At the begining of the month (August 06) into our article "A world of wellness Cafes" we were talking about that trend of providing tasty and healthy conscious food and drinks in a fast/take away service style.
The top Catalan chef, Ferrán Adrià, opened a new concept in fast food called 'Fast Good'. The first outlets are located in the hotels NH and aims to prove that it is possible for a fast food restaurant to provide clients with better, richer and healthier food. Two examples that are cited are: 1. the olive oil in the friers is changed every day and 2. the macedonia comes with the juice in a separate bowl to preserve the texture of the fruit! This is from the NH Hotels press release: "..we can eat hamburgers made using beef as usual, but garnished with trocadero lettuce, tapenade sauce, or with rucula and gorgonzola, for example; the panini combine ham, asparagus or cheese with sage, pine nuts, crystallised spring onions or even foie; as for salads, we find combinations as exclusive as green beans with fingers of pâté de canard, leek with crystallised chicken and spices, or wild rice with cous-cous, rounded off with a wide selection of lettuces and fruit, always dressed with home-made sauces. Some meals come with non-frozen French fries made at once using olive oil." One of the main characteristics of Fast Good that differentiates it from a traditional fast-food restaurant is the mix of cold and hot dishes with the cold dishes served in a self-service buffet while the hot dishes are brought to the customer’s table by the restaurant staff. Three fast goods have already been opened in Spain and Chile and four more are coming soon. (source: http://www.madaboutmadrid.com/ )
