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El Cielo has 3 restaurants, its original is in beautiful Medellin, one in Sunny Miami and the third one I visited is here in rainy but trendy Bogota. El Cielo I visited is situated in one of the trendiest gastronomy areas of Bogota, la zona G. The restaurant gets extra brownie points for their interior and exterior design (see pics).Juan Manuel Barrientos wants his guests to have the full experience, he aims to stimulate all 5 senses, like Heston Blumenthal! Ofcourse everybody agrees your taste buds and eyes are key and Juanma makes sure these are therefor massively spoiled but he equally aims for his dishes to have a unique smell that will bring you back to your past, your childhood for example, like the Madeleine of Proust. JuanMa plays with colors and texture, this fully decomposed piña colada was a treat:(See pic)My favorite though was the bellini with fresh Colombian peaches.(See pic)The second Amuse-Bouche and home made bread (almojada) brought some Colombian spirit to the table with is colorful traditional napkin:(See pic)As a starter we had a delicious spinach soup:(See pic)Bogota is known for its meat, after 5 days of eating meat for lunch and dinner, I decided to take a break and order the shrimps. The shrimps were giant, the green colorful couscous was a great combination with its lobster bisque sauce. I could not possible leave without trying JuanMa's desert: see picWe really didn't have much time as I was on my way to the airport to catch a flight to London but Pedro insisted on ordering coffee. I agreed as after all I had a 12 hour flight and best if I didn't sleep too much. The coffee ritual - because it is an actual ritual- was one of my favorite parts of the lunch! It started with the coffee plants that were placed all over the table to make you feel you were on an actual coffee plantation. The coffee is brewed in front of you, while the waiter gives you the full explanation of the history of the coffee beans. Note that these have been specially selected for el Cielo and Matiz. And then... while the coffee is brewing, you get taken to heaven (el cielo)... words will not do justice to this stimulating experience so here a picture and video clip: (will try to download video too)I had a unique lunch experience at el Cielo and look forward to visiting their London Popup! Hint hint! :-)