Los Chocos, Mendoza, Argentina
Tripadvisor for Mendoza has a strange restaurant listed as number one in Mendoza named Los Chocos.
When I booked the restaurant I was given a street address and the guy over the phone told me he will wait for me in front of the DVD shop at 21:30…not the exact thing you’ll expect from a restaurant.
So far I haven’t seen a restaurant or a concept like this before: a chef preparing a 7 course dinner for 8 guests in his own apartment.
Martin, the chef, explained us that every ingredient used to prepare our meals is hand picked every day by him. He spent one and a half months testing various ingredients until the perfect combination was ready to be served: a little over 2 months ago in Dec 2009. Just amazing how much passion he puts into preparing the dinner every day for his guests!
Every dish was accompanied by home made bread and paired with great wines from a local vineyard. Needless to say that all dishes were delicious and my favourite was the Tapa from Cuyo (Braised butternut squash in “jarilla” butter, fresh goat cheese with citric notes and onion marmalade in Malbec served over a crunchy “ sopaipilla”).
Dinner table at Los Chocos
Who wants to count the bottles of wines ?
If you’re in the area, make a reservation…US$ 50 / person is a small price to pay for the unique experience.
See the rest of the pictures from Los Chocos on Flickr and check their web site for contact details: http://loschocosweb.blogspot.com/