Maggie Tang
FOR Joaquin Compos, his position as guest chef of the Spanish winery Torres gave him the chance to tour China and provide abundant material to write about.
Compos, who is presenting Spanish wines and cuisine at the 360 ° Bar, Restaurant & Lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel in Luohu until Thursday, has visited many Chinese cities for Torres which is conducting a> "I write almost every day and I write about everything - cities, people and my experience. The readers love my stories very much, "said Compos.
To some degree self-taught, Compos cooks in a Mediterranean style, which features rice in many dishes and the use of various types of seafood. His cooking features some typical characteristics of Spanish cuisine, for example the heavy use of olive oil and garlic.> During his> A Spanish dinner prepared by Compos starts with zucchini noodles with poached egg and cherry tomato coulis (58 yuan, or US $ 8.3) or a cod fish salad in Malaga style (78 yuan). You can also select from the joblanco almond soup with garlic, milk and raisins (58 yuan) or the leek cream with ham grissini bread steak (58 yuan).
For the main course, try the Sherry seabass with pumpkin pisto (138 yuan) or the lamb chops Menorca style (198 yuan ). You can also try the vegetable paella with 15 different vegetables (108 yuan), which, according to Compos, was a recipe from his grandmother.
For dessert, the liquid chocolate cake with Torres brandy sorbet (68 yuan) is recommended. It features hot, flowing chocolate in the middle of the cake. You can also try the caramel glazed pineapple and toffee ice cream (48 yuan) or the cold white chocolate soup with praline and mint sorbet (58 yuan), which are very bright in color and rich in taste.
To conclude his promotion of Spanish wines and Spanish gastronomy in Shenzhen, Compos will hold a wine dinner at the 360 ° Bar, Restaurant & Lounge. He will select four courses to match different Torres wines.
Time: 7-10:30 pm through Wednesday; Torres wine dinner at 7-10:30 pm Wednesday
Add: 31 / F, Shangri-La Shenzhen Hotel, Luohu District
Tel: 8233-0888
Metro: Huo Che Zhan Station (Shenzhen Railway Station Railway Station), Exit E