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elleng

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Sat Jul 16, 2022, 09:02 PM Jul 2022

Barcelona gets world's first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant amid push to draw Jewish tourists.

MADRID (JTA) — The typical menu at Xerta, a Barcelona restaurant that earned a coveted star from the Michelin Guide, reads like a haute-cuisine treyf banquet: non-kosher dishes such as lobster, squid and oysters.

Yet the restaurant has become a hotspot for Barcelona’s small number of kosher-keeping Jews. That’s because with a little advance notice, Xerta will prepare food according to Jewish dietary laws in a separate kitchen, under the supervision of a local Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi.

The restaurant pursued kosher certification, which makes Xerta the only Michelin-starred kosher restaurant in the world, largely to attract Barcelona’s rising numbers of Jewish visitors. But until recently, no tourists had come.

“At the moment, we cannot account for a [kosher] supply-demand relationship, but we believe it is because of the difficulties brought by the pandemic,” Irene Montagut, Xerta’s press officer, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in May. “We’ll have to wait and evaluate what happens from now once tourism resumes and the country’s travel freedom improves.”>>

https://www.jta.org/2022/07/15/global/barcelona-gets-worlds-first-michelin-starred-kosher-restaurant-amid-push-to-draw-jewish-tourists?

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Barcelona gets world's first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant amid push to draw Jewish tourists. (Original Post) elleng Jul 2022 OP
Kosher restaurants are awesome! PJMcK Jul 2022 #1

PJMcK

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1. Kosher restaurants are awesome!
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 09:08 PM
Jul 2022

A lawyer friend who is a devout Jew introduced me to several NYC restaurants that observe strict Kosher laws.

The food was fantastic!

Lamb, beef and chicken are cooked to a delicious tenderness that is so full of flavor that my mouth felt like it would explode. The vegetables are fresh and flavorful. The service has always been exceptional. Highly recommended.

Good luck, Barcelona. You have a beautiful and historic city. You welcome visitors from around the world. (Crack down on the pick-pockets! They're everywhere.)

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