Can Fabes

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Month of Review: February 2009

Chef: Santi Santamaria (deceased)
www.canfabes.com

Menu Price:

Tasting: €140 (7-course)
Surprise Tasting: €195 (10-course)
À la carte: about €50 for starter and €50 for main

Opening:

Closed Sunday evening and Monday

World’s
50 Best
2006

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Can Fabes Spain

Can Fabes Spain
16 Feb 2011: Santi Santamaria passed away in Singapore at the age of 53.
Can Fabes Spain
Quite a stylish dining room dominated by glass panels.
Can Fabes Spain
The meal began with an impressive set of amuse bouche - Snail, Octopus, Potato, Fish, Quail Egg, and Clam.
Can Fabes Spain
The first course was a scoop of crab meat on a crab and cheese panna cotta. Delicate crab flavour, silky panna cotta, what a great start!
Can Fabes Spain
Followed by an elegantly plated clam on green pea purée. Clam and green pea, not a typical combo, but it worked beautifully.
Can Fabes Spain
A deep fried frog leg served on a bed of couscous. The skin was crispy, the meat was soft, and with the hint of aromatic spice. it was another great dish.
Can Fabes Spain
Fried onion at the bottom, stacked on top white asparagus, then crowned with caviar, and finished with beurre blanc. We really enjoyed the food here!
Can Fabes Spain
What a combination! Black truffle and foie gras, two of my favourites! It's difficult for this dish to go wrong. Resting in a black truffle sauce was gnocchi and diced foie gras. Not overly rich, not overly powerful, it was a magnificent dish!
Can Fabes Spain
Fried baby octopus with baby asparagus and green bean. The soft-crunchy texture of these tiny octopus was awesome!
Can Fabes Spain
This was probably the least favourite course of the meal. Pan-fried turbot with cod tripe and fish oil sauce.
Can Fabes Spain
An unusual main course of blood sausage and artichoke covered in strands of black truffle with a drizzle of truffle sauce. Wonderful flavours but I didn't enjoy the texture at all.
Can Fabes Spain
A raspberry sorbet before the dessert. A very fruity dessert with pomegranate and strawberry.
Can Fabes Spain
I don't think I had a more simple dessert in a 3-star restaurant. A mint chocolate with white chocolate ice cream.
Can Fabes Spain
Similar to amuse bouche, an elaborate set of petits-fours to wrap up our meal.
Can Fabes Spain
More petits-fours. They definitely make sure we don't leave without a full stomach!
Can Fabes Spain
And one last bite. The first half of the meal was spectacular, but the second half failed to keep up with the standard. Still, it was a top quality meal worth a revisit.