NoDrama, the restaurant that changes its entire menu every three months, bet on him umami this spring. The chef Pablo Fernández dared with this new gastronomic concept at the end of last year. Since then, depending on the month in which we go we will have one letter or another. "The result is like visiting a completely different restaurant," says the chef. The umami is the new protagonist of the letter of NoDrama.
What is umami?
For those who don't know yet umami it is not an ingredient or a culinary technique. Nothing more and nothing less is about the fifth flavor. a cake is sweet, a sausage is salty, a coffee is bitter, a lemon is acid and an Iberian ham is umami. The reality is that this flavor, so unknown to most people, is tried daily. The word «"umami" is the result of the fusion of two Japanese words. «ummai» y "me" which mean "delicious" and "flavor", respectively.
Why are the ripest tomatoes always chosen to make sauce🍅? During its maturation, the concentration of furaneol (taste compound of ripe strawberries) and glutamate, the molecule that provides the peculiar touch of umami (the fifth taste), increases. Remember the 🍅 are fruits pic.twitter.com/0kKUxrHtuq
- Gastronomy of Galicia (@ GastronomadeGa2) October 21, 2019
It was the Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda who coined the term for this delicious and intense flavor of certain foods. In 1908 discovered that the glutamate was the substance responsible for the flavor of the broth of the kombu seaweed. Years later, two other substances present in food were detected umami: the ribonucleotide IMP y GMP. For example, some foods that have this flavor are: Iberian ham, cheese, fish, shellfish, edible mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, Chinese cabbage or green tea.
Humans' first encounter with taste umami is when trying the breastmilk. Wikipedia
NoDrama
Restaurant Pablo Fernández has successfully established itself in the Madrid gastronomic scene. First of all thanks to the change of menu. Although it is a daring concept, the great culinary knowledge of the chef has been decisive in this adventure. It also stands out for its contemporary signature cuisine «creative and with an international accent». Most of the dishes have notes of French, British, Nikkei and Asian cuisine.
NoDrama announces its new menu in which the flavor umami, "which lingers on the palate and is hard to forget," explains the chef. will be available until end of april. You can taste the fifth taste in various forms in a tasting menu de 6 or 9 plates Eastern in character. For example, him dashi, bonito broth with tuna tartare and kimchi or dumbling. The latter is a Chinese gyoza stuffed with French chicken curry with coconut sauce. Style of Nikkei we ran into minpao, a Cantonese bao stuffed with cheek with Creole sauce.
The menu also includes other dishes with more Spanish tendencies, although mixed with other culinary cultures. Red shrimp in its own juice with huacatay oil o lamb loin in nori crust, gnocchi and tomato puree. The famous scallop marinated in lime emulsion and shorty chili gel. Saucer Mr Egg has been surprise of the menu. Crispy egg with huancaína sauce and truffle oil and ceviche.
We can choose the short menu (6 dishes) which is priced at $60 o long (9 plates) by $90. Both include appetizer, dessert and pre-dessert.
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The NoDrama Space
El space, as in any restaurant, is especially important. An environment in which customers enjoy the gastronomic experience influences. In the same way that customer service matters, for example. So NoDrama has taken special care of this issue. With a capacity for only 26 people the establishment has a Japanese bar in front of the kitchen. In this way, customers can enjoy the completion of the dishes and their careful plating.
"The final score with this menu it is like visiting another restaurant completely different from the NoDrama from a few months ago. And always will be" Pablo Fernández
If you want to appreciate the umami you know where to go. The price is quite affordable compared to other tasting menus. you will enjoy a traveling and multicultural letter. Explosive flavor combinations like Mr Egg and full of umami. A tasty spring in NoDrama What will be the chef's next proposal Pablo Fernández?
