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Connoisseur s Tongue Twisters
hen eating out in restaurant El Bulli, though
Barcelona, one can expect little of it benefits from
much olive oil, garlic anything like his genius.
and fish as the main ingredients Meanwhile, authentic
of any dish dish. Furthermore, international cuisine is still
pasta dishes are more popular hard to find. Local resistance to
here than elsewhere in Spain. It spices and the difficulty of
goes without saying that no sourcing key ingredients mean
matter what dish one is opting that it’s difficult to find good
for, it can be combined perfectly Indian, Chinese or Italian food.
with one of many fabulously tasty The good news is that there are a
Spanish wines. Generally one can greater number of Middle Eastern
ask for the open red or white and Japanese restaurants, and a
wine or the ‘vino de la casa’. growing number of Latin American
places. Most of the ethnic
It has taken Spanish cuisine an variety is to be found in Gràcia.
age to get over its image problem
but it seems to be finally on its For a long time most Barcelonans
way. Yet as the traditional thought that eating out was
Spanish ways of preparing and always a grand event, a
eating food are beginning to gain celebration talked about for
in popularity beyond its own days, even months, before and
shores, a new generation of chefs after. Only on important
over here is working overtime to occasions would the head of the
promote a pan-global discreet family be absent from the family
form of combination. Designed, table, and only in even more
presumably, for well-off, jet exceptional circumstances would
setting anorexics, the style is his wife, heart and soul of the
most often attributed to Ferran home, accompany him in this
Adrià and his legendary absence.
ingredients from the market) try
For one of the best-known a moderately priced restaurant
features of the Catalan character such as ‘L'Olive’. For a very
is, precisely, an attachment to exclusive meal, go to Via Veneto.
the domestic dining room. And, an This restaurant has won several
attachment to simple fare, dishes prizes for its exquisite and
that have survived down through innovative Catalan dishes and is
generations- like soup or therefore worth trying. Another
escudella (stew) on working days, good option is ‘Ca l'Isidre’
rice on Thursdays, cannelloni on where one might run into some
rest of the days. famous artists- even King Juan
Carlos of Spain has been there.
The restaurants in Barcelona They serve food based on the
generally open around 8 or 8.30pm freshest ingredients. However,
and stay open until midnight. many visitors of ‘Elderado Petit’
Eating out starts very late very claim that this is the best
few times people go out for restaurant of Barcelona. It’s a
dinner at 9.30-10 pm. Cheap lovely turn-of-the-century
restaurants offer tasty home building and they serve a menu
cooked food and often excellent that follows the availability of
tapas. ‘Pinocho’ near the fresh ingredients from one of the
Boqueria market is a popular many markets.
place for tapas. Omelets-lovers
will find a good variety and best The streets of Doctor Dou and
omelets in ‘Flash-Flash’, along Carme are becoming the Restaurant
with the famous Barcelonian Mile of Barcelona, with Mamacafe,
special, the potatoes-tortilla. DosTrece, Carmelitas, És and
Ipoosa. The food falls within the
For a traditional Catalan meal categorie “Mediterranean fusion
(mainly fish and other fresh cuisine”. It’s getting better all
the time.
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