Luigi Scordamaglia
Puff of iced seawaterby Corrado Assenza
Dal Mondo L'Enigma è risolto: il nuovo Albert Adrià a Barcellona
I hope the 45,000 inhabitants of Denia, between Valencia and Alicante, will not be offended but in my opinion, this expanse of sand and sea with plenty of soulless large hotels, is only interesting because Quique Dacosta arrived here in 1992. Originally from Estremadura, between Madrid and Portugal, he was then in his twenties. Any following professional success, in an overcrowded town during the summer, is less relevant in the eyes of those who prefer niche tourism.
However, one must also say that gastronomic tourism doesn’t have churches and museums, sunrises and sunsets, beaches and mountain tops as its distinctive traits.
Quique Dacosta
Dacosta’s place has been by the coastal road for over 25 years. The restaurant was once named after the neighbourhood, El poblet. But then he grew so much – he was among the speakers of the very first edition of Identità Golose, in January 2005 in Milan - that he preferred to use his name at the entrance, instead of sharing the name with a very different kind of place. A right choice given that what you can find created and presented here, you won’t find from any of his colleagues.
José Antonio Navarrete and Giovanni Matromarino
Superb sturgeon bottarga
Quique Dacosta Carrettera las marinas, km 2 with Calle Rascassa 1 Dénia (Valencia) Tel: +34.96.5784179 E-mail: quiquedacosta@quiquedacosta.es Closed on Monday and Tuesday, always open in July and August Holidays: 11th December – 31st January Tasting menu: 210 euros
born in Milan in March 1955, at Il Giornale for 31 years dividing himself between sports and food, since 2004 he's the creator and curator of Identità Golose. twitter @oloapmarchi
Restaurants from all the world told in Il Giornale by Paolo Marchi from February 1994 to the winter of 2011. And since the spring, for the readers identitagolose.it