to dates; moreover, that should do it a year in advance, as only forty tables are available for booking days before. If you love cooking as well as eating, you cannot miss El Celler de La Roca.
amazing, I want to try this… I want the chef to surprise me!