El Bulli, the restaurant that ceased to exist ... Instead, he would close the restaurant each winter to create new recipes that would makeup the around 35-course meal for the following year.

Ferran Adrià has revealed one of the best-kept curiosities about his iconic restaurant El Bulli, famous not only for its culinary innovation but also for the difficulty of securing a reservation.

On paper, a six-hour meal may sound like a chore. But an hours-long meal at Alchemist is a wild, full-on theatrical experience—think El Bulli meets Broadway. You’ll be whisked through multiple ...