Finale - El Bulli 2004

Last night was the final service at El Bulli - Season 2004. As much as I read - as much as I expected before I came here - there was still something so surreal about standing in the kitchen right before service started with Ferran Adria himself thanking us - telling us that we were now family - and that the door was always open for each and every one of us to return at any time. And then we had a mad rush of picture taking with Ferran and Albert in front of the bull - the big carved wood bull´s head on the pass in front of the big kitchen. We were silly - we were elated - we ate everything in sight. Though family meal was nicely supplemented with heaping plates of beautifully sliced jamon. More later. We started The Cleaning this morning - insanely detailed - I´m talking toothbrushes and toothpicks and cotton swabs detail. And more of it in the morning. Too early in the morning.