If you never made it to Catalonia, Yamada Chikara New York is the next best [El Bulli] thing
I started out in search of an omakase experience for our Fine Diners Over 40 New York group. That I serendipitously landed on Yamada Chikara was manna from heaven: The restaurant’s well-known Japanese chef-owner, Chikara Yamada, trained under chef Ferran Adrià at the legendary El Bulli, which closed in 2011. From its perch in Roses on Spain’s Costa Brava, the Michelin-three-star El Bulli wowed diners over a 47-year run. For its last 26 years, under the tutelage of Ferran Adrià and his brother, Albert, a cadre of El Bulli chefs regularly debuted new feats of molecular gastronomy. Experimenting with the chemical and physical aspects of cooking, theyRead More →