Ferran Adria Quotes
Top 44 wise famous quotes and sayings by Ferran Adria
Ferran Adria Famous Quotes & Sayings
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People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.
I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.
Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.
There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses.
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.
If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit ... What are the limits?
I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood sausage.
There's a little treat I like a lot called Bollycao. It's like a brioche with chocolate inside, but industrial.
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.
I don't do my mother's cooking. Because I am a professional and she isn't. Even if she is a better cook.
In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu.