ConTenedor - Review - San Julián - Seville - The Infatuation

"This slightly off-the-beaten-path restaurant is a pioneer of the slow food movement in what was once a provincial Seville—think of it as the city’s ownChez Panisse. They were focusing on sustainable, organic, and healthy plates back when deep-fried food still reigned supreme. Nowadays, ConTenedor still keeps it old school: a server brings a chalkboard to your table with a limited but varied handwritten menu and explains how the farm-to-table ingredients are prepared and which regions they come from. Their crown jewel is the crunchy rice with duck, mushrooms, mustard, and curry that’s unexpectedly filling, and artfully topped with a soy red fruit reduction and a heap of colorful vegetables like zucchini, peppers, cabbage, and onions. You may need to pop open a button on your pants to finish this dish." - Aileen Weintraub