Where the curiosity began
The table that changed the scale.
Lasarte was Jordi’s first experience at this level of dining. A last-minute invitation in Barcelona brought Jordi, Wouter and chef Jeroen to a room that felt quietly precise from the moment they arrived.
The cooking was joyful from start to finish: ambitious but never difficult, polished but warm. Watching a father arrive with his two children as though it were an ordinary lunch made the world of the restaurant feel both extraordinary and completely natural.
The first time you realise a restaurant can be more than a meal.
After lunch, the group was invited into the kitchen. The glass extractor hood above the chef’s table — carefully cleaned after service — became one of those small, lasting details. The final photograph with the kitchen chef in front of the wine wall completed the memory.
