For more than three hours, Robert De Niro enjoyed the “Priceless Menu” in the royal suite of the Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid.
The first course consisted of acorn-fed Iberian ham and Olavidía cheese, then continued with salted meats in a saline atmosphere and a slice of dried tomato, contessa of white asparagus and truffle, caramelized smoked eel mille-feuille, and strawberries with cream and sea urchin.
Then they served red prawns from Dénia boiled in seawater and smoked eels with peas, soy tears and crackling and hake tacos with kokotxas, coffee emulsion and paprika flakes, were the main dishes that the Taxi Driver actor tried.
At dessert time, a dish called “Naranjo en flor” and the “Lactic Dessert”, made with dulce de leche with sheep’s milk ice cream, sheep’s curd foam, sheep’s yogurt and cloud by Joan Roca .
“This is not a meal. This is an incredible thing that I would recommend to anyone who had the chance to experience it.”“, Said the actor at the end of the meal.
Mauro Colagreco is an Argentine chef who won three Michelin stars for his work at his Mediterranean restaurant, called Mirasur, in Menton, France. In Argentina he has several restaurants named “Carne”, located in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Olivos and Mendoza.
