The tables
you can't call.
The best rooms book in their own language, on their own clock, and answer the people they know. Nine cities, from Barcelona to Tokyo. Tell us your dates. Miso gets the table. One price, charged only once it's secured.
Foam, a glazed morsel and one leaf, served in the crab's own shell.
The booking form was in Spanish.
Grilled whole under a tangle of fine red threads, on DiverXO's own paper.
It released at ten in the morning, Madrid time.
Two skewers over live charcoal, one on each side of the fire.
We were already inside.
Four courses in at DiverXO, Madrid.
Booked ninety four days out.
Foam, a glazed morsel and one leaf, served in the crab's own shell.
The booking form was in Spanish.
Grilled whole under a tangle of fine red threads, on DiverXO's own paper.
It released at ten in the morning, Madrid time.
Two skewers over live charcoal, one on each side of the fire.
We were already inside.
That was one table, in one city.
There are eight more.
Seven of our nine cities don't answer in English.
- The booking form is not in English.
Seven of the nine take reservations in Spanish, Basque, Portuguese, Japanese or Mandarin, by phone or through a form of their own.
- Tables go when the city wakes up.
Ten in the morning in Tokyo is six the previous evening in Los Angeles. Miss the window and the date is gone.
- Strangers wait.
An email from an unknown address abroad goes to the bottom of the pile. A call from someone who has eaten there does not.
Three steps. No account. No quiz.
- Step 1Tell us your cities and dates.
Up to three cities on one trip, and when you land and when you leave.
- Step 2Say who's eating.
How many at the table, and anything Miso should know.
- Step 3Say how many dinners.
Two to seven. The price follows from the count and the city, and you see it before you pay.
Your card is held, not charged, until the tables are secured. If a room can't be landed and nothing of equal standing can replace it, you pay only for the rooms that were. Tokyo, Osaka and San Sebastian cost more because they cost us more.