{"id":3004,"date":"2015-08-17T06:33:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T06:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2015-08-17T06:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T06:57:29","slug":"arola-celebrates-its-third-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Arola Celebrates Its Third Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nikhil Agarwal, Sommelier & CEO\u00a0at All Things Nice\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Chef Sergi Arola hosted a small group of people including me to celebrate the third anniversary of Arola at Mumbai’s JW Marriott. The group was made up largely of fellow wine writers, chefs and bloggers invited by the Food Bloggers Association of India.<\/p>\n

Arola is Chef Sergi’s India outpost. For the uninitiated, Sergi specializes in cuisine from Catalunya, Spain with multiple Michelin stars at various establishments across the globe. The excellent Chef Manuel is at the helm of the restaurant in Mumbai and an all around star in general. Sergi spends his time globetrotting and looking over his restaurants in Istanbul, Spain, Portugal and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

The dinner started off a little quiet with my fellow diners more interested in tweeting about their food and drink rather than actually eating and drinking. \u00a0Things seemed to find some balance eventually over endless Martini’s interrupted by Gin and tonics (we were after all at a gin bar) and the night unfolded into conversations about food and music. We had the resident DJ playing Led Zeplin as we chowed down on some delicious food.<\/p>\n

Here’s the menu for the evening<\/p>\n

Manchego Cheese<\/p>\n

Jam\u00f3n Ib\u00e9rico<\/p>\n

Iberian Ham served with Pan-Tomato<\/em><\/p>\n

Gazpacho<\/p>\n

Salmon Ahumado, Queso de Cabra, Esparagos Blancos<\/p>\n

Smoked Salmon, Goat Cheese, White Asparagus<\/em><\/p>\n

Patatas Bravas<\/p>\n

‘Bravas de AROLA’, Fried Potatoes, Filled with a Spicy Tomato Sauce\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Pollo de Corral<\/p>\n

Chicken Wings, Deboned and Lacquered with Spices<\/em><\/p>\n

Gambas al Ajillo<\/p>\n

Prawns, Garlic, Fresh Red Chili, Fresh Parsley<\/em><\/p>\n

Coca de Pollo Moruno<\/p>\n

Moruno Chicken, American Corn, Coca<\/em><\/p>\n

Coca de Verduras<\/p>\n

Sauteed Vegetables and Bocconcini Coca<\/em><\/p>\n

Arola Special Seafood Paella<\/p>\n

Arola Style Vegetable Paella<\/p>\n

Huevos y Canela<\/p>\n

Caramelized Eggs, Cinnamon\u201dCrema Catalana\u201d, \u00a0Mandarin Sorbet<\/em><\/p>\n

Baileys Truffle with Coconut Mousse<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Arola is Mumbai’s only Spanish restaurant, well there could be one more but I don’t think they are in the same league. I actually love the vibe of the place; they have a beautiful lounge section at the far end ahead of the bar that opens out to the JW pool below and the sea. The bar itself is probably one of the coolest bars in Mumbai, the food is super and the wine selection is good. On a personal note I have always loved Spanish cuisine and wine. I do hope that we see an influx of standalone Spanish restaurants that are accessible to everyone. Until then, thank you for being around Arola.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2614\"<\/a> \"IMG_2616\"<\/a> \"IMG_2617\"<\/a> \"IMG_2619\"<\/a> \"IMG_2620\"<\/a> \"IMG_2622\"<\/a> \"IMG_2624\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Nikhil Agarwal, Sommelier & CEO\u00a0at All Things Nice\u00a0 Chef Sergi Arola hosted a small group of people including me to celebrate the third anniversary of Arola at Mumbai’s JW Marriott. The group was made up largely of fellow wine writers, chefs and bloggers invited by the Food Bloggers Association of India. Arola is Chef … Continue reading Arola Celebrates Its Third Anniversary!<\/span> →<\/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":[89],"tags":[1300,1305,1303,1302,1123,417,1301,873,780,1304,18],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-blog","tag-arola","tag-catalunya","tag-chef-sergi-arola","tag-food-bloggers-association-of-india","tag-gin","tag-jw-marriott","tag-michelin-star","tag-sommelier-nikhil-agarwal","tag-spain","tag-spanish-food","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3016,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}