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The chef at Brisa Marina (White beach, Lanzarote) The Chiringuito Tropical Summer Night Dinner series closes in style
It's over. He 30 September officially ended summer in Lanzarote. According to the Gregorian calendar, by Pope Gregory XIII, the summer had ended a week before, he 23. According to the first calendar we had, the julian, by Julius Caesar, over there, over there. According to the calendar luisbenitense, of Luis Benito, alma mater of Chiringuito Tropical (White beach, Lanzarote), summer ends when the outstanding chef German Blanco serves the last of the series of the Midsummer Night Dinners that the emblematic place offers.
And in this 2024 has not been an exception.
Blanco, which is officiated in the Sea breeze, in the town of White beach, south of the conejera island, disembarked in the Beach bar from your friend Benito y, in the wake of his well-earned prestige, It attracted fifty diners, some of whom had reserved a place a year before. And it's not a saying.
The last Midsummer Night's Dinner was about to start. Y, As soon as the first pass arrived at the table - a flaky Coke, horse mackerel tiradito, Mojo Palmero and ceviched avocado- a rhythmic service began, of impeccable execution, which most resembled a philharmonic performing a waltz, than to a room staff (or jable) completing passes.
The final ovation, coinciding with Trompe l'oeil (The Big Mac, hamburger looks like, another rich thing is), what is going to be in the kitchen German Blanco what the Marcha Radetzky to the concert New Year of One, made it clear that for 2025 you have to reserve now.
The Last Supper of a Summer Night gave the opportunity to pair the passes with the elaborate wines of the Bodega eruption, of Tao, whose winemaker and owner, Love Lopez, presented how great musical pieces are presented: with great detail, without omitting any notes. Later we would find out that in his pre-university days he had rubbed shoulders with rock. But that's another story.
New blue chairs and tribute to Majorero
Sea, the grouper; of the earth, the lamb and Lanzarote…”¡Juan, The Majorero!“, exclaimed the chorus of diners in unison, previously warned by the director of the Lyceum of the Chiringuito Tropical, Luis Benito. This is how the simple and heartfelt tribute to Juan Cabrera, Juan The Majorero, businessman and owner of the aforementioned Sea breeze, an institution in the restoration of the island, who showed his surprise and gratitude for the distinction.
De iz. to right: Love Lopez, German Blanco, Luis Benito, Juan Cabrera and Gladys Acuña
Before concluding that last Midsummer Night's Dinner, the former mayor of Yaiza, Gladys Acuña, and the owner of Bodega eruption, Love Lopez, They became part of those of us who have the honor and privilege of having a chair permanently reserved in the Chiringuito Tropical. a small trophy, with blue chair, emblem of Beach bar, testifies to it.
Discounting days until the curtain rises Midsummer Night Dinners of 2025. It's starting to feel obligatory to have been there, at least, once in everyone's life.
