La Donuteria, Donuts, Sant Antoni
Ask me if I want a macaroon? “Do you want a macaroon?” “No.” “Cupcake?” “Nope.” “Donut?” “Donut? Yes!”Yes, I do. I love donuts. La Donuteria makes superlative donuts. Light and chewy brioche with...
View ArticleShunka, Japanese, El Barri Gòtic
I had a birthday to celebrate a few Friday’s ago (mine) and while I dithered about whether I should take a short trip somewhere, book a night in a hotel with a massage thrown in or… Well I couldn’t...
View ArticleEat Street, Food Trucks, Barcelona
This is the 4th or 5th Eat Street in Barcelona. Unlike the previous incarnations, this one was in a public space. The public space part is important because Food Trucks are not permitted in Barcelona....
View ArticleDevour Barcelona, Food Tour
There is a new food tour in town: Devour Barcelona. It comes from the folks who started the terrifically successful Madrid Food Tour. It offers a 4 hour tour of Gracia, one of my favourite...
View ArticleSatan’s Coffee, Third Wave Coffee, El Barri Gottic
I’ve been on Satan’s heels for almost a year now. I showed up to a cute shop he was supposed to have a corner in only to find out he’d left. Then I heard he was opening up in a bike shop around the...
View ArticleNiño Viejo, Mexican Food, Sant Antoni
Niño Viejo Albert Adria is coming close to having more restaurants than I have fingers on my hands. Just a couple of weeks ago a new one opened. A fancy taqueria called Niño Viejo (a collaboration...
View ArticleBardeni, Meat Bar, Sagrada Família
It’s coming to a year now since I moved to Barcelona. It’s been a lonely year online. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made friends in the real world but I have missed the online camaraderie that I had in...
View ArticleCloudstreet, Micro bakery, L’Esquerra de L’Eixample
One of the reasons I find food interesting is that the people behind food can be so engrossing. And there is the added bonus that they are a lot more accessible than say a gallery curator or fashion...
View ArticleTeicawey, Mexican Fast Food, Gracia
It’s getting so hot now. August in Barcelona – it’s not so much about the temperatures as it is about the humidity. It’s wet and sticky. You think – “I couldn’t possibly eat in this heat.” What you...
View ArticleCuines Santa Caterina, Mostly Spanish with some Asian, Barri Gòtic
My friend Giulia and her family were in town a couple of weeks back. I whizzed them through some of the best streets in Barcelona, with a snack in mind for practically every street. Regardless, when...
View ArticleTarannà, Cafe & Bar, Sant Antoni
Tarannà is the kind of place you find a lot in London, New York and even Berlin but in Barcelona, where traditional cafes are still endearing, it is more of a rare find. They do seasonal food (yawn I...
View ArticleLa Guingueta, Chirringuito, Barceloneta
Bon Appetit did a small Barcelona feature in it’s May edition. I was delighted to see that I have hit most of their recommended spots (so this blog’s move to Spain is starting to get somewhere). And...
View ArticleChök, Doughnuts, Las Ramblas
I have been to Chök a dozen times since I moved to Barcelona. I love their doughnut display: I mean, whatever is the hole there for if not for hooking it up on the wall? They have a distinctive...
View ArticleComaxurros, Modern Churros, Sant Gervasi
On page 16 of June’s Elle Gourmet there is a tiny picture of some pallid churros with an insert about how they come salty and sweet. The picture does not induce even minor pangs of hunger but the...
View ArticleBrunch at Espacio 88
My sister was visiting me from London last weekend and it coincided with a weekend of fun events in Barcelona. A pop up brunch at Espacio 88, the 2nd Eat Street by BCNmes and a weekend of open artist...
View ArticlePraktik Bakery, Self-Service Bakery / Cafe, La Dreta de l’Eixample
I avoid making bread. Cake, cookies, tarts? Yes, yes and yes. Work clean, measure accurately, get the oven temperature right and with a good recipe, success can always be achieved. Bread on the other...
View ArticleEspai Kru, modern fish with emphasis on raw fish & seafood, Poble Sec
We’ve had three consecutive weekends of friends visiting. After 7 months in Barcelona, we know where to take visitors. Still, Easter weekend proved a challenge, the city was practically boiling over...
View ArticleBarcelona Cooking, Cooking Class, Las Ramblas
I lived in Paris for 4 years and never went to the top of the Eiffel tower, 13 years in London- I never saw the changing of the guard. Because you don’t, do you? I live in Paella land now but it’s so...
View ArticleBar Lobo, Fusion, El Raval
The Tragaluz Group is a name that you need to know in Barcelona. I will readily admit that restaurant groups in Europe can conjure negative associations: laminated menus in 7 languages, busking...
View ArticleEat Street, Street Food, Poble Sec
Yesterday I went to the inaugural ‘street food festival’ organised by BCN Mes and held at CREC in Poble Sec. The reason I am using inverted comas is that the majority of the food stands have a bricks...
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