Madrid pays tribute to Lucio Blázquez, the innkeeper who turned damaged eggs right into a culinary masterpiece Eight venues will supply a reinterpretation of Lucio’s star dish from February 10 to 19, ready by completely different cooksJuanjo Gañán, the final egg maker in Bilbao, dies
The restaurateurs of the well-known Cava Baja avenue in Madrid wished to pay tribute this Tuesday to Lucio Blázquez, one of many metropolis’s main restaurant leaders, who turns 90 this February and famend for his emblematic damaged eggs.
As a part of the tribute, eight eating places on essentially the most conventional promenade within the capital have ready their very own recipe and can supply a reinterpretation of Lucio’s most emblematic dish beneath the reference “Homage to Lucio”.
Customers will be capable to style the completely different variations from February 10 to 19 at these eight areas:
Captain Alatriste will supply the reinterpretation Mario SandovalJulián de Tolosa, reinterpretation by Juanjo LópezPosada de la Villa, reinterpretation by Marian RegueraLa Posada del Dragón, reinterpretation by Pepa MuñozLa Posada del León de Oro, reinterpretation by Nino RedruelloLamiak and Los Secretos de Lola, reinterpretation by Juan PozueloLa Gran Cava, reinterpretation of Sacha HormaecheaMadrid joins the tribute
The mayor of the town, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has unveiled a commemorative plaque positioned on the façade of the Casa Lucio restaurant as a tribute to the “iconic institution of Lucio Blázquez, host to the folks of Madrid and a benchmark of our gastronomy”.
With this recognition, the City Council has joined the tribute that the Association of Businessmen of La Latina (ADELA) has paid to the well-known restaurateur.
Great cooks from the town have additionally participated, reminiscent of Paco Roncero, Mario Sandoval, Pepa Muñoz, Nino Redruello, Marian Reguera, Sacha Hormaechea or Alberto Chicote, amongst others.
The fried eggs became a gastronomic work
About to show 90, Lucio Blázquez is an icon of the town of Madrid. His scrambled eggs on the plate, with the appropriate “sprig” and combined with potatoes, are a gastronomic benchmark and his genuine restaurant is a gathering level that has crossed borders.
Not solely are many vacationers who come to Casa Lucio with the only intention of making an attempt the well-known dish. Tom Cruise, Julio Iglesias, Eva Longoria, Pierce Brosnan or Arnold Schwarzenegger are a number of the nationally and internationally acknowledged faces who’ve tasted Lucio’s gastronomic work.
Lucio with the Duke of Cádiz, Carmen Martínez Bordiú and the then president of Atlético de Madrid, Vicente CalderónNIUS
Its restaurant, one of many 50 bars present in Cava Baja, has grow to be one of many best exponents of eating places in Madrid. A spot to which he has devoted his life and which is the results of his ardour for cooking and his need to create a gathering level for anybody who desires to really feel at residence.
Throughout his skilled profession, Lucio Blázquez has obtained quite a few recognitions, such because the Gold Medal for work in 2020, with which he acquired the title of Most Excellent.