Ishida and his team worked in elBulli during 2003 which is referenced in detail with the Mibu-elBulli manga by Dai Ochiai and Naomi Tanaka who will also be present at the Salón. Original pages from the publication have been included for the exhibition Manga a la carta looking at the food illustrated in the Japanese comics divided into two different sections: one looking at the different dishes and food represented or which has inspired character’s names, the other featuring mangas where cooking is the central theme.

An area dedicated to Japanese restaurants will also be included at the Salón, with a programme of workshops directed by Roger Ortuño Flamerich, author of the ComerJapones.com blog, featuring some of the best known Japanese chefs working in Barcelona: Hideki Matsuhisa (Koy Shunka), Master Tan (Icho), Takashi Ochiai of the eponymous pastry shop, Kenji Ueno (Can Kenji), Nobutada Kawagoe (Bouzu), Naoyuki Haginoya (Grupo Nomo), Atsushi Takata (La Cuina de l’Uribou), Kazutoshi Komuta (Shibui), Mutsuo Kowaki and Hiroki Yoshiyuki (Ramen-ya Hiro) and Keisuke Ohtani (Matsu). They will be letting us in on their special techniques of cutting fish, specific reinterpretations of their country’s traditional cooking and how to prepare udon and ramen noodles, okonomiyakis and gyozas, dorayakis and mochis, appetizers “between two lands” as well as decorative sushi. In addition to all this lessons from Shoko Nakanishi (from the Japanese consulate here in Barcelona) on how to make onigiri, Natàlia Mazarredo (also part of the delegation) looks at table etiquette, and Yoka Kamada, a representative of the Fundación Japón, will lead a bento box workshop inspired by manga characters.

Source: Dones Gourmet de Catalunya