From August 4-21, under the auspices of the restaurant guide of Afisha Restaurants, the gastronomic festival City 2030 is held for the first time, which becomes part of the large-scale Moscow Urban Fest, the theme of which is similar to the City. People. The future”. Chefs from 40 of the city’s best restaurants introduce guests to the concepts of their projects and suggest that they create special sets of three letters together to imagine what the food of the future might look like in all its futuristic and gastronomic manifestations.
Each set consists of three courses at a recommended price of 2,500 rubles.
But many trends can already be found in the menu of the most fashionable restaurants in Moscow, and the discussion about which one to prefer is in vain. It is better to try everything and decide which future you like best.
guinea pig
In the modern Japanese cuisine restaurant Coba, chef Badma Andreev is confident that the future of gastronomy lies in cosmopolitanism, when the boundaries between the cuisines of different countries are erased, and the flavors of the dishes appear brighter only when unusual techniques and new techniques are used. contents. Here, guests will be served sushi buns with salmon and avocado, beef tataki with foie gras and asparagus, and miso ramen with tofu. And sake tonic with mint (650 rubles) as an “extracurricular program”.
Address: Novaya Ploschad, 10 (Lubyanka metro station), Malaya Dmitrovka st., 3 (Pushkinskaya metro station)
shagal
Avant-garde and futurism – today in the author’s restaurant Shagal, using complex combinations of ingredients, they offer unusual servings of dishes and balance on the verge of dissonance. Don’t forget to highlight the healthy eating trend, which is very compatible with olives, olives and cheese crumbs and stracciatella cheese carpaccio in arugula nest, sweet watermelon, strawberries and pickles. Flounder fillet with strawberries, mango, passion fruit gel and lace pieces on edamame bean puree will remind you of molecular cuisine and an exciting game with textures, and the Apple Cloud dessert won’t make you count calories – just enjoy.
Address: Zemlyanoy Val st., 70 (Mövenpick hotel, 1st floor)
“Sunrise”
Everyone at the Voskhod restaurant and Chef Maxim Tarusin personally know how to be more socially responsible by supporting the production and use of local produce. And there are many pluses here. For example, transporting food over long distances not only degrades its freshness but also increases CO2 emissions. In addition, local products introduce guests to unique local cuisine and their purchases support local producers. And, of course, this is a large field for experiments in the kitchen, as the Voskhod team has convincingly proved. sesame seeds in sets.broccoli.
Address: Varvarka str., 6, building 7 (Zaryadye)
men of the future
Even scientists doubt whether artificial intelligence can replace a person in the foreseeable future, but now the neural network is increasingly becoming an inspiration not only for artists, but also for chefs. Even collaborating with them in the same kitchen, as in the Futuramen project, where the street food of the future is presented to the guests with Asian motifs invented by cybermind. When you go to a restaurant on Pyatnitskaya, you can try dishes with futuristic plots – pineapple kimchi with coriander, laksa soup with shrimp and roti, as well as shrimp. The cost of the City 2023 set is 1,200 rubles.
Address: Pyatnitskaya str., 26
vanilla
Vanil restaurant with an elegant loft atmosphere by restaurateur Arkady Novikov, entrepreneur Stepan Mikhalkov and actor Fyodor Bondarchuk can hardly be associated with the post-apocalyptic, but the set of chef Alexei Belikov simultaneously raises several acute questions about the future. A plate of French-style squid and seaweed is a nod to the warning about the dangers of global warming. A sketch on the theme of comfort food in conditions of abandonment of polluting industrial meat production – a burger with soy patties and refreshing grapefruit jelly reminds of the beauty of naturalness and eco-friendliness.
Address: Ostozhenka st., 1/9
O2 Hall
The zero waste (zero waste) trend should be taken into account by many restaurants because according to research by the British WRAP programme, 45% of food waste comes out only during cooking and 34% remains on visitors’ plates.
In the panoramic O2 Lounge with one of the best views of the Kremlin, they see the future in this direction and are changing their approach now. And symbolically ripped the set apart. In the “vegetable” they offer tomatoes in several variations – tomato espuma, marinated tomatoes and tomato jelly. “Grain” represents buckwheat with wild mushrooms and mushroom Zhu, and the combined dessert “Flora” consists of avocado cream, fresh apple sorbet with coriander and apple compote with coriander.
Address: Tverskaya st., 3 (Carlton, 12th floor)
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Source: People Talk
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