manubano

BALBOSTÉ x MANU BAÑÓ

7 DESIGNERS – 7 CHEFS

OVER SEVEN NIGHTS, AND WITH JUST TWENTY-TWO GUESTS EACH EVENING, BALBOSTÉ INVITE US TO STEP INTO A DIMLY LIT, METICULOUSLY STAGED SPACE WHERE EVERY DETAIL AWOKE THE FIVE SENSES.

PLATES WERE CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH SEVEN ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WITH EACH DISH FUNCTIONING AS BOTH A CULINARY COMPOSITION AND A SCULPTURAL WORK. TEXTURES, FLAVORS, AND INGREDIENTS MATERIALIZED IN PHYSICAL FORM: HAMMERED METALWORK CAPTURED THE DISH’S STRUCTURE AND TEXTURES, A FLUID WATER INSTALLATION MIRRORED AN ENTRÉE THAT WAS FRESH, LIGHT, AND FILLED WITH MOVEMENT, AND CARVED WOOD GROUNDED THE EVENING WITH DEPTH AND EARTHY WARMTH.