Maenad, Purosushi, and Lila, new 'recommended' restaurants in the Michelin Guide:

From Vélez-Málaga to Marbella via Fuengirola. Ménade, Purosushi, and Lila are the new 'recommended' restaurants by the Michelin Guide in the province of Málaga, three new recognitions that continue to demonstrate Málaga's potential as a gastronomic showcase, a location on the rise for projects of this kind. Three of the 12 new references in the May selection of the world's most important gastronomic guide are from Málaga, further evidence of the high level maintained by local, national, and international chefs within our borders.

Ménade (Vélez-Málaga)

• Location: Urbanización Baviera Golf, s/n, 29751, Vélez-Málaga, Málaga.

Why have Los Pablos, Vega, and Domínguez taken so long to receive a recommendation from the Michelin Guide? This will likely be a common question among those who have enjoyed their restaurant in Axarquía, a place where traditional cuisine mixes with technique and avant-garde –see their award-winning croquette from Plato de los Montes–, with a sometimes playful touch that characterizes this duo of chefs.

The Michelin Guide emphasizes the "oasis of tranquility" where Ménade is located, in the Clubhouse of Baviera Golf, a place where they claim to find a proposal "typical of Mediterranean cuisine with creative notes and some international touches, taking as reference the nearby seasonal products (especially the fresh fish from the nearby port of La Caleta) and expressed both in the form of a menu and through two menus: Aristeo and Minerva (both served only to complete tables)".

Purosushi (Marbella)

• Location: Puente Romano, Fase 2, 29602, Marbella, Málaga.

The soul of Purosushi is Andrés Médici, the chef behind this project located in Puente Romano, who has a long career focused on traditional sushi. Precision, care, touch, product, and flavor are synonymous with this restaurant that has caught the attention of the Michelin Guide. It features an Omakase bar that elevates enjoyment, offers experience, and highlights its work with aged and cured fish.

"A Japanese restaurant with a soul and family atmosphere?" they ask, affirming from the gastronomic guide, highlighting the opportunity to enjoy Purosushi in two ways: "The most significant thing is that, after the entrance hall, it presents two well-differentiated spaces designed for different proposals: the Lounge, with low tables and a menu designed to share, and the Omakase Bar, more elegant and reserved exclusively for its gastronomic menu, with bites of certain simplicity, prepared before your eyes, that showcase the technique and quality of the product".

Lila (Fuengirola)

• Location: Calle Marconi, 18, 29640, Fuengirola, Málaga.

"Hidden under that name, a small nod to both the chef's mother and grandmother, we find Omar Ben Hammou, a chef originally from Peru who, after discovering his vocation, has not stopped traveling and working around the world", they state about Lila, one of the pleasant surprises in this May update of the Michelin Guide, where you will find "a truly different cuisine, as starting from a clear Nikkei base it gains personality by adding different fusion notes with other cultures".

From the gastronomic guide, they leave some recommendations, such as their "Wild Fish Ceviche", priced at 25 euros; or their "Roasted Cauliflower, with kombu, yellow chili, yuzu kosho, and Riviera herbs", at 22.