{"id":8666,"date":"2010-05-23T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=8666"},"modified":"2021-10-31T16:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:24:54","slug":"moments-mo-barcelona-setting-the-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=8666","title":{"rendered":"Moments @ MO, Barcelona &#8211; Setting the standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At long last we managed to have lunch at <a title=\"Moments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarinoriental.com\/barcelona\/dining\/moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moments restaurant<\/a>. The delayed opening meant we missed the chance on our last visit to Barcelona.\u00a0 We were pleasantly surprised by the\u00a0 interior, as the Mandarin Oriental website does not do it justice. It is a beautiful room that is both\u00a0stylish and comfortable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We were greeted by a familiar face, Carlos formerly of the <a title=\"Foliage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=7813\" target=\"_self\">Foliage<\/a> in London. One of our regular haunts. He presented us with a glass each of <a title=\"Carme Ruscelleda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruscalleda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carme Ruscelleda&#8217;s<\/a> 20th anniversary Cava.\u00a0 Without hesitation we decided on the tasting menu (125 euro&#8217;s ouch!)\u00a0along with a lovely selection of wines by the glass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The meal began with the famous Appetizers Micro Menu which consisted of\u00a0four appetizers one for each season. We then had a very artistic dish based on &#8220;Miros Bird&#8221; the original which we understand hangs in\u00a0<a title=\"Carme Ruscelleda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruscalleda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carme Ruscelleda&#8217;s<\/a> restaurant in Tokyo.\u00a0 This was\u00a0followed by a very refreshing dish of cuttlefish and peas\u00a0then a very moreish crayfish\u00a0dish with morel cream. Next came an unusual but successful combination of flavours. Sea Bass with strawberry chutney.\u00a0 There was\u00a0a choice of main courses. Tuna Cheek or Iberian Pork. The Tuna cheek in particular was stunning.\u00a0 We then moved on to the cheese course and two desserts simply named &#8220;Red&#8221; and &#8220;White&#8221;. We both agreed that the Red was our favourite as this was a standout dish and not just because it\u00a0used popping candy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We finished the meal with the Eight Pastry Divertimenti. A selection of Petit-fours presented on a three tier cake stand.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8666 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010498.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010498-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010499.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010499-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010662.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tn_P1010662-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After\u00a0the meal we were introduced to the head chef Raul Balam (<a title=\"Carme Ruscelleda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruscalleda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carme Ruscelleda&#8217;s<\/a> son).\u00a0 It&#8217;s always nice to be able to tell the chef how much we\u00a0enjoyed the meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The restaurant is too new to have been awarded a Michelin star or should I say stars as it will undoubtedly pick up more than one in the not too distant future, it is certainly a rival to its 3 star sister restaurant <a title=\"Sant Pau\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=139\" target=\"_self\">Sant Pau<\/a> in Sant Pol de Mer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WARNING:<\/strong> <em>Dining at Moments can seriously damage your appreciation of other restaurants. Every other restaurant, even ones you really rated start to look scruffy and unprofessional in comparison. The attention to detail at MO is second to none.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATE December 2010 &#8211; Moments awarded a Michelin Star in the 2011 Michelin Guide. In my view they merit two. For more information, see :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Catalan News Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catalannewsagency.com\/news\/life-style\/catalan-restaurants-maintain-high-ranking-michelin-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catalan News Agency post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UPDATE November 2012 &#8211; Moments awarded their second Michelin Star. Saw that one coming!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Marks out of 10<\/p>\n<p>Food 8.3<\/p>\n<p>Service 8.2<\/p>\n<p>Ambience 8.5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Top page - Noexpert.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to top page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last we managed to have lunch at Moments restaurant. The delayed opening meant we missed the chance on our last visit to Barcelona.\u00a0 We were pleasantly surprised by the\u00a0 interior, as the Mandarin Oriental website does not do it justice. It is a beautiful room that is both\u00a0stylish and comfortable. We were greeted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=8666\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Moments @ MO, Barcelona &#8211; Setting the standard&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,9,31,25,309,29],"tags":[19,315,270],"class_list":["post-8666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-michelin-stars","category-barcelona","category-best-of-the-best","category-expensive","category-favorite-posts","category-spain","tag-mandarin-oriental","tag-moments","tag-sant-pau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8666"}],"version-history":[{"count":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29650,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8666\/revisions\/29650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}