Combining ingredients and dishes from different cultures is something that comes from quite a long time ago and is called fusion cuisine. It has never stopped having its audience and continues to have great representation in cities like Madrid. Among the numerous restaurants in the capital, almost all of which have recently opened, there are quite a few that fuse Peruvian features, products and dishes, mexicansSpanish, Chinese, Japanese, etc, etc. And from this mix, super-attractive proposals emerge, full of flavor and aroma.
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here you go 9 delicious restaurants to try some of the most exotic flavors and the most colorful preparations in Madrid. Enjoy different world cuisines that mix with each other giving rise to unique experiences. Along with its gastronomy, its cocktail and its decoration, to the point that you will want to repeat them all after trying them.
One of the kings of fusion
The Madrid native Roberto Martínez Foronda It is a benchmark in fusion cuisine in Madrid. Both Tripea, in the Mercado de Vallehermoso, and Triperito, in the Mercado de la Paz, are two essential addresses to enjoy traveling cuisine, with a special Peruvian and Asian presence. Now, you can also enjoy another place where Martínez has designed the menu. Is called Radio Margaritas, It is in Pozuelo and combines music and gastronomy, in addition to having an impressive garden terrace and an appetizing variety of cocktails with pisco. From its snack menu, the skewers from its attractive outdoor grill stand out (low-temperature bacon, hoisin sauce and pickled cucumber; beef ttsukune and tare sauce – a soft Japanese meatball, surprising for its honeyed texture and intense flavor – or Thai octopus and mango chutney, among others). There are also prawn gyozas on seafood curry or TripiSando, which is the ‘tripera’ version of the well-known Japanese sandwich. Katsusando.
The Daisies. Victoria Avenue, 29
Traveling cuisine and wines from small producers
The Morena It is not new but it is in one of its best moments. He has just released some dishes, created by Bryan Sevillawhich are their line of adapting the genre of the magnificent and varied Cádiz pantry to the techniques and recipes of Southeast Asia and Latin America, an absolutely irresistible combination! In the liquid part, wines from small producers stand out with special prominence for Madrid residents. As for dishes, we are left with their tasty and juicy gyoza pork ribs with Korean barbecue sauce; the refreshing anchovies in mango pickle or the taco picanha minced with annatto sauce.
The Morena. Paseo de la Castellana, 210.
Fusion cuisine with a touch of mischief
It has only been open for a few months but it has already become one of the fashionable places in the capital. The Pimp It combines features of different Latin American cuisines in a very welcoming atmosphere. Here you will find everything from Peruvian ceviches, full of flavor and freshness, to Mexican carnitas tacos, to Argentine choripanes, Colombian empanadas stuffed with potato, chili and coastal whey or lomo saltado with vegetables and rice. Their cocktails also reflect influences from various countries, with their spectacular pisco sour, mojito or margarita.
The Pimp. Admiral Street, 11
Mexican cuisine with Japanese touches in a sophisticated atmosphere
Is called Li-Onna and has recently opened its doors in the Salamanca neighborhood. This is the new project of Tanaka Hospitality, the group that results from the union of Grupo Kampai and Mandala Group, which already has more than forty establishments in Mexico. They bring to Madrid haute Japanese cuisine enriched with Latin American and especially Mexican touches, by chef Víctor Crendez, in a beautiful establishment decorated by the Lázaro-Violán studio. You must try dishes such as the beef tataki, high tenderloin with Brussels sprouts, truffle aioli, ponzu and cilantro, the Aburi salmon with tosazu sauce, red onion, cilantro and crispy capers or the sushi: Atomic roll with salmon, prawn, crab spicy, accompanied by toasted sesame, sweet soy sauce, cream cheese and a touch of cilantro or the Li-Onna roll with eel, salmon, prawn, avocado with cream chile arbol aioli, sweet and sour sauce and cilantro.
Li-Onna. Recoletos Street, 1
Multicultural gastronomy in a dream palace
Also in the Salamanca neighborhood there is ABYAlocated in the elegant Saldaña Palace, is another of the must to eat cuisine with ingredients and influences from different parts of the world. With extensive experience as a traveler traveling the world and passionate about gastronomy, the intention of his alma mater, Manuel González, has been to develop a very varied menu and options from lunch to night, with non-stop cooking. There are some very suggestive dishes: Japanese torched Waygu salad; cauliflower with coconut, caviar and 2meki-yaki eel”, the ceviche of wild sea bass, scallop and leaf santa, the green jalapeno aguachile and smoked pumpkin seed or the sweet corn and black truffle flan, among others.
ABYA. Ortega y Gasset Street, 32.
Vegan with touches of the world
Super cool It is one of the favorite options for vegans and vegetarians, who do not take any ingredients of animal origin. Its cuisine has a strong Mediterranean base and is based on the use of fresh ingredients. All their dishes are full of flavor and color, and different ingredients and features adopted from other cuisines. The charcoal-roasted eggplant, accompanied by spiced tomatoes, feta cheese and a special tomato vinaigrette is a sure hit, as are the baos with pulled pork stew, arugula, vegan aioli, the focaccia with truffle and egg or the hamburger Rebel, with heura, roasted tomatoes and spicy mayonnaise.
Super cool. Calle Fuencarral, 74
Mexico-Peru-Spain Merger
It is already on everyone’s lips as one of the most successful autumn openings. Root Pact It is owned by Álex Marugán, also in charge of Tres por Cuatro (traditional cuisine with Latin touches), along with two other partners: Rocío and André. This small place on Espartinas Street, next to Goya, has recovered its broccoli fried food that they had in Recreo – a former business that occupied the same premises (with kimchi, grated lemon peel and cumin). Other of his fusion and auto cuisine recipes are sope de sapito, mussels, yucca and cheese, sardine rilletes with smoked butter and huacatay or lacquered quail aguadito with cobs and piparras.
Root Pact. Espartinas Street, 5
Rogue cuisine, casual and daring
Gap It is the project of José and Marta that began as delivery but today it also has a physical space “with a menu that has the perfect mix of Spanish and American food with some nods to other cuisines, such as Mexican with our collaboration with Roberto Ruiz or Italian, with references to the carbonara in croquettes or tortilla,” its founders tell us. Its gastronomy stands out mainly for having a traditional menu where you can find salad, patatas bravas or croquettes “but also find something different that they don’t have anywhere else,” acknowledges Jose, the creative and “outdated” mind behind each recipe. He himself thought of fusing carbonara with croquettes to create Carboquetas or calling the sandwiches El Español, El Yankee and El Guiri.
Gap. Ganapanes Road, 1
Fusion between Madrid cuisine and Asian Peruvian cuisine
In the heart of Madrid, next to Puerta del Sol and next to the Comedy Theatre, is this establishment that appeals to all audiences for its offerings and good prices. The gastronomy of Macau Prince It makes nods to Madrid cuisine, but Latin and Asian ingredients and preparations are the protagonists, along with an interesting offer of cocktails. We find very suggestive options such as the sea bass tiradito with soy juice, yuz and ghoa, the tiger prawns in kewpie sauce with kimuchi, the foie nigiri, the Japovalenciana fideuá, or the Thai curry rice of river prawns with coconut .
Macau Prince. Prince Street, 16