Passionate Latin in Food 为美食注入拉丁热情

By Vicco Wu

Michelin Two Star chief Mauro Colagreco thinks the most important character for a perfect chief is passion. Mauro becomes the popular chief with his creative cuisine, Mauro’s Mirazur which is located between France and Italy is the top 50 restaurant in San Pellegrino for 5 years, and it is No.1 in France in 2014.

Since the Unico by Mauro Colagreco was opened in 2012, Mauro comes to Shanghai from time to time to find some creative ideas. The materials like vegetables, fruits and flowers are send from the organic farm in the southeast Pudong. It suits the idea of sharing and natural. Each dish is a journey to the fresh and simple.

Every time Mauro comes to Shanghai, Mauro will taste some new-opening restaurants, especially the Chinese restaurants. He will involve the ideas which he gets in the experiences into his own cuisine. Like the dumpling soup, it is a European cuisine, however, it contains Chinese dumplings, and another dish which is decorated onion with pork, is also design by a food journey.

Increasingly Chinese guests visit Unico by Mauro Colagreco, so he adds a lot of different soups to welcome them. “Some Chinese guests may feel lost when they come in, so our waiters will share and recommend the dishes, and also we will provide the picture of food.”

Mauro is very confident with his cooking skill, the dinners and cooking courses which are taken by Mauro are full of people. He believes that the chief is the main spirit for a good restaurant, but it also needs team work. “A perfect team work can ensure the quality of a restaurant.” As a fine dinning, Unico with two years experience has unique food and views. Mauro stresses that the service is important while enjoying food. “We has a whole system to train our workers.”

Mauro hopes to make more possibilities for Unico. “Unico is not just a fine dinning, it is a mixture with Lounge, bar and restaurant.”

Unico by Mauro Cologreco is created by French art director Marcelo Joulia and entrepreneur Olivier Chouvet. They plan to design a conceptual lounge with Latin and French spirits. Unico uses Latin cuisine, passionate cocktails and fashionable music to provide a vivid Latin lifestyle.

热情！”米其林二星主厨Mauro Colagreco不假思索地回答“一个优秀的厨师，什么才是最关键的品质”。作为当下最炙手可热的名厨，Mauro以他独具创意性的本土和季节性菜肴而闻名，他在法国意大利边界的餐厅Mirazur连续5年被列入圣培露“全球最佳50餐厅”，2014年度更是获得第11名，法国第1名的好成绩。

2012年在上海外滩三号开设Unico by Mauro Colagreco以来，Mauro每隔一段时间都会来上海看看，根据新季调整菜单，并搜寻一些灵感。餐厅强调菜品的原汁原味、本土食材和生态环保，80%的蔬菜、水果、鲜花和绿植均来自餐厅设在浦东南部奉贤的有机农场，反映了厨师灵感来源于土壤，慷慨分享的理念。每一道菜肴都用最简单的烹制方法和最新鲜的原料创作，带给食客一场全新的烹饪旅程。

每次到上海，Mauro都会抽出时间去一些新开的高级餐厅品尝美食，尤其是那些中式餐厅。他会把体验过程中感悟的一些创意灵感，运用到自己的烹饪之中。“比如，餐厅的一款饺子汤，选用了南美的玉米，融合了欧式的风味，却添加了灵感源于中国饮食的‘饺子’。另一款菜肴中，用于装饰猪肉的烤制的洋葱，其灵感来自一次寻访美食的旅途。”

近来，Mauro发现餐厅的中国客人越来越多，因此他在新菜单中增加了不少汤品，以满足中国客人的需求。“我们发现，许多中国人到餐厅来，会觉得无所适从，不知道选择什么更适合自己。虽然餐厅的服务人员会热情地与顾客分享及推荐，但考虑到中西方的文化差异，我们在新版的菜谱中，配置了菜肴的图片，让客人可以直观地进行选择。”

成功的大厨，就跟艺术家一般。Mauro对自己的厨艺非常有自信，每次来上海，由他亲自督导的晚宴及烹饪课程都座无虚席。但他强调一个好的餐厅，大厨虽然是灵魂，但也绝离不开团队的合作。“唯有形成一个完美的合作机制，才能保证品质，众人的努力，才能让餐厅精益求精。”经过两年的经营，作为外滩区域高级餐厅的Unico，不仅有着独到的美食，更有着无法复制的景色，“人们越来越喜欢在这样的氛围中体验美味佳肴，这是一个趋势”。当然，Mauro强调人们在享用美食的同时，对餐厅服务的要求也越来越高，“我们非常重视餐厅人员的培训，索性大家学得都非常快”。

谈到未来，Mauro希望能够先把这家餐厅做得更加出色。“Unico不仅只是一家高级餐厅那么简单，它其实是一个Lounge、酒吧、餐厅的混合体。”

Unico by Mauro Colagreco由阿根廷裔的法国艺术总监Marcelo Joulia和知名企业家Olivier Chouvet共同创办，他们希望将这家拉丁餐厅酒廊打造成，能引导宾客身临其境地领略一场交融拉丁精髓和法兰西风情心灵之旅的概念酒廊。Unico通过三个独特的方面展现整个热情奔放的南美风情；诱人的精致拉丁美食，激情南美鸡尾酒和动感的音乐节拍，完美地呈现出现实的拉丁生活场景。

Unico by Mauro Colagreco
Address : 2/F, THREE ON THE BUND, No.3 The Bund 3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai
Tel: +8621 5308 5399
地址：上海市中山东一路3号外滩三号2楼
电话：+8621 5308 5399

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