In some supposedly selected circles, it's almost a rule since a longtime ago to diss the television. You hear often that all television is shit and that it is a wasting of time to spend time watching tv.
While arguably that statement holds true in many cases (the clearest one being Big Brother, at the moment), it is also true that many shows or tv films or documentaries are really magnificent. And this week, this reflection came to my mind, after spending three nights watching the final episode of The Sopranos (that I discussed recently here) and later, an excellent documentary (in two parts) on the history of the current best restaurant in the world, El Bulli. They were broadcasted on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and I was truly blown away by their quality. You can watch or download them from the rtve.es site, and if you can understand Spanish (and even if you can not), they are really worth to spend three hours. They show the history of this restaurant, from the begining, with many interviews of different people, starting with the chef Ferran Adriá and members of his team along the years, and also comments from journalists, critics, etc etc. The icing on the cake are many first quality pictures of the dishes prepared at this restaurant, whose look alone is astonishing (and I can only imagine their taste, as unfortunately I have been unable to have dinner in this restaurant... yet!).
I will write later on Ferrán Adriá & El Bulli, but for this time, just let me pay homage to the makers of these documentaries. And if you are interested, be ready as next Saturday there will be another documenary called "A day in the kitchen of El Bulli" which seems very promising as well.
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