What with all the Mayan calendars and other superstitious nonsense about the end of the world in 12.12.12 (jeez… thank god for Gregory and his tiny adjustments), the last thing we need is another freak announcement about the end of the world being nigh and all. Don’t fret. We don’t have any insider information just yet, nor have we decided to kick off a new sect of the Advent of the Terminal Moment. Nope. We have sighted a near world-shifting moment that will be overlooked by millions of people the world over but it is world-shifting just the same.
Ferran Adrià, the mastermind behind Restaurante El Bulli has announced that the world champion kitchen of gastronomical bliss will be serving its last dishes on the 31st July 2011. It leaves us plebs who have never been to the famed restaurant and who still counted it among the “100 things to do before I die” will never be able to savour the pleasure and enjoy the relative exclusivity of the much-praised works of Chef Adrià and his team. It’s a bit like being a viking who has just been told that the Valkyries have gone on permanent retirement and Valhalla is being redesigned as a retirement home for the elderly on the lines of a Costa del Sol dump. So be it. Let’s face it. There is NO WAY we will make it on any list before July 2011. Ferran will not stop there though. There are new projects ahead and we hope that this time we will find a way to squeeze in on the waiting list.
Speaking to The Times (UK) Adrià complained that running the restaurant is no longer like it used to be. He compared it to Groundhog Day – knowing each day what will happen. So Adrià is on a quest for new horizons and excitements. We are more than willing to look forward to the next trip…
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