I-snacks e-crunchy eyenziwe kwi-microwave, i-fat aired, i-multitaste okanye itafile enephaneli apho kuphuma khona ukuluma okuhlukeneyo. Abapheki bayo abaninzi bayakwazi ukuzisa izinto ezintsha eziqhubekayo, ukwenza iindlela ezintsha kunye neengqikelelo ezintsha, ukothusa ixesha lonyaka emva kwexesha nabona bathengi bathandabuzayo. Ubutsha kunye nobuchule buhlala bunentsingiselo, kunye nengqiqo kwinto ehanjiswa kwipleyiti. Kwaye kunye nokuhlaziywa okusisigxina kwe-cuisine kunye ne-classic ye-ethandwayo. Oko Kukonwabela, isiphumo somanyano, umzamo odibeneyo wabapheki abathathu abakhulu, u-Oriol Castro, uEduard Xatruch noMateu Casañas, abasekela impumelelo yabo emsebenzini, kuphando lwemigca emitsha abaqhubela phambili ngayo ekhitshini labo.
Iindlalifa zika-El Bulli ngaphandle kwale ntsingiselo yokuba le ndlu kukuqhubela phambili kwalowo. Kodwa kungenxa yomoya wakhe, lowo uOriol, uEduard noMateu baye baba negalelo ngendlela ebalaseleyo kangangeminyaka emininzi. Ukusukela ekuvulweni kwayo ngoJanuwari 2015 sele sivile ukuba besijongene nenye yeendawo zokutyela ezinkulu eSpain. Kwaye kwehlabathi. Indawo yakhe yesithathu kuluhlu lwe-marquetinian kwaye luhlala luthandabuzeka lwe 'Restaurant' alukho nto ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ukuba umhlaba we-gastronomic unikezela kumsebenzi obalaseleyo waba bapheki abathathu. Kucacile ukuba yinto yexesha ngaphambi kokuba bafike kwindawo yokuqala. Ekonwabeleni ukugqwesa kusoloko kufunwa, ukuphucula into ekhoyo kuba akunakwenzeka ukuphucula. Kodwa iinyawo zabo ziphantsi kwaye zithobeke kakhulu, isidima esingaqhelekanga kumbutho wasekhitshini kodwa oyinxalenye yesi sithathu.
Izitya eziphezulu zilandelana kwimenyu, apho bonke ubuchule babapheki, ubuchule babo obukhulu, bubekwe kwinkonzo yokuzonwabisa kwesidlo. Iimvakalelo ezimangalisayo apho igumbi lidlala indima ebalulekileyo. Iqela eligqwesileyo, elithembekileyo, elinobuhlobo, ngaphandle kokuqina, uyimfuneko kodwa ngobuchule obugqwesileyo. Akukho khadi, iimenyu ezimbini kuphela ze-235 euro. Enye eneeklasiki zendlu, enye kunye nokudalwa kwexesha lonyaka. Indawo yokutyela ibekwe ecaleni kwemarike ye-El Ninot yaseBarcelona.
Ezinye iitafile ekungeneni kunye nepaseji ende ecande ikhitshi elikhulu elivulekileyo apho abantu abatyela bangena kwigumbi lokutyela elikhulu, elinegadi ethandekayo. Khetha imenyu ekhethwa ngumxhasi, isuka kwisimangaliso ukuya kumothuko. Ezinye 'i-snacks' ezikrwada ezisekwe kwi-Parmesan, i-basil kunye nekhari eyenziwe kwi-microwave ekhumbula ukuthungwa kwe-waffle. Okanye ibhotolo etshayiweyo enecaviar, yasebenza kusetyenziswa ubuchule obuvumela amanqatha ukuba abe nomoya. Okanye i-pesto multisphere, enye into entsha evela kubapheki abathathu. Okanye amantongomane, ahlala ekhona kwiimenyu. Umzekelo iiamangile, ngolandelelwano oluphela nge 'empedrat' edibanisa ithenda kunye nokuphekwa (kunye nokwakheka okukhumbuza iimbotyi), ioliva emnyama, itumato kunye nehake endaweni yecod yesintu. Kwiglasi umhluzi weembotyi zangempela.
Uhlaziyo olumangalisayo lweresiphi yesintu. Okanye uhlobo olungaqhelekanga lwe 'vitello tonnato' ene-monkfish yesibindi enika ukuthungwa kunye nencasa eyahlukileyo. Okanye iasparagus elaminethiweyo ethi emva koko inikwe imilo yayo, kusetyenziswa i-mandarin yolk kwincam kunye nokusongela i-ayisikrimu eyenziwe ngemifuno efanayo ngaphakathi ukuqinisa incasa yayo. Okanye i-entrecôte nge-pepper eluhlaza: ijusi, iyancipha kakhulu, kwi-teaspoon; inyama egayiweyo njengakwi'steak tartare'; kwaye uyigalele kwi ice cream entle. Kodwa phakathi kokugqwesa okungaka, ndikhetha into ekungathandabuzekiyo ukuba yayisisitya sayo seflegi ukusukela ekuqaleni: isonka saseTshayina. 'I-bao' efakwe kwi-caviar kunye nekhilimu emuncu. Ukuluma okumangalisayo, ubumnandi obumsulwa, obugcwele incasa. Kwiindawo ezimbalwa kakhulu sifuna ukuba imenyu iqhubeke ngokungenasiphelo. Ulonwabo yenye yazo.
