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FAVORITE LATE NIGHT SPOT FOR A BITE? Tasting Room.
BEST BREAKFAST? Avalon Diner (Westheimer).
BEST BRUNCH? Backstreet Café.
WHAT INGREDIENT CAN YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT IN THE KITCHEN AND WHY?
Potatoes. They have lots of possibilities or combinations.
WHAT UTENSIL CAN YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT? A small and sharp
knife.

CHEF’S SPECIAL

LUIS ROGER
BCN TASTE AND TRADITION

WHAT’S YOUR PET PEEVE? Cleaning, cleaning,
cleaning.
FAVORITE AFFORDABLE WINE? Análvaro 2010 (Cabernet
Sauvignon & Merlot) D.O. Empordà (Spain).
FAVORITE PLACE FOR DESSERT? Common Bond (Chef Roy)
WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE CHEF, RESTAURANT AND DISH? Ferran
Adrià, Scampi and porcinis envoltini, mató cheese,
green garlic, pine nuts vinaigrette.
IS THERE A FOOD YOU WON’T EAT? Edamame,
fermented soy beans.

FAVORITE TRUCK FOOD:
TACOS AL PASTOR,
COTTON CANDY…

WHAT IS YOUR COMFORT FOOD? Seafood.
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE NEXT FOOD TREND? Perhaps more
healthy, olive oil, grilled fish. We all need healthy
food (we are what we eat !!!).
AT HOME, WHAT DO YOU KEEP ON HAND TO SERVE DROP-IN GUESTS?
Fuet, cured sheep cheese, quince, manzanilla olives,
jamon Ibérico de Bellota, real sourdough bread, some
Campari tomatoes and extra virgin Arbequina olive oil.

By Mike Cook | Photography by Kennon Evett

LUIS ROGER brings two decades of Spanish gastronomy experience to BCN.

Growing up around the family kitchen in Barcelona, Roger’s modern Spanish
cuisine and style is rooted in those family traditions. Prior to coming to
Houston, Roger interned at EL BULLI (Ferran Adrià) and was most recently executive chef at the private resort, Mas Anglada, in the Amporda near the Costa
Brava, where he embraced the culinary riches of the area while focusing on

the fantastic quality of the regional products from the farm, the sea and the
land. While at Mas Anglada, he did double duty as a professor at the local
culinary school, Aula Gastronómica de l’Emporda. In 2013, Roger embarked on a new adventure with partner Ignacio Torras with the opening of BCN
where both realized a lifelong dream of bringing the best of the taste and culinary traditions of Spain to Houston.

BCN TASTE AND TRADITION | $$$$ European, Spanish | 4210 Roseland St. | 832.834.3411 | www.bcnhouston.com
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