Cascada Restaurant is a heat and welcoming bistro-style restaurant, within the hills of Marbella’s Sierra Blanca. Led by government cooks and brothers, Jacques and Mathieu Lagarde, Cascada’s astute workforce is dedicated to providing an elevated eating expertise with pleasant and attentive service, guaranteeing that the visitor feels at dwelling.
This autumn The Luxurious Editor was invited to find Cascada, and its fastidiously designed and chosen autumn menu, wine cellar and handcrafted cocktails. We started with handcrafted cocktails, together with one based mostly on a pine-infused gin, and one other wealthy in seasonal pomegranates, accompanied by canapes. The principle dishes are a delight – superbly introduced and layered in flavours, like the ocean bass with its smoky magnificence from the grill, and the brand new pumpkin starter served on a pepper sauce. The ocean bass ceviche was extraordinary.
The Cooks
Jacques and Mathieu Lagarde lead the culinary workforce, with a robust concentrate on sustainability and a zero-waste philosophy. Additionally they can develop their very own meals of their rural market backyard close to Istan.
They studied cooking in France, their native nation, and each have travelled midway around the globe to consolidate their coaching. Their expertise as cooks embraces a number of the greatest eating places in Australia (Cottage Level Inn, two Michelin Stars), New Zealand (Amisfield, Michelin Star) and France (L’Oustau de Baumanière, three Michelin Stars). The 2 brothers are extremely regarded in France for his or her participation in Prime Chef 2023.
The Delicacies
Cascada Marbella gives sincere, pure, unexaggerated delicacies, reflecting creativity and numerous hours of preparation, testing and analysis, giving precedence to the usage of the freshest merchandise to create unique dishes.
Natural
Cascada maintains an environmentally pleasant ideology and a deep dedication to sustainability and self-sufficiency. The workforce owns and farms plots of land in Marbella and Istán, grows fragrant herbs within the restaurant, utilizing natural farming strategies, and maintains shut relationships with different producers within the space.
Charcuterie
Along with the every day manufacturing of their very own bread and cheeses, charcuterie is the Lagarde brothers’ nice ardour, and have within the menu.
The Seasonal Menu
Cascada Marbella’s menu is impressed by a mix of conventional and avant-garde strategies from completely different areas of the world and is predicated on native and native produce.
Grilled asparagus seasoned with white vinegar, EVOO, orange and grapefruit; foie gras au Torchon with Sichuan pepper, cognac and port, accompanied by Campaigne bread with onion tatemada and selfmade fruit jam; or the ocean bream cured in brine and grilled with olive wooden, seasoned with recent grapes and garnished with dill and pickled cucumber, are a part of the menu. From the grill, take pleasure in boneless rooster thigh with spicy marinade and chilli sauce, sea bass with mussel foam, Iberian abanico with its jus and coriander seeds, leg of suckling goat served with its jus or beef sirloin with anchovy juice and cauliflower purée.
Completely different garnishes, resembling leeks, antipasto and aioli; romaine lettuce and piparra dressing, or mashed potatoes and horseradish, are protagonists in Cascada’s menu, in addition to desserts, amongst which we discover blueberry compote, sangria gel, apple and meringue; rice pudding with milk and honey infused in lavender with rice biscuit; cocoa brownie, salted caramel and thyme; and pine brûlée with caramelised sugar.
The Tasting Menu
As a part of the ‘farm to desk’ idea, Cascada’s 2024 tasting menu (€85) options 5 programs, with the choice of charcuterie (€20) and wine pairing (€30). This menu modifications with the season, making the most of the consultant merchandise of the harvest, and is designed to be loved by all diners at a desk.
The Cocktails
Jacques and Mathieu see cocktails as ‘a dish with alcohol.’ Impressed by their very own backyard and the farm in Istán, the cooks have outlined a cocktail menu that features all the pieces from classics with a twist to distinctive concoctions.
