They say the devil is in the details. That's why poor management of details can ruin seemingly quite interesting events like the Maleducats Festival, held on Saturday at the Parc del Fòrum. Launched in 2022 in Terrassa by Lildami, and now organized by the promoter The Project in Barcelona, ​​​​this edition's main attraction was Estopa, a group that doesn't usually perform at festivals and who offered two hours of anthological repertoire in front of 15,000 people, according to data provided by the organizers. Also present were Queralt Lahoz from Colomas—always impressive live—Sabadell's Santa Salut, Lildami from Terrassa, Andalusians Pepe y Vizio, and Extremadura's Sanguijuelas del Guadiana, the band from "the Siberian Extremadura" who have debuted with an album that extends to international influences like Vampire Weekend, as is the case with the remarkable 100 poppies.

I interview chef Víctor Ródenas (Barcelona, ​​1991) on a Friday with just a few hours left until lunchtime. Maleducat has turned five, and in a short time has become a benchmark. I tell him about my favorite table, a central one, next to the kitchen door, and he tells me that it's precisely the one he likes the most. "We chefs must have these obsessions with tables, but it's true that we also have favorites," he says. In addition to celebrating its five-year anniversary, Maleducat is in luck because the three restaurant partners will soon expand the brand with a second location in Barcelona, ​​serving Catalan cuisine, which still hasn't been named. It won't be a wine bar with dishes, a formula that has spread in just a few days, considering them to be more classic. They're not quite classic in name, but it's a name that has created a following, and the anecdote is that some diners have asked to buy napkins with their names embroidered in green thread. I'd like to buy them to give as gifts to family members.