THE SPANISH TOURISM BOARD IN MILAN PROMOTED A SPECTACULAR MEETING BETWEEN TWO STARRED CHEFS WITH AN “all-female starred dinner”: VIVIANA VARESE ( Viva , Milano, Italy ) and LUCIA FREITAS (A Tafona, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Viviana Varese ( Viva , Milano, Italy ) e Lucia Freitas (A Tafona, Santiago de Compostela, Spagna)
“I love Spain, which is why I was enthusiastic about the possibility of hosting a stage of the Spain for Women project at VIVA – explains chef Viviana Varese – I shared my cuisine with Lucía, leaving her all the space to tell a territory that has so much to express.. It was a wonderful evening.”
The guests were welcomed with a glass of VIVA Opera Brut Franciacorta DOCG Le Marchesine; to follow, accompanying Galician wines: Louro do Bolo by Rafael Palacios, L’Ombre by Jorge Pérez and Sitta Pereiras by Robustiano Fariña; wines united by the denomination of the different producers, as requested by chef Freitas, to enhance their work.
“We are thrilled that the Spain al Feminine project – says Isabel Garaña Corces, director of the Spanish Tourist Board in Milan – gives chefs from two different countries the opportunity to get in touch with each other to get to know and discover their territories , origins and flavours, placing gastronomy at the center of the tourist promotion of Spain in Italy.”
The hits of the night?
Viviana hit the spot with a bouquet of salads and flowers, her “spugna di mare” mussels in hazelnut butter, Noto almonds, where the Chef runs another restaurant, and tarragon.
Her love for Southern Italy is revealed in the “barocco” dish, where the traditional pasta and smoked potatoes meet a pistachio pesto and a lemon powder, more Mediterranean than that……
For her part, Lucia has enchanted with the sya version of the classic “empanada” served liquid with raisins, an asparagus never seen literally embraced by yolk and lemongrass.
And the sweets? Viviana shook me with a harmless orange cube, or at least, it seemed harmless…. since it was hiding a powerful gin and grapefruit drink….
Lucia wanted to remember a particularly beautiful moment in her life, a “pink” moment and served a fantastic dessert ” La vie en rose” on the table … Brilliant!
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