Restaurant India News: Dali & Gala Brings Back ‘A Night at the Museum’ with SAPA’s Seasonal, Surreal Menu

Dali & Gala’s experimental dining series A Night at the Museum is back, continuing its format of inviting chefs to step out of their kitchens and create freely on a blank culinary canvas. The next edition, scheduled for August 20, will feature Dina Weber of SAPA Bakery, known for her artisanal bakes, seasonal focus, and respect for culinary craft.

This collaboration shifts SAPA’s daytime identity into Dali & Gala’s after-dark setting, a surrealist cocktail bar that draws inspiration from Salvador Dalí and Catalonia, his birthplace. The evening’s menu references Les Dîners de Gala, Dalí’s cookbook that emphasizes indulgence over restraint. As Dalí famously wrote: “If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent for you.”

The multi-course menu will bring together classic Catalan flavors with theatrical presentation. Highlights include Spanish bread served with dill butter, Salade du Dumas with beetroot, celery, and potato in anchovy aioli, Pollo a la Catalan chicken leg slow-cooked with prunes and raisins, and Calcots—roasted leeks with romesco sauce and molten Camembert. Diners can also expect Mandonguilles (meatballs braised with squid in saffron almond tomato wine sauce), chicken liver paté with cognac cranberry jelly and hogaza toast, Mel I Mato with goat cheese, honey, walnuts, and toasted bread, and a finale of cherry panna cotta layered with cherry jelly.

A Night at the Museum positions itself at the intersection of food, art, and performance. With SAPA Goes Dark, the experience transforms into a sensory event that reimagines traditional dishes through a surrealist lens, blending storytelling, atmosphere, and culinary expression.