Casa Marcial is a precious restaurant very deserving of its 2 Michelin stars. The magic starts with the beautiful setting in La Salgar, Arriondas. Located up in a mountain you'll find an old kind of farmhouse full of family memories for the chef and owner Nacho Manzano. Manzano who is truly a world class cook reinvents classic local ingredients from
Asturias and offers delicious and innovative dishes. I had the chance to try one of three menus they offer. They have a classic menu, a traditional one and a super delicacy one plus a la carte choices. I had the classic tasting menu for lunch, for €69 I had an amazing experience and extraordinary food. To that you have to add the correct and great recommendations for wine pairings of Juan Luis, the sommelier.
I really recommend you to visit the area, it's so so beautiful! Really worth the ride, I feel so happy for this discovery and I plan to go back to Casa Marcial next time I'm around Asturias! Enjoy
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and here it is! we finally found it...Casa Marcial
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The beautiful view arriving to Casa Marcial |
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The aperitif: Cider Cava, way better than regular cider. It's the bubbly effect |
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Continuing with the aperitif tomatoes covered with olives. Look how nicely served! |
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Gazpacho Ajoblanco, a dish combining two popular cold soups from Andalusia. In gazpacho main ingredient is tomato and garlic in the ajoblanco. A fresh way to start the menu! |
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Sea Urchin with an acid hollandaise and aromatics topping yogurt!!! this erizo was made in heaven...it truly tastes like the sea and I loooved how they serve it on top of a stone |
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Mouthwatering...sad that it was over, I devoured it! but ready for the next dish |
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Callos de Bacalao! meaning cod tripe. My first time trying a fish tripe, it really surprised me. It was very very tasty. I loved the rare texture and flavor...also lentils with cumin and veggies broth all on a pil-pil |
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"Rape" or monkfish on a foam of its own juices with Salsa Romesco, a sauce based mainly on red peppers and almonds |
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Trendy decoration! adored this wall and had to include it on this post! would you hang dishes on your wall?? |
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Nop it's not dessert just yet...this is Liebre en royal, Hare. Served with fruits the white dot is apple |
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Asturias is known for their great cheeses, they couldn't be out of this experience |
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Served with a contrasting flavor (sweet) you truly taste the deepness of each cheese. Here we have: Casin, Gamoneu, and Afuega'l Pitu |
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For dessert a decadent mix of flavors and textures. From left to right is a jelly-like "water" of apple, truffle ice cream (oh yes) and sweet corn cream |
Hi! Love your blog, very inspiring and makes me hungry! Just so you know-- rape is the fish en español y significa algo bastante distinto en inglés, in English it's "monkfish". :)
ReplyDeleteHi! Gracias por tu comentario y por seguir el blog :) Ya se jajaja juraba que había escrito monkfish al lado pero no! lo deje en Rape...queda corregido! Thanks for following the blog, makes me happy
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