El Cielo in Miami
Interior
Cocktails
I hopted for the "Experience" tasting menu which ranges from 15-20 courses. The night I went was 17 courses with the last course consisting of a rose petals to be rubbed in your hands as a memory of the meal. It is overall meant to be a complete sensory experience
The meal starts with a hand wash consisting of warm eucalyptus water to sanitize your hands which will be more important later in the Chocotherapy dish.
Passion Fruit Mistela
Consisting of passion fruit smoked coffee, rosemary and aguardiente. Take the bottle, shake it up and take it down in one shot. It was a very fresh tasting opener.
Soursop - Champagne
Soursop sorbet topped with golden berries, blue lagelle, finger lime and edible flowers. Another refreshing cocktail to start with some sour citrus.
Truffle Buñuelo
Truffle. porcini and black truffles. topped with black olive gel and white truffle onion. It arrived warm and was a nice savory explosion of flavor when bitten into.
Choclo - Caviar
Caviar with a cream cheese, edible flowers and choclo sweet corn arepas.
Potato - Cone
An interesting dish, as it had a empanidas inspired cone filled with a tomato, chives, caramel potato puree topped with shavings of potato.
Tapioca - Foie - Chontaduro
Pressed Tapioca with chontaduro puree, foie gras with sugar cane aged in whiskey barrels, edible flower on top.
Crab Empanada
A whimsical dish with an empty crab shaped corn based empanada pastry to be filled with a pine pepper and marinaded crab meat with chives and coconut milk.
Chocotherapy
A chocolate concoction in a coconut milk base that is meant to be rubbed on your hands and licked off. It explains why such a thorough cleaning was necessary at the beginning of the meal and adds more to the senses engaged in the meal, adding the sensation of touch.
Tree of Life
A fun dish, with bread made of Yucca, mozzarella and Basil. with toasted butter, cilantro and oregano cream with artichoke pepper in the middle.
Seasonal Soup
A very tasty soup. Caramelized onion soup with ashes of carmaelized onion used to make the el-cielo logo representing the key from heaven. frozen white chocolate is added for an interesting texture and off flavor from the more savory, warm soup.
Kampachi - Golden Berry - Ceviche
White Kampachi from southern california, leche de tigre with golden berries, toasted quinoa, kalamazi mayo, finger lime pearls, key lime foam with achiote drops.
This was one of my favorite dishes.
Yucca Gnocchi
Pecorino cheese, chanterelle mushrooms, sweet fontaine honey with onion powder on the sides, with seasonal black truffle in the middle. I am a fan of gnocchi in general and if it's made from things other than potato all the better and more exotic to me.
Bison "Al Trappo"
A very flavorful dish, I am always satisfied with a meat and potatoes presentation and the Columbian "al Trapo" is just absolutely delicious. Bison cooked in a cloth wrap, served with a red wine reduction demiglaze, served with a potato puree and bok choy in chimchurri sauce.
Popsicle
Columbian aquardiente from sugar cane with green mango popsicle with spicy powder.
Cholao
Chocolate in ice cream, with lots of fruits in the leekans, meringue, passion fruit, pineapple, dark berries, with pop rocks on top.
Coffee Field, Yellow Butterfly and Columbian Emerald
A great presentation of brewed Columbian arabica coffee with emerald sugar shell inside containing a concoction of white chocolate ganash and on the right a chocolo hazzelnet with golden outer shell topped with a sugary yellow butterfly tuille.
Rose Petals
This was not a dish to be eaten but an accompanyment of rose petals and lotion to rub in your hands in order to remember
Conclusion
A great dining experience that delivers on the promise of engaging all your senses. I would come again with a guest for the entertainment value alone not to mention the great tasting food. The homage to Columbian cuisine is much appreciated.
Favorite dishes: the Truffle Buñuelo, seasonal soup (onion), the Kampachi - Golden Berry - Ceviche, the Bison "al Trappo," and finally the Coffee Field, Yellow Butterfly and Columbian Emerald.
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