Seriously, It's the Best Restaurant in the World

I wish I could personally say so. It's called Ell Bulli. Located in Roses (appropriately), Spain, this restaurant is literally the best in the world. THE best. It was official on Tuesday when 560 food critics from around the world annually in charge of a top 50 world-wide restaurant list named Ell Bulli "top of the table."

I happen to be overdue for a trip to Europe, but chances are the timing that hasn't worked out over the past three plus months won't work out in the next three either. If it does work out, Spain could be one of my highest priority destinations (for Barcelona and Madrid, not just Roses). Of course, the waiting list at Ell Bulli is over a year long. That's right. An entire year to eat a meal. Now is the time to sit back and dream a dream about what kind of place Ell Bulli is. I would expect something along the lines of the best food in the world of course, walls made of waterfalls, gold and diamonds, and nude waitresses.

In the Tuesday CNN article titled Weird sounding food top of the table, it was reported that the chef, Ferran Adria, "told CNN that creating these unusual dishes requires him to be a scientist and chemist as much as a cook, combining science, art and haute cuisine."

This isn't very surprising, considering that there are dishes like "pistachio truffle cooled in liquid nitrogen" and "air of carrot," and a dessert called "finely spun caramel." The dream progresses.

Back to reality. I personally have a problem with the ides of one restaurant being given the titled "Best in the World." I mean, naming the best restaurant in Boston would be an arduous task. And in the world? I know it's CNN, and I know "best" or "top" lists are fun, but this sort of claim could never justified, much less proven.

Or maybe I am just jelous that Ell Bulli seems more like heaven than a restaurant I may ever have the opportunity to write about in or beyond this blog.