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Originally published on Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Intimate

From muffled "urgh, urgh, urhg"s to ecstatic screams and animalistic roars, it's often only when coital cacophony breaks the silence that you really get to know your neighbours. Maybe that's why Fermí Puig has decided to play it safe.

At least with El Japonés at number 2, Tragaluz at number 5, Solo at number 7, and itself sharing roof with about-to-open luxury apart-hotel Murmuri Residence at Passatge de la Concepció number 13, the location of his new restaurant, Petit Comité, couldn't have come with better references.

His neighbours probably also expected the Michelin-starred chef from Majestic Hotel's Drolma - that's where starters begin at EUR 39 - to bring an even higher-spending clientele to the street but, like every other celebrity foodie these days, he has instead opted for back-to-basics homely Catalan fare.

So, rather than percebes, caviar and lobster, it'll be the aroma of poached eggs, breaded onions and chicken cannelloni that'll be wafting from no 13. Oh, and at no 11 and 15? The Granés sixth formers and the Generalitat. That explains why Fermí keeps it a petit comité.

Petit Comité - opens today
Passatge de la Concepció 13, Eixample - 93 550 06 20
Open daily13h-01h. Ca EUR 50.
Murmuri Residence - opens this week.

By AAl

 

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