If there is an image that has shaken the networks this weekend, it was probably that of Tim Cook and Dabiz Muñoz eating Madrid stew. The same week in which the iPhone 15 went on sale, the CEO of Apple visited Madrid by surprise and met with personalities from the world of culture, gastronomy or crafts in this country to see how they apply the technology. of the technology company’s new launch to its creative processes.
One of the most talked about moments of Cook’s time in the city has been, precisely, his most gastronomic date with the chef and owner of DiverXO. They both decided to meet around the table at Lhardy, one of the oldest restaurants in the capital. A place with a history that dates back to 1839, when it opened its doors on Carrera de San Jerónimo street. This establishment began its journey as a pastry shop and ended up becoming a space where the most prominent personalities of Madrid in the 19th and 20th centuries met.
One of the dishes at this place has made the restaurant an essential stop for many tourists who visit the city and a regular visit for locals. The stew they prepare was the dish that Cook also chose for his meeting with the DiverXO chef. “Incredible food with the incomparable Dabiz Muñoz at Lhardy in the heart of Madrid. With the best Madrid stew,” the Apple CEO wrote on his social networks along with a photograph of the meal.
In the photograph you could see on the table the three dishes that make up the Madrid stew: the soup with angel hair noodles, the pico pardal chickpeas from Astorga, cabbage and carrots from Carabaña and the selection of meats (chorizo ??from León , blood sausage from the Aran Valley, truffled sausage from Euskal Txerri pigs, Iberian bacon, Galician beef blood sausage, Galician cow marrow, Iberian ham from Huelva, crispy Iberian ear with Lhardy brava sauce, Iberian rib from Sierra de Villuercas and stuffing of old clothes cooked). To finish, Soufflé Lhardy, as described in the restaurant’s menu.
The networks did not take long to react to the gastronomic choice of the Apple CEO in Madrid. “Tim Cook fan wearing a Madrid stew,” praised a user on the social network
