Three-Michelin-starred restaurants are not easy to get into, but this time, you get to eat at one without even getting out of the country. Celebrated Spanish chef Eneko Atxa from Azurmendi Restaurant in Bilbao, Spain, is bringing his Michelin-rated cuisine to KL at a pop-up restaurant set in Mandarin Oriental KL’s Mandarin Grill fine dining restaurant.
Being Spain’s youngest chef to be awarded the prestigious three Michelin stars, we are expecting a lot, primarily the inventive execution and flavours he’s known for, and of course the impeccable plating. Running for 88 days, and hence the name Aziamendi 88, this pop-up will showcase Northern Spain cuisine that’s fused with Thai ingredients – a signature of his offshoot restaurant Aziamendi at the Iniala Beach House near Phuket.
Chef Atxa will only be in KL for the first week of the pop-up restaurant, but rest assured everything will be done to his exact standards under the care of his chef de cuisine Alex Burger and general manager Behzad Davarkia. There will be lunch and dinner menus available daily except Sunday: a five-course lunch (RM198), an eight-course lunch (RM438), an eight-course dinner (RM438), and a 12-course dinner (RM598). Vegetarian set menus and wine pairing are also available. And throughout the duration, the restaurant will feature specially curated artworks by Wei-Ling Gallery; they are for sale and proceeds will go to a local charity.